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115 Infantry Fundamentals Flashcards

1
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What 7 units Make up a Marine Division?

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3 infantry regiments, 1 Artillery regiment, 1 Headquarters Battalion, 1 Tank Battalion, 1 LAR Battalion, 1 CEB, 1 AAV Battalion

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What is the primary mission of the headquarters Battalion?

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To exercise command, control, and administration of the Marine Division.

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What 8 units make up the Marine Division headquarters Battalion?

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H&S Company, Division headquarters with and H&S Company, a recon company, a special security comm team, a comm company, a MP company, the division band, and a truck company.

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What is the make up of the reconnaissance company?

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Headquarters section and six reconnaissance platoons

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Fill in the blank:

The reconnaissance company exercises ______ recon rather than _____ recon.

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Directed recon rather than passive recon.

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What is the mission of the Headquarters Battalion’s MP Company? (6)

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To provide route recon, evacuation, and control of EPW, breach and perimeter defense, area security, crowd control, and investigative services.

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What is the primary mission of the infantry regiment?

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To locate, close with, and destroy the enemy by fire and maneuver or to repel his assault by fire and close combat.

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What is the make up of an infantry regiment?

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A headquarters company, and two or more infantry battalions.

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Approximately how many personnel are in an infantry regiment?

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3,400

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What is the basic tactical unit of the infantry regiment?

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Infantry battalions

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What are the five platoons/sections of an infantry regiments headquarters company?

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regimental headquarters, a recon platoon, Comm section, Motor T section, Company headquarters

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12
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What is the basic means of mobility of the infantry regiment?

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by foot

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What are the seven sections of the infantry regiments, HQ company, regimental headquarters?

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Command sections, S-1, S-2, S-3, S-4, Medical, Chaplain

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What are the six sections of the infantry regiments, HQ company, comm section?

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Platoon HQ, Radio section, Wire section, Electronics maintenance section, Comm center section, Tactical Air control party (TACP) section

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What are the four sections of the infantry regiments, HQ company, Company HQ?

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Mess section, Motor T, Supply, HQ

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What is the primary mission of an infantry Battalion?

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To locate, close with, and destroy the enemy by fire and maneuver or to repel his assault by fire and close combat.

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What is the make up on an infantry battalion?

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H&S Company, Three rifle companies, Weapons company

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What are the six platoons/sections of an infantry battalion’s H&S Company?

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Company Headquarters, BLT HQ, Comms platoon, Chaplain section, Service platoon, Medical platoon

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What are the four platoons/sections of an infantry battalion’s H&S Company’s BLT HQ?

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S-1, S-2, S-3, S-4

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What are the six platoons/sections of an infantry battalion’s H&S Company’s Comm platoon?

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HQ section, Wire section, Radio section, Mortar support section, TACP section.

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What are the six platoons/sections of an infantry battalion’s H&S Company’s Service platoon?

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Platoon HQ, supply section, mess section, transport section, armor section.

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What are the three platoons of an infantry battalion’s Weapons Company?

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Company HQ, Mortar Platoon, Anti-armor platoon, Heavy Machine gun Platoon.

23
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What are the three platoons/sections of an infantry battalion’s Weapons Company’s Mortar platoon?

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Platoon HQ, Fire direct center (FDC), 81MM mortar section (which has four squads).

24
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What are the three platoons/sections of an infantry battalion’s Weapons Company’s anti-armor platoon?

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Platoon HQ, TOW section (which has four squads), Dragon Section

25
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What are the two platoons/sections of an infantry battalion’s Weapons Company’s Heavy machine gun platoon?

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Platoon HQ, 3 heavy machine gun sections (each with two squads)

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What are the three platoons/sections of an infantry battalion’s Rifle Company?

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Company HQ, 3 rifle platoons, 1 Weapons platoon

27
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What are the three sections of an infantry battalion’s Rifle Company’s weapons platoon?

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Platoon HQ, Machine gun section (3 squads each) Mortar section (3 squads each), Assault section (3 squads each)

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How many rifle squads are in a rifle platoon?

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3 (each with 3 fire teams)

29
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Fill in the blank with the weapon system:
Within the rifle company, the fire team leader carries a ____ or ____ and a _____ attached. The squad automatic rifleman carries the _____; all other rifle men carry the _____.

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M16 or M4 with an M203 grenade launcher, M249 SAW, M16 or M4

30
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Fill in the blank with the weapon system:
Within the rifle company, squad leaders and the officers and enlisted personnel of the platoon headquarters carry ________.

A

M4

31
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Fill in the blank with the weapon system:
Within the rifle company, the weapons platoon machine gun section has six ____ machine guns, the mortar section has three ______, and the assault section has six ______

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M240G, M224 60MM mortars, MK153 83mm SMAWs (shoulder launched multipurpose assault weapons)

32
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Fill in the blank with the weapon system:
Within the Weapons company, mortar platoon has 8 ______, the anti-armor platoon has 12 ______, and 8 ______, and the heavy machine gun platoon has 6 _____ and 6 _____.

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81mm mortars, M47 Dragons, TOWs, M2 .50 cals, MK19 40 mm

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What is the mission of the rifle squad?

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To locate, close with, and destroy the enemy by fire and maneuver, or repel his assault by fire and close combat.

34
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What is the organization of the rifle squad?

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three fire teams

35
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What is a rifle platoon’s fire team built around?

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an automatic weapon

36
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Before selecting a firing position the assigned sector of fire must be carefully examined from what position to ensure effective coverage of the sector of fire?

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prone position

37
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What are the three fighting positions?

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Primary, Alternate, Supplementary

38
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What is a primary fighting position?

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The best available position from which the assigned sector of fire can be covered.

39
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What is a secondary fighting position?

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Used primarily by crew-served weapons, so that it can continue to accomplish its original mission when the primary position becomes untenable or unsuited for carrying out that mission. Not normally assigned to individuals or units within the platoon.

40
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what is a supplementary filing position?

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Positions that are prepared to guard against surprise attack from directions other than those from which the main attack is expected.

41
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What are the five types of patrols?

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Raid, Contact, Economy of force, ambush, security.

42
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Which type of patrol is used to establish and or maintain contact with friendly or enemy forces?

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contact patrol

43
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Which type of patrol is used to detect infiltration by the enemy, kill, or capture infiltrators’ and protect against surprise or ambush?

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security patrol

44
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Which type of patrol is used to destroy or capture enemy personnel or equipment, destroy installations, or free friendly personnel who have been captured by the enemy?

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raid patrol

45
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Fill in the blank:

A checkpoint is a _______ point on the ground used as a means of ________.

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predetermined, controlling movement

46
Q

True or False:

Checkpoints are assigned numbers in sequential order.

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False

47
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Fill in the blank: A _____ is an easily identifiable point on the ground, designated by the patrol leader, where the patrol can reassemble if they become dispersed.

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Rally point

48
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What are the three types of rally points?

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initial, en route, and objective

49
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Where is an initial rally point?

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within the friendly area where the patrol can reassemble if it becomes dispersed before departing the friendly area or before reaching the first rally point designated en route.

50
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Fill in the blank: Counter ambush: when a patrol in ambushed, the IA drill used is determined by whether the ambush is near (enemy within ______ meters) or far.

A

fifty

51
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Near or far ambush: Men in the killing zone immediately assault the enemy’s position without waiting for any order or signal.

A

Near

52
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Near or far ambush: men in the killing zone immediately return fire, take the best available cover, and continue firing until directed otherwise.

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Far

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