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Common Core 108 Expeditionary Tactics Flashcards

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3 categories of Standard Issue Gear

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1) Fighting/Load Carrying
2) Bivouac
3) Protective

Can be mixed and combined as necessary

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Standard 782 issue consists of:

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  • Pistol Belt with 2 magazine pouches
  • Pack, usually a medium size
  • H-Harness or suspenders

May also include:

  • Wet weather gear
  • Sleeping bags and poncho liners
  • Water carrier (canteen or camelbak)
  • Ballistic Vest
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Fighting Positions

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1) Hasty Position: Skirmisher’s Trench provides temporary, open, prone firing position for an individual rifleman
2) Improved One Man: Made as small as possible to give the smallest target to the enemy. Just wide enough for a man’s shoulders and deep enough to use entrenching tools at the bottom
3) Improved Two Man: Essentially two one man holes put together. Provides less protection from tanks, bombing, strafing, and shelling

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Individual Camouflage

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  • Exposed skin reflects light
  • Substitute face paint with charcoal, burnt cork, lamp black.
  • Black is not a good night color camouflage
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Vehicle Camouflage

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  • Park the vehicle under natural cover whenever available

- Use natural material to break up the shape and shadow of the vehicle.

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Building Camouflage

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  • Can be concealed using screens of garnished nettings
  • Disruptive patterns painted over the netting, roof, and gable-end walls
  • Netting should be sloped gradually to the ground
  • Roofs that slope greater than 30 degrees the netting must cover the whole building
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Supply Points Camouflage

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-Disperse supplies to minimize damage from a single attack

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Flares

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  • When caught in the open at night with an overhead flare, immediately hit the deck.
  • If you hear the flare fired, but it did not burst, hit the ground before it does.
  • Resume movement as soon as the flare burns out.
  • if you’re caught in the light of a ground flare, move out of the area of light as quickly and quietly as possible
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KOCOA

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  • Key Terrain
  • Observation and Fields of Fire
  • Concealment and Cover
  • Obstacles to Movement
  • Avenues of Approach
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Land Navigation requires:

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  • Map
  • Compass
  • Pace Count
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BAMCIS

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  • Begin Planning
  • Arrange Recon
  • Make Recon
  • Complete the Planning
  • Issue the Order
  • Supervise
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SMEAC

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5 paragraph order

  • Situation (enemy forces, friendly forces, attachments & detachments)
  • Mission (concise statement of mission)
  • Execution (assigns definitive tasks to each element)
  • Administration and Logistics (contains instructions for both)
  • Command and Signal
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SALUTE

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When observed activities of the enemy so not pose a threat

  • Size
  • Activity
  • Location
  • Unit
  • Time
  • Equipment
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SPOT

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  • Modified SALUTE report.

- Rapid way to inform chain of command of vital information and should be followed up with a SALUTE report.

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Security Patrol

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Concerned with defensive combat

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Reconnaissance Patrol

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Information Gathering Patrol

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Fire Plan

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  • Sectors or Zones of Fire
  • Individual Fighting Positions
  • Crew Served Weapons
  • Rifleman Positions
  • Terrain Features
  • Fire Team Leader
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Squad consists of:

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  • Squad Leader
  • Grenade
  • Fire team leader
  • Machine gunner
  • Rifleman #1
  • Rifleman #2, etc.
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Fire Team Formations

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  • Column
  • Wedge
  • Skirmish
  • Echelon
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Code of Conduct: Article I

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I am an American, fighting in the forces which guard my country and our way of life. I am prepared to give my life in their defense.

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Code of Conduct: Article II

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I will never surrender of my own free will. If in command, I will never surrender the members of my command while they still have the means to resist.

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Code of Conduct: Article III

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If I am captured, I will continue to resist by all means available. I will make every effort to escape and aid others to escape. I will except neither parole nor special favors from the enemy.

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Code of Conduct: Article IV

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If I become a prisoner of war, I will keep the faith with my fellow prisoners. I will give no information or take part in any action which might be harmful to my comrades. If I am senior, I will take command. If not, I will obey the lawful orders of those appointed over me and will back them up in every way.

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Code of Conduct: Article V

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When questioned, should I become a prisoner of war, I am required to give name, rank, service number, and date of birth. I will evade answering further questions to the utmost of my ability. I will make no oral or written statements disloyal to my country and its Allies or harmful to their cause.

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Code of Conduct: Article VI

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I will never forget that I am an American, fighting for freedom, responsible for my actions, and dedicated to the principles which made my country free. I will trust in my god and in the United States America.

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Enemy Prisoners

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  • Never attack those who surrender
  • Never kill, torture, or mistreat prisoners
  • Never take personal property
  • Do not violate their civil rights
  • You may have to relocate civilians
  • You may not use poison or poisonous weapons
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THREATCONS

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ALPHA (least restrictive)
BRAVO
CHARLIE
DELTA (Most Restrictive)

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Rules of Engagement

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Commanders have the inherent authority and obligation to use all necessary means available and to make all appropriate actions in the self-defense of their unit and other US forces in the vicinity.

29
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Deadly Force

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Justified when lesser means have been exhausted, are unavailable, or cannot be reasonably used.

30
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Types of Wire Entanglement

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1) Tactical-Wire Entanglement
2) Protective-Wire Entanglement
3) Supplementary-Wire Entanglement

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Tactical-Wire Entanglement

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  • Used parallel to and along the friendly side of the final protective line.
  • Break up enemy attack formations.
  • Hold the enemy in areas covered by the most intense defensive fire.
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Protective-Wire Entanglement

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  • Prevents surprise assaults from points close to the defense area.
  • Placed close enough to the defense area for day/night observation.
  • Place far enough away to prevent hand grenade use.
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Supplementary-Wire Entanglement

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  • Placed directly in front of the forward edge of the battle area (FEBA)
  • Conceal the exact line of the tactical wire
  • Also used in the rear of the FEBA
  • Enclose the entire defensive position by connecting the protective-wire entanglements.
  • Also used to break up the line of tactical-wire
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Column

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  • Used when speed and control are governing factors, such as moving through woods, fog, smoke, and along roads and trails.
  • Favorable for fire and maneuvers to either flank, but is vulnerable to fire from the front.
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Wedge

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  • Used when the enemy situation is unknown but contact is possible.
  • Provides all-round protection and flexibility and is easy to control.
36
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Skirmish

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  • When assaulting a known enemy position
  • Also useful for “mopping up” operations and crossing short, open areas.
  • Provides maximum firepower to the front. However, the formation is difficult to control.
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Echelon (Left or Right)

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  • Used primarily to protect and exposed flank.
  • Permits heavy firepower to both the front and the direction of echelon.
  • Difficult to control; movement is generally slow.
38
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When your convoy is fired upon

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  • Drive through the Kill zone.
  • Return fire immediately if possible.
  • When clear and disabled vehicles are still in the zone, stop and take immediate offensive of action.
  • Subsequent vehicles approaching the zone should halt short of the Kill zone.
  • If hardened vehicles are forced to stop in the zone, all available weapons return fire.
  • Attack the ambush

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