Convoy Operations Flashcards
Discuss the procedures for hardening vehicles?
- Remove canvas and bows
- Place sandbags on floorboards, bed of truck
- stack five layers high down each side
- reinforce sandbags with scrap armor plate
What is a Convoy Commander?
- Seats in the middle of convoy
- Overall responsible
- Responsible for planning, preparation, and execution of convoy
What is an Assistant Convoy Commander?
- Seats in rear
- Responsible if CC is unable
Who is responsible for the lead vehicle and staying on route?
Lead Vehicle Commander
Who is responsible for the vehicle and everything in it?
Vehicle Commander
What is the job of Driver/A-driver?
- Drive, fuel, maintain vehicle
- Stay alert
Who is responsible for the Primary and alternate sectors of fire?
Crew Served Weapons Operator (Gunner)
Who is the designated marksman?
Sniper or capable Rifleman
What is the best location for the Medics/CLS on a convoy?
Rear
Who assist the medic and also located on the rear?
Litter Team
Who establishes a landing zone?
Landing Zone Team
Who are the first responders if stopped and under fire?
Assault Team
What is the Recovery Team’s job?
- Recovers broken down vehicles
- Next to last vehicle
What is everyone else job in the convoy?
- Security Personnel
Discuss single file formation
- Advantages: Minimizing IED blast damage
- Disadvantages: Reduced field of view and reduced headlight coverage at night
Discuss staggered formation
- Advantages: All around security and greater headlight coverage at night
- Disadvantages: Most vulnerable to IED blast
Discuss offset formation
- Description: Used to block third party traffic.
- Advantages: Allows CC to control third party traffic.
- Disadvantages: Difficult to command and control.
Discuss inverted T formation
- Description: File with a vehicle on each side in the rear to stop third party traffic.
- Advantages: Limits third party vehicle infiltration.
- Disadvantages: Requires experienced drivers.
Discuss diamond formation
- Description: Gun trucks on the outside for security.
- Advantages: Limits third party vehicle
- Disadvantages: Requires experienced drivers.
Discuss Downed Driver:
- Vehicle Commander (VC) takes over steering
- Third person pulls driver clear; VC moves into driver’s seat
Discuss Bailout:
- When vehicle inoperative or required as cover
- “Cold” side crew dismounts; assumes hasty position to rear and returns fire
- “Hot” side returns fire until clear to dismount on “cold” side; moves to front
- Establish 360 degree security
- Look for indications of enemy presence
Hasty Vehicle Recovery:
- Disabled vehicle pulled by recovery vehicle to rally point
- Reconfigure to more stable means of towing
In-stride hasty vehicle recovery:
Recovery vehicle continues to move forward slowly taking up the slack pulling the vehicle out
Dismount/remount procedures:
- Dismount: use buddy teams for cover
- Maintain line of sight with buddy
- Rear security behind vehicle, off to the side
- CSW’s remain manned
- Driver remains with vehicle
- Remount: Dismounts collapse the perimeter
React to contact: Blow through
- Speed up
- Signal direction of enemy
- Return Fire
- Move to rally point (per SOP and METT-TC)
- Establish 360 degree security
- Send ACE (ammunition / casualty / equipment) report
- Continue mission
Hasty Attack
- Gun trucks, designated marksmen, assault force suppress identified threat with accurate fire
- Gun trucks maneuver to suitable position to protect convoy and cutoff enemy egress route by fire
Discuss sectors of observation and fields of fire in convoy.
- Driver 9 to 1
- CC 11 to 3
- Rear passengers should be looking out the window on their designated side
Identify characteristics and considerations of a roadside IED or VBIED.
- Stop!
- Back up convoy
- Perform 5, 25s
Route Reconnaissance and Selection
- Done by map, physical (ground or air), or by firsthand knowledge
- Attention to objects on or near roadways
Convoy Troop Leading Procedures
- Receive mission
- Issue WARNO
- Make tentative plan
- Initiate movement
- Reconnoiter
- Complete plan
- Issue convoy brief
- Supervise
General planning considerations
- receive mission
- analyze unit’s capabilities
- plan mission
- rehearse
Vehicle Commander
Responsible for logistics, maintenance and other support equipment
Gunner
Responsible for primary and alternate sectors of fire
Medic/Corpsman Combat Lifesaver
Render medical treatment and supervise evacuations and casualties
Security Element Commander
Responsible for security of convoy
Recovery Team
Assist in maintenance and recovery of convoy assets along route
Other Convoy Personnel
- navigators
- crew served weapons operators
- vehicle commanders when in duress
What is considered to be the “standard equipment requirements” for a convoy?
- ammunition
- food
- water
- fuel
Purpose of vehicle hardening
- protection against enemy fire and explosives
Examples of vehicle hardening
- Kevlar blankets
- armor plating
- ballistic glass
- sand bags
Strip map
easily used navigation aid
What six things does a strip map provide?
- route control
- battle tracking information
- operational support points
- logistical support points
- known danger areas
- key build up areas
What three types of points are on a strip map?
Start, check, critical points
Start point
initial point of convoy operations
Check point
predetermined coordinates for convoys to check in with HQ
Critical point
areas with threat of hostile activity
Convoy communication
- internal
- truck to truck
- external to convoy
- Must be secure capable
- Alternate communications: hand signals, pyrotechnics, vehicle signals, etc.
Short halt
- To slow down traffic
- To protect convoy rear with vehicles and 360 degree security
- Buffer between third-party personnel and vehicles
- Vehicles used as lethal weapons if necessary
Blocking
Physically block road with vehicle to prevent traffic intermingling with convoy
Bumping
Replacing one blocking vehicle with another
In-stride recovery
- Recovery vehicle pulls alongside disabled vehicle
- VC and driver hook up tow and release straps
- Recovery vehicle continues to move forward pulling vehicle out
Dismount/Re-mount
- VC makes call
- Protect space between vehicles
- Use weapons to signal civilians back
- Return fire as necessary
Recovery no obstacles
- dismount
- 360 security
- attain fire superiority
- report contact
- recover casualties
- continue mission
Recovery with obstacles
- dismount
- 360 security
- attain fire superiority
- recover casualties
- assess the situation
- wait for QRF or assault through ambush using fire and maneuver
When should dismount/remount be used?
When not in contact but in close proximity to persons who may pose a threat
Drivers, observation and field of fire
- O: 0900-1300
- F: 0900-1100
VC, observation and field of fire
- O: 1100-1500
- F: 1300-1500
What three things should be consider for IEDs and VBIEDs?
- abandoned vehicles
- vehicles parked where they don’t belong
- vehicles with loose wires hanging off them
Reacting to an IED
5 Cs of IED spotting
- Confirm IED sighting
- Clear area surrounding IED
- Cordon off and secure the area
- Control entry and exit to area (vehicle and pedestrian)
- Check for secondary’s
How far the area surrounding must and IED be cleared to?
300 meters
Situation report
3 sub paragraphs:
a) enemy forces
b) friendly forces
c) attachments and detachments
Mission
Concise statement of mission to be accomplished
- Includes essential tasks
(specified and implied tasks critical to success)
- Purpose of the mission
(who, what, when, where, and why).
Execution
Assigns definite tasks to each element
Administration and Logistics
Beans, Bullets, Band-Aids, Bad guys
Command and Logistics
Comms plan, signal instructions, chain of command
