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Five principles of patrolling - ANSWER Planning Reconnaissance Security Control Common Sense Planning - ANSWER Quickly make a simple plan and effectively communicate it to the lowest level. A great plan that takes forever to complete and is poorly disseminated isnt a great plan. Plan and prepare to a realistic standard and rehearse. reconnaissance - ANSWER Your responsibility as a ranger leader is to confirm what you think you know and to confirm what you don't Security - ANSWER Preserve your force as a whole. Every ranger and every rifle counts, anyone could be the difference between victory and defeat. control - ANSWER Clarify the concept of the operation and commanders intent. coupled with disciplined communications, to bring every man and weapon available to overwhelm the enemy at the decisive point Common sense - ANSWER Use all available information and good judgement to make sound, timely decisions Troop Leading Procedures - ANSWER 1. Receive the mission 2. Issue the warning order 3. Make a tentative plan 4. Initiate movement 5. Reconnoiter 6. Complete the plan 7. Issue the complete order 8. Supervise and refine Five Paragraphs of an OPORD - ANSWER 1. Situation 2. Mission 3. Execution 4. Sustainment 5. Command and Signal Elements of a Five Point Contingency Plan - ANSWER Going - Where the leader is going Others- Who is going with the leader Time - Time the leader should return What - What to do if the does not return Actions - What to do if the leader does not return Elements of METT-TC - ANSWER Mission - Analysis of mission begins upon mission receipt Enemy analysis - Develop SITTEMP Terrain and weather analysis - Significant both friendly and enemy Troop analysis - Enemy assets Time Analysis - How much available to plan and complete mission Civilian considerations Movement techniques - ANSWER 1. Platoon Column (Primary movement) 2. Platoon line, Squads on line (maximum firepower to the front of enemy positions) 3. Platoon line, squads in column ( PL does not want all soldiers on line, but prepared for contact. Crossing Line of departure near an OBJ) 4. Platoon file (When visibility is poor due to terrain, vegetation or low visibility) 5. Platoon wedge (When the enemy situation is vague but contact is not expected) 6. Platoon Vee (When the enemy situation is vague but contact is not expected from the front) Platoon Forms of Offensive maneuver - ANSWER 1. Envelopment 2. Turning Movement 3. Frontal Attack 4. Penetration 5. Infiltration 6. Flank Attack Types of offensive operations - ANSWER 1. Movement to contact 2. Attack 3. Exploitation 4. Pursuit Characteristics of the offense - ANSWER 1. Audacity 2. Concentration 3. Surprise 4. Tempo Characteristics of defense - ANSWER 1. Preparation 2. Security 3. disruption 4. Mass and concentration 5. flexibility 6. maneuver 7. operation in depth Steps to engagement area development - ANSWER 1. Identify all likely enemy avenues of approach 2. Determine likely enemy scheme of maneuver 3. Determine where to kill the enemy 4. Plans and integrates obstacles 5. emplaces weapon systems 6. Plans and integrates indirect fires 7. rehearses the execution of operations in the engagement area Course of action development - ANSWER 1. Analyze relative combat power 2. Generate options 3. Array forces 4. Develop a concept of operations 5. assign responsibilities 6. Prepare course of action statement and sketch TTLODAC - ANSWER Target Trigger Location - minimum of 6 digit grid Observer delivery system - MTRS, ARTY, AIR Attack guidance - AMMO, SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS Commo net 5 major terrain features - ANSWER 1. Hill 2. Ridge 3. Valley 4. Saddle 5. Depression 3 minor terrain features - ANSWER 1. Spur 2. Draw 3. Cliff 2 supplementary terrain features - ANSWER 1. Cut 2. Fill Parts of a fire command - ANSWER 1. Alert 2. Direction 3. Description 4. Range 5. Method 6. Command to fire 3 different movement techniques - ANSWER 1. traveling 2. traveling overwatch 3. bounding overwatch Define "traveling" - ANSWER contact not likely define "Traveling overwatch" - ANSWER Contact is possible Define "bounding overwatch" - ANSWER Contact imminent What is the range of a 120mm - ANSWER 3000M Define weapon status "Weapons Hold" - ANSWER Weapon systems engage targets to their respective fronts and fields of fire List the 8 different forms of contact - ANSWER 1. Visual 2. Direct Fire 3. Indirect Fire 4. Obstacle 5. Air 6. CBRN 7. Signal/EW 8. Civil/nonlethal State the point range of m249 SAW - ANSWER 600 M Area range of m249 SAW - ANSWER 800m 3 types of retrograde - ANSWER 1. Delay 2. Withdrawal 3. Retirement Define the purpose of offensive operations - ANSWER Offensive operations seek to seize, retain and exploit the initiative to defeat the enemy decisively Name the 3 methods of resupply - ANSWER 1. routine 2. Emergency 3. Pre-stock What are the 3 types of recon patrols - ANSWER 1. Area 2. Route 3. Zone Fundamentals of reconnaissance - ANSWER 1. ensure continuous recon 2. Do not keep recon assets in reserve 3. Orient on the recon OBJ 4. report information rapidly and accurately 5. retain freedom of maneuver 6. Gain and maintain enemy contact 7. Develop the situation rapidly steps of engagement area development - ANSWER 1. ID all likely enemy avenues of approach 2. Determine all likely enemy scheme of maneuver 3. Determine where to kill the enemy 4. Plan and integrate obstacles 5. Emplace weapon systems / direct fire 6. Plan and integrate fires 7. rehearse the execution of operations in the engagement area Which steps of EA DEV must be in order - ANSWER 1, 2, 3 What overlays do you need for an OPORD - ANSWER 1. GTAO 2. AOI / AO 3. Friendly / enemy SITTEMP 4. Operations graphics 5. Fires overlays 6. COA SKETCH 6 steps of the defense - ANSWER 1. Recon / security ops 2. Occupation 3. Approach of enemy main attack 4. enemy assault 5. Counter-attack 6. Consolidation and reorganization Recon / security ops - ANSWER 1. recon and security plan 2. Counter-recon 3. Fires support 4. Quartering party 5. Determine PLT battle positions 6. Assign priorities of work 7. Engineer priorities and planning Occupation - ANSWER 1. EA DEV 2.