115 GCE Infantry Fundamentals

Question 1

The mission of the MARDIV

Answer 1

Is to provide forces for amphibious assaults or to execute other operations as may be directed.

Question 2

How does division commander fight?

Answer 2

Using combined arms tactics and tailors the force to the demands of each mission.

Question 3

How is marine divison organized?

Answer 3

Headquarters battalion
Assault amphibian battalion
Light armored reconnaissance 
Tank Battalion
Reconnaissance battalion
Artillery regiment
Combat enginee battlion
Infantry regiment X 3

Question 4

Primary mission of infantry regiment

Answer 4

Is to locate, close with, and destroy the enemy by fire and maneuver or to repel an enemy’s assault by fire and close combat.

Question 5

How is an infantry regiment organzied?

Answer 5

Question 6

The primary mission of the infantry battalion

Answer 6

Is to locate, close with, and destroy the enemy by fire and menuever or to repel the enemys assault by fire and close combat.

Question 7

What does it form when a battalion is combined with combat support and combat service support units?

Answer 7

A BLT battalion landing team.

Question 8

H&S company mission

Answer 8

Employed to provide and coordinate security for C2 functions of the battalion HQ and assist in coordinating combat service support.

Question 9

How is H&S company organzied?

Answer 9

Question 10

Mission of weapons company?

Answer 10

Is to provide medium mortar, anti armor, and heavy machine gun support, as well as fire support coordination in order to support the infantry battalions scheme of maneuver.

Question 11

How is weapons company organized?

Answer 11

Question 12

Mission of rifle company

Answer 12

Defeat the enemy by fire, manuever, and close combat and to conduct other operations as directed across the range of military operations.

Question 13

How is the rifle company organized?

Answer 13

Question 14

Mission of rifle platoon

Answer 14

Defeat the enemy by fire, manuever, and close combat and to conduct other operations as directed by the company across the range of operations.

Question 15

How is a rifle platoon organzied?

Answer 15

Three squads- three fireteams and one anti armor weapon

Small HQ- plt commander, sgt and radio operator

Question 16

Mission of weapons platoon

Answer 16

Provide fire support coordination, light mortar, antimechanized assault, and medium machine gun support for the infantry company and its subordinate elements.

Question 17

How is weapons platoon organzied?

Answer 17

Platoon HQ
60mm mortar section- 3 mortar squads
Medium machinegun section-3 machinegun squads- 2 machine gun teams
Assault section-3 squads, 2 assault teams armed with anti personnel weapons

Question 18

81mm mortar platoon mission

Answer 18

Provide organic indirect fire support to the battalion.

Question 19

How is 81mm mortar platoon organzied?

Answer 19

Platoon HQ
2 mortar sections
Each section hq capable of serving as FDC and four 81mm mortar squads

Question 20

Anti armor platoon mission

Answer 20

Provides heavy caliber, long-range antiarmor fires for the battalion.

Question 21

How is the anti armor platoon organized?

Answer 21

Platoon HQ
Javalin missle section->section leader 2 nine marine javelin squads->4 javalin missle systems
TOW section-> section leader, a driver/radio operator 4 five marine TOW Squads-> two tow systems and two vehicles

Question 22

What does TOW stand for

Answer 22

Tube launched, optically tracked, wire-command link guided missle

Question 23

HMG Platoon mission

Answer 23

Provides heavy caliber direct and grenade launcher machine gun fire for the battalion.

Question 24

How is HMG organzied?

Answer 24

Platoon HQ

3 eight-marine HMG sections-> 2 four-marine squads- a vehicle, M2A1 .50 caliber, Mk-19 40mm machine guns.

Question 25

CAAT

Answer 25

No standard mission. Task organized unit. Usually 2 sections of four vehicles. Two balanced caats each equipped with four tow systems and four HMGs

Question 26

Platoon commander responsibilities

Answer 26

Develops/implaments training plan
Plans and coordinates with other units
Ensures understanding of problem in COC
Develops and issues orders
Supervises conduct of operation

Question 27

Platoon sergeant responsibilities

Answer 27

Supervises training
Performs platoon commander duties in absence
Establishes and supervises standards 
Enforces SOPs
Ensures all reports are made to company
Directs supply and resupply of platoon

Question 28

Squad leaders and NCOs responsibilities

Answer 28

Monitor platoon level nets
Recieve and execute orders from platoon
Notify platoon commander of ant ccir events
Monitor and operate comms and EW systems as directed

Question 29

Purpose of offense

Answer 29

Offensive operations are the means to achieve decisive victory

Question 30

Fundamentals of the offense

Answer 30

Concentrate superior firepower at the decisive time and place
Orient on the enemy
Develop the situation
Exploit known enemy weakness
Neutralize the enemies ability to react
Achieve suprise
Maintain momentum
Exploit success
Seize or control key terrain
Be flexible 
Advance by fire and maneuver 
Gain and maintain the initiative 
Speed
Provide for the security force
Be aggressive 
Gain and maintain contact

Question 31

6 forms of maneuver

Answer 31

Turning movement
Iinfiltration
Penetration 
Flank attack
Eenvelopment
Frontal attack

Question 32

7 special purpose attacks

Answer 32

Counterattack
Ambush
Raid
Demonstration 
Reconnissance in force
Spoiling attack
Feint

Question 33

Spoiling attack

Answer 33

Attack to delay, disrupt, or destroy the enemies ability to attack

Question 34

Feint

Answer 34

Attack to delay or disrupt enemy preperation or cause them to act in a particular way

Question 35

Demonstration

Answer 35

Similar to feint however friendly force does not make contact

Question 36

Reconnissance in force

Answer 36

Attack designed to gain information

Question 37

Raids

Answer 37

Attack into hostile area and a planned withdrawl upon completion of mission

Question 38

Purpose of defense

Answer 38

Defeat enemy attacks or prevent the enemy from achieving its objectives

Question 39

8 Characteristics of the defense

Answer 39

Manuever 
Use of terrain
Mass and concentration 
Preparation
Mutual support
Defense in depth
Suprise
Flexibility

Question 40

Types of defensive operations

Answer 40

Area
Mobile
Retrograde

Question 41

Area defense

Answer 41

Distributes the bulk of the defending force on terrain where battle will be fought.

Question 42

Mobile defense

Answer 42

Destroys an attacking enemy through manuever and offensive action. Commander retains majority of available power for counter attack.

Question 43

Retrograde defense

Answer 43

Defensive operations that consists of movement or menuever to the rear.

Question 44

Patrol types

Answer 44

Reconnissance and combat

Question 45

Reconnissance patrol

Answer 45

Purpose is to gather information. Seek to avoid enemy contact. The three types are route, zone, and area

Question 46

Combat patrols

Answer 46

Provide security and harass, destory or capture enemy troops, equipment or installations. 4 types are raid, contact, ambush, and security

Question 47

Stability operations

Answer 47

Maintain or reestablush a safe and secure enviroment, provide essential governmental services, emergancy infrastructure reconstruction, and humanitarian relief

Question 48

6 stability tasks

Answer 48

Support and/or enable restoration of essential services
Support establishment of civil control
Support economic and infrastructure development
Support to governance
Establish civil security
Provide humanitarian assistance

Question 49

Combined arms

Answer 49

The use of multiple arms/forces to enable a manuever or attack.