we never retreat...we retire
a CO once told me better a live dog than a dead lion!
i was getting a bit gung ho at the time(exuberance of youth)
I think S13 makes a good and valid point about contact with other groups/individuals being innevitable....was thinking the same thing a little while back, how will i deal with an unexpected meeting say for instance out in the woods checking snares and you blunder headlong into somebody/bodies....how will we deal with it?.....back up and go around as if a chance encounter with a dangerous beast?...cock your weapon and stride purposefully past keeping a close eye?... nod and make a greeting and shuffle by subserviently?...turn and run?....start shooting?(hope not)