AMEDD BOLC - Final Study Guide
1. Framed: Unit, equipment, installation, activity symbols
Unframed: Control measure and tactical symbols: Categories to build militarysymbols
2. Friend/assumed friend: What is the circle or rectangle mean?
3. hostile/suspect: What is the diamond symbol mean?
4. neutral: what is the square symbol mean?
5. unknown/pending: what is the quatrefoil symbol mean?
6. blue: Friend
Red: hostile
green: neutral
yellow: unknown: Colors for symbols
7. 1. receive the mission
2. issue WARNO
3. Make tentative plan*
4. initiate movement
5. recon
6. complete plan
7. issue order
8. supervise and refine: Troop Leading Procedures (TLPs) - Plan convoy opera-tions
8. Convoy commander handbook
CALL handbook #10-62
Unit SOP: Plan convoy ops - make tentative plan
9. Identify and alleviate shortfalls
Determine requirements for all classes of supply
Coordinate load pickup
Eval environmental impact: Plan convoy ops - initiate movement
10. Route may be pre-determined
Three types of recon:
* Map
* Aerial
* Physical
Ensure route will support vehicles
, AMEDD BOLC - Final Study Guide
Determine critical points, choke points, potential ambush sites
Assess safety risks: Plan convoy ops - recon
11. Plan convoy organization
- Determine size of convoy
* Optimum size: about 30 vehicles
1. Easier to control
2. Minimal interference with civilian traffic
3. Fewer stops for vehicle recovery
- Use METT-TC
- Determine method of movement
* Speed
* Interval
* Formations
* Road occupation
1. Frequent lane changes
2. Specific lane or lane changes at critical points
3. Middle in the road
4. Treatment of civilian traffic
- Column formation
* One and two-lane roads
* 75m-100m interval
* Avg. speed 20-55 mph
1. Minimizes IED effects
2. Reduced headlight coverage
3. Flank security may be limited
* Organize the convoy
1. Heaviest vehicle is the pace setter
2. Gun truck in front of or behind the pace setter
3. Gun truck behind the commander's vehicle
4. maintenance/recovery team near the trail
5. ACC/Trail Officer and CLS in rearward vehicle
6. Gun truck as trail vehicle
7. Scatter additional CLS throughout the convoy: Plan convoy ops - completeplan
12. 1. Lead
2. Center
* Convoy commander position himself where he/she can effectively command
, AMEDD BOLC - Final Study Guide
and control the convoy based on METT-TC: Where does the convoy commanderride?
13. 1. Assess terrorist threat
2. Determine critical assets
3. Determine asset vulnerabilities
4. Analyze the risk
5. Develop COA: plan convoy ops - What does the risk assessment analyzes
14. 1. Id hazards
2. Assess hazards
3. Develop controls and make risk decisions
4. Implement controls
5. Supervise and evaluate
DD Form 2977: plan convoy ops - what are the steps of risk assessment
15. Start point (SP)
Release point (RP)
Route numbers
Town names
Critical points
Distance between points
Total distance
North orientation
The phrase "not to scale": plan convoy ops - Strip map
16. 1. Situation
2. Mission
3. Execution
4. Service support
5. Command and signal: Convoy brief
17. : Convoy identification
18. Provides Role II medical care to those battalions with organic medical
platoons. Provides both Role I and II medical treatment on an area supportbasis to
units without organic AHS assets: Mission of medical company
19. Brigade support medical company (BSMC)
Medical company area support (MCAS): Types of medical companies
20. assigned to a brigade support battalion (BSB); supports a BCT (brigadecombat
team): Brigade Support Medical Company (BSMC)?
21. assigned to multifunctional medical battalion (MMB) supports units with-out
organic AHS assets: Medical Company Area Support (MCAS)
1. Framed: Unit, equipment, installation, activity symbols
Unframed: Control measure and tactical symbols: Categories to build militarysymbols
2. Friend/assumed friend: What is the circle or rectangle mean?
3. hostile/suspect: What is the diamond symbol mean?
4. neutral: what is the square symbol mean?
5. unknown/pending: what is the quatrefoil symbol mean?
6. blue: Friend
Red: hostile
green: neutral
yellow: unknown: Colors for symbols
7. 1. receive the mission
2. issue WARNO
3. Make tentative plan*
4. initiate movement
5. recon
6. complete plan
7. issue order
8. supervise and refine: Troop Leading Procedures (TLPs) - Plan convoy opera-tions
8. Convoy commander handbook
CALL handbook #10-62
Unit SOP: Plan convoy ops - make tentative plan
9. Identify and alleviate shortfalls
Determine requirements for all classes of supply
Coordinate load pickup
Eval environmental impact: Plan convoy ops - initiate movement
10. Route may be pre-determined
Three types of recon:
* Map
* Aerial
* Physical
Ensure route will support vehicles
, AMEDD BOLC - Final Study Guide
Determine critical points, choke points, potential ambush sites
Assess safety risks: Plan convoy ops - recon
11. Plan convoy organization
- Determine size of convoy
* Optimum size: about 30 vehicles
1. Easier to control
2. Minimal interference with civilian traffic
3. Fewer stops for vehicle recovery
- Use METT-TC
- Determine method of movement
* Speed
* Interval
* Formations
* Road occupation
1. Frequent lane changes
2. Specific lane or lane changes at critical points
3. Middle in the road
4. Treatment of civilian traffic
- Column formation
* One and two-lane roads
* 75m-100m interval
* Avg. speed 20-55 mph
1. Minimizes IED effects
2. Reduced headlight coverage
3. Flank security may be limited
* Organize the convoy
1. Heaviest vehicle is the pace setter
2. Gun truck in front of or behind the pace setter
3. Gun truck behind the commander's vehicle
4. maintenance/recovery team near the trail
5. ACC/Trail Officer and CLS in rearward vehicle
6. Gun truck as trail vehicle
7. Scatter additional CLS throughout the convoy: Plan convoy ops - completeplan
12. 1. Lead
2. Center
* Convoy commander position himself where he/she can effectively command
, AMEDD BOLC - Final Study Guide
and control the convoy based on METT-TC: Where does the convoy commanderride?
13. 1. Assess terrorist threat
2. Determine critical assets
3. Determine asset vulnerabilities
4. Analyze the risk
5. Develop COA: plan convoy ops - What does the risk assessment analyzes
14. 1. Id hazards
2. Assess hazards
3. Develop controls and make risk decisions
4. Implement controls
5. Supervise and evaluate
DD Form 2977: plan convoy ops - what are the steps of risk assessment
15. Start point (SP)
Release point (RP)
Route numbers
Town names
Critical points
Distance between points
Total distance
North orientation
The phrase "not to scale": plan convoy ops - Strip map
16. 1. Situation
2. Mission
3. Execution
4. Service support
5. Command and signal: Convoy brief
17. : Convoy identification
18. Provides Role II medical care to those battalions with organic medical
platoons. Provides both Role I and II medical treatment on an area supportbasis to
units without organic AHS assets: Mission of medical company
19. Brigade support medical company (BSMC)
Medical company area support (MCAS): Types of medical companies
20. assigned to a brigade support battalion (BSB); supports a BCT (brigadecombat
team): Brigade Support Medical Company (BSMC)?
21. assigned to multifunctional medical battalion (MMB) supports units with-out
organic AHS assets: Medical Company Area Support (MCAS)
