SGTS COURSE SQUAD OPERATIONS CORE MAIN
EXAMS ALL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Prior to detaching a patrol, commanders must: - ✔✔Determine patrol requirements
Assign units
Provide adequate time
Provide the patrol leader timely information
Provide special skills and equipment
Provide misc support
Review the patrol leader's plan and prep
✔✔A __________ is a detachment of forces sent out for the purpose of gathering
information or carrying out destructive, harassing, or security missions. - ✔✔Patrol
✔✔The elements of a combat patrol consist of: headquarters, __________, support,
and __________. - ✔✔Assault
Security
✔✔Identify the acronym for the estimate of the situation that is used and continuously
updated by the patrol leader. - ✔✔METT-T
✔✔6 Troop Leading Steps - ✔✔BAMCIS
, ✔✔The patrol leader must coordinate the patrol's actions with other unit actions. Identify
which of the following actions the patrol leader is primarily concerned with coordinating.
Select all that apply. - ✔✔Departure and re-entry of friendly lines
Fire support to the patrol
Logistic support to the patrol
✔✔MAKING A MAP OVERLAY - ✔✔1. Orienting the overlay material
2. Plotting and symbolizing checkpoints and routes
3. Recording marginal information
✔✔Marginal Information on a map includes: - ✔✔Title and objective
Time and date
Map reference
Author
Security classification
✔✔What is the purpose of a patrol overlay? - ✔✔Allows parent unit to monitor progress
of the patrol without transmitting coordinates over the radio
✔✔RALLY POINTS - ✔✔A rally point should:
•Provide cover and concealment.
•Be defensible for at least a short time.
•Be easily recognized and known to all patrol members.
✔✔Types of contact - ✔✔Observation
Meeting engagement
Ambush
✔✔Immediate Action (IA) Drills - ✔✔Immediate halt drill
Air observation and attack drill
Meeting engagement drills
Counter ambush drills
✔✔BREAKING CONTACT - ✔✔Fire and Movement: One portion of the patrol returns
the enemy fire while another portion bounds away from the enemy. Each portion of the
patrol covers the other by fire until the entire patrol breaks contacts. The patrol can
bound by elements, fire teams, or individuals.
Clock System: Using the clock system, the patrol leader shouts a direction and
distance. Twelve o'clock is always the direction of movement of the patrol. If the patrol
leader shouts, "Nine o'clock, 200 meters," this means the patrol is to move in the
direction of nine o'clock for 200 meters.
EXAMS ALL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Prior to detaching a patrol, commanders must: - ✔✔Determine patrol requirements
Assign units
Provide adequate time
Provide the patrol leader timely information
Provide special skills and equipment
Provide misc support
Review the patrol leader's plan and prep
✔✔A __________ is a detachment of forces sent out for the purpose of gathering
information or carrying out destructive, harassing, or security missions. - ✔✔Patrol
✔✔The elements of a combat patrol consist of: headquarters, __________, support,
and __________. - ✔✔Assault
Security
✔✔Identify the acronym for the estimate of the situation that is used and continuously
updated by the patrol leader. - ✔✔METT-T
✔✔6 Troop Leading Steps - ✔✔BAMCIS
, ✔✔The patrol leader must coordinate the patrol's actions with other unit actions. Identify
which of the following actions the patrol leader is primarily concerned with coordinating.
Select all that apply. - ✔✔Departure and re-entry of friendly lines
Fire support to the patrol
Logistic support to the patrol
✔✔MAKING A MAP OVERLAY - ✔✔1. Orienting the overlay material
2. Plotting and symbolizing checkpoints and routes
3. Recording marginal information
✔✔Marginal Information on a map includes: - ✔✔Title and objective
Time and date
Map reference
Author
Security classification
✔✔What is the purpose of a patrol overlay? - ✔✔Allows parent unit to monitor progress
of the patrol without transmitting coordinates over the radio
✔✔RALLY POINTS - ✔✔A rally point should:
•Provide cover and concealment.
•Be defensible for at least a short time.
•Be easily recognized and known to all patrol members.
✔✔Types of contact - ✔✔Observation
Meeting engagement
Ambush
✔✔Immediate Action (IA) Drills - ✔✔Immediate halt drill
Air observation and attack drill
Meeting engagement drills
Counter ambush drills
✔✔BREAKING CONTACT - ✔✔Fire and Movement: One portion of the patrol returns
the enemy fire while another portion bounds away from the enemy. Each portion of the
patrol covers the other by fire until the entire patrol breaks contacts. The patrol can
bound by elements, fire teams, or individuals.
Clock System: Using the clock system, the patrol leader shouts a direction and
distance. Twelve o'clock is always the direction of movement of the patrol. If the patrol
leader shouts, "Nine o'clock, 200 meters," this means the patrol is to move in the
direction of nine o'clock for 200 meters.
