115 Infantry fundamentals Flashcards
What is the mission of the Marine Division
Provide forces for amphibious assaults or to execute other operations as may be directed
Different parts of the Marine Division
- Headquarters Battalion
- Tank Battalion
- Assault Amphibious Battalion
Light Armored Reconnaissance - Reconnaissance Battalion
- Combat Engineer Battalion
- Artillery Regiment
- Infantry Regiment
How is the Marine Division employed?
- As the Ground Combat Element of the Marine Expeditionary Force
- Provide task organized forces for smaller MAFTs
What is the primary mission of the Infantry Regiment?
To locate, close with, and destroy the enemy by fire and maneuver or to repel the enemy’s assault by fire and close combat.
What is the basic means of ground mobility for the infantry Regiment?
Feet / Foot
What is the major element of close combat of the MARDIV
The Infantry Regiment
What is the organizational structure of the Infantry regiment?
- Headquarters Company
- Four Infantry Battalions
What is the primary mission of the Infantry Battalion?
Locate, close with, and destroy the enemy by fire and maneuver or to repel the enemy’s assault by fire and close combat.
What is the organizational structure of the infantry battalion?
- H&H Co
- WPNS Co
- Three riffle Companies
What are the basic tactical unit by which the infantry battalion accomplishes it’s mission
The riffle company
How is a Battalion Landing team formed?
The infantry battalion is combined with combat support and combat service support units
What does the H&S company in the riffle battalion consist of
- Battalion headquarter
- Company Headquarters
- Service (Supply / transportation)
- Medical
How is the H&S company typically emplyed?
To provide and coordinate security for C2 functions of the Battalion headquarters and assist in coordinating combat service support.
What is the mission of the Weapons company in the infantry battalion?
Tp provide medium mortor, antiarmor, and heavy machine gun support, as well as fire support coordination in order to support the infantry battalion’s scheme and maneuver.
What are the different parts that consist in the weapons company
- Company headquarters
- 81 mm Mortor platoon
- Heavy Machine Gun Platoon
- Antiarmor Platoon
What is the mission of the 81mm Mortor Platoon of the Weapons Company
To provide organic indirect fire support to the battalion
What is the make up of the 81 mm Platoon
- Platoon HQ
- Two Mortor Sections
How is each 81 mm mortor section organized
- HQ with the capability of serving as an FDC
- Four 81mm squads
What is the Battalion Commander’s primary indirect fire support asset?
The 81 mm Mortor platoon
What is the mission of the Antiarmor platoon?
to provide heavy caliber, long-range antiarmor fires for the battalion.
What are the components of the antiarmor platoon?
- Small HQ platoon
- Javelin Missle section
- Tow Section
T.O.W.
Tube launched, Optically tracked, Wire command link guided missile
What is the composition of the Javelin section
- Section Leader
- two 9-marine Javelin Squads each with four Javelin missile sections
What is the composition of the TOW section
- section leader
- Driver/radio operator
- four 5-marine TOW squads
- Each squad is equipped with two TOW systems and two vehicles
How is the CAAT platoon formed
Tow section and heavy machine gun platoon
What is the mission of the heavy machine gun platoon?
To provider heavy caliber direct and grenade launcher machine gun fires for the battalion
how is the machine gun platoon organized?
- Platoon HQ
- three 8-marine HMG sections
- Each section contains two 4-marine squads equipped with a vehicle and both M2A1 .50 caliber and Mk-19 40mm machine guns
What is the mission and employment of the Combined Anti Armor Team
There is no standard mission statement of the CAAT since it is task organized and not a standardized unit of the infantry battalion
What is the mission of the riffle company?
To defeat the enemy by fire maneuver, and close combat and to conduct other operations as directed across the range of military operations
What is the maneuver element of the battalion
The riffle company
What is the composition of the riffle company
- company HQ
- Three riffle platoons
- Weapons platoon
What is the mission of the riffle platoon?
To defeat the enemy by fire, maneuver, and close combat and to conduct other operations as directed by the company across the range of military operations
What does the CAAT offer the battalion commander
Highly mobile and relativley well-armed and protected motorized units
What is the purpose of the offense?
Offensive operations are the means to achieve decisive victory
What are the fundamentals of the offense?
- Orient the enemy
- Gain and maintain contact
- Develop the situation
- Concentrate superior firepower at the decisive time and place
- Exploit known enemy weaknesses
- Seize and control key terrain
- Gain and maintain the initiative
- Neutralize enemy’s ability to react
- Advance by fire and maneuver
- Maintain momentum
- Speed
- Exploit success
- Be flexible
- Be aggressive
- Provide for the security of force
What are the different forms of maneuver?
- Frontal Attack
- Flank Attack
- Envelopment
- Turning Movement
- Infiltration
-Penetration
What are the seven Special Purpose Attack?
- Spoiling Attack
- Counterattack
- Feint
- Demonstration
- Reconnaissance
- Raids
- Ambush
What is the purpose of the defense?
To defeat the enemy attacks or prevent the enemy from achieving its objectives.
What are the characteristics of the defense?
- Maneuver
- Preparation
- Mass and concentration
- Flexibility
- Use of terrain
- Mutual support
- Defense in depth
- Surprise
What are the different types of defensive operations?
- Area defense
- Mobile defense
- Retrograde defense
What are the two patrol types?
- Reconnaissance
- Combat
Reconnaissance Patrols
Collects information and can either confirm or disprove the accuracy of information previously gained
Types of reconnaissance patrols
- Route
- Zone
- Area
Combat patrols
Provide security to both friendly forces and local populations; maintain contact with friendly and enemy forces; and harass, destroy, or capture enemy equipment, or installations.
Four types of combat patrols
- Raid
- Contact
- Ambush
- Security
