Running malfunction drills or reloads, some instructors stress the fact that they want you to move to / utilize "cover" on a flat range when there is no real cover. E.g. take a step to the side or duck down behind an imaginary wall. I've also seen this in some training videos aswell.
I'm debating this with myself: One one hand I totally get what they're after but on the other hand when there is no cover to get behind I think the whole thing becomes a bit silly since all it accomplishes is getting guys and gals to step/duck/prone/whatever during weapons manipulation. That's not utilizing cover. My theory ons this is that if there is no cover avaible don't pretend there is. If it goes down for real people will be looking for cover anyway. But if you have a wooden barricade/wall then by all means make sure it's being used.
Obviously there is a lot of knowledge on this forum so I just wanted your take on this guys.
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