SGTS COURSE SQUAD OPERATIONS ACTUAL
FINAL EXAMS ALL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SURE A+
✔✔THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE DEFENSE - ✔✔Preparation
Concentration
Flexibility
Maximum use of offensive action
Proper use of terrain
Mutual support
Defense in depth
Surprise
Knowledge of Enemy
✔✔What are the purposes for going into the defense? Select all that apply. - ✔✔To
retain or control terrain
To gain time, or to develop more favorable conditions for offensive action
To economize forces to allow the concentration of forces elsewhere
✔✔What is the mission of a Marine Corps rifle squad in the defense? - ✔✔To repel the
enemy assault by fire and close combat
, ✔✔SAFE - ✔✔Security, Automatic Weapons, Fields of Fire, Entrenchment
✔✔TROOP LEADING PROCEDURES IN THE DEFENSE - ✔✔Establish security
Assign sectors of fire to fire teams
Assign a principal direction of fire to automatic weapons
Coordinate with Supporting and adjacent units
Supervise and Inspect
✔✔SECTORS OF FIRES - ✔✔Lateral limits: Readily identifiable terrain features are
selected to indicate the line of fire along each side of the sector.
Forward Limit: The forward limit is established at the range at which the weapon will
open fire.
•Identify a terrain feature that designates the forward limit.
•As the attacker passes this limit, the enemy is brought under fire.
•This allows the squad leader a positive means to control the commencement of small
arms fire.
✔✔FIGHTING POSITIONS - ✔✔Primary position
Alternate position
Supplementary position
✔✔What is the primary mission assigned to a squad automatic weapon (SAW) in the
defense? - ✔✔Principal direction of fire
✔✔Employment of the M203 Grenade Launcher - ✔✔In the defense, the fire team
leader's/grenadier's firing position should enable them to control their fire team and
deliver grenade launcher fires over the entire fire team sector of fire. Extreme care must
be taken to ensure that fields of fire are cleared of obstructions, which might cause
premature detonation of the projectile. Initially, the fire team leader/grenadier should use
the rifle portion of the weapon. As the enemy maneuvers closer to the friendly positions,
the grenade launcher should be used.
✔✔Employment of the M249 SAW - ✔✔In the defense, the M249 SAWs can also be
assigned their own PDFs to cover likely avenues of approach or other priority target
areas. More important, however, is the weapon's capability for a high volume of
accurate fire. The firepower provided by two or three SAWs can cause devastating
effects against enemy personnel attacking the defense.
✔✔Employment of the M240B Machine Gun - ✔✔In the defense, the machine gun
section should be employed as a whole in general support of the overall unit. The guns
should generally be positioned on the flanks with interlocking FPLs and sectors of fire
across the unit's front. Whenever grazing fire can be attained, the M240B should be
assigned the mission of firing an FPL, and if the terrain or mission prevents the effective
FINAL EXAMS ALL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SURE A+
✔✔THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE DEFENSE - ✔✔Preparation
Concentration
Flexibility
Maximum use of offensive action
Proper use of terrain
Mutual support
Defense in depth
Surprise
Knowledge of Enemy
✔✔What are the purposes for going into the defense? Select all that apply. - ✔✔To
retain or control terrain
To gain time, or to develop more favorable conditions for offensive action
To economize forces to allow the concentration of forces elsewhere
✔✔What is the mission of a Marine Corps rifle squad in the defense? - ✔✔To repel the
enemy assault by fire and close combat
, ✔✔SAFE - ✔✔Security, Automatic Weapons, Fields of Fire, Entrenchment
✔✔TROOP LEADING PROCEDURES IN THE DEFENSE - ✔✔Establish security
Assign sectors of fire to fire teams
Assign a principal direction of fire to automatic weapons
Coordinate with Supporting and adjacent units
Supervise and Inspect
✔✔SECTORS OF FIRES - ✔✔Lateral limits: Readily identifiable terrain features are
selected to indicate the line of fire along each side of the sector.
Forward Limit: The forward limit is established at the range at which the weapon will
open fire.
•Identify a terrain feature that designates the forward limit.
•As the attacker passes this limit, the enemy is brought under fire.
•This allows the squad leader a positive means to control the commencement of small
arms fire.
✔✔FIGHTING POSITIONS - ✔✔Primary position
Alternate position
Supplementary position
✔✔What is the primary mission assigned to a squad automatic weapon (SAW) in the
defense? - ✔✔Principal direction of fire
✔✔Employment of the M203 Grenade Launcher - ✔✔In the defense, the fire team
leader's/grenadier's firing position should enable them to control their fire team and
deliver grenade launcher fires over the entire fire team sector of fire. Extreme care must
be taken to ensure that fields of fire are cleared of obstructions, which might cause
premature detonation of the projectile. Initially, the fire team leader/grenadier should use
the rifle portion of the weapon. As the enemy maneuvers closer to the friendly positions,
the grenade launcher should be used.
✔✔Employment of the M249 SAW - ✔✔In the defense, the M249 SAWs can also be
assigned their own PDFs to cover likely avenues of approach or other priority target
areas. More important, however, is the weapon's capability for a high volume of
accurate fire. The firepower provided by two or three SAWs can cause devastating
effects against enemy personnel attacking the defense.
✔✔Employment of the M240B Machine Gun - ✔✔In the defense, the machine gun
section should be employed as a whole in general support of the overall unit. The guns
should generally be positioned on the flanks with interlocking FPLs and sectors of fire
across the unit's front. Whenever grazing fire can be attained, the M240B should be
assigned the mission of firing an FPL, and if the terrain or mission prevents the effective
