Enterance Exam Flashcards
Five Principle of Patrolling
Planning: Quickly make a simple plan and effectively communicate it to the lowest level. A great plan that takes forever to complete and is poorly disseminated isn’t a great plan. Plan and prepare to a realistic standard and rehearse everything.
Reconnaissance: Your responsibility as a Ranger Leader is to confirm what you think you know, and to confirm what you don’t know.
Security:Preserve your force as a whole. Every Ranger and every rifle counts; anyone could be the difference between victory and defeat. iv. Control: Clarify the concept of the operation and commander’s intent, coupled with disciplined communications, to bring every man and weapon available to overwhelm the enemy at the decisive point.
Common Sense: Use all available information and good judgement to make sound, timely decisions.
Troop Leading Procedures
Receive the Missions Issue a warning order Make a tentative plan Initiate movement Reconnoiter Complete the plan Issue the complete order Supervise
Five Paragraphs of an Operations Order
Situation Mission Execution Sustainment Command and Signal
Elements of the 5 point contingency Plan
Going- where the leader is going
Others- who is going with the leader
Time- time the leader should return
What- what to do if the leader does not return
Actions- what to do if group comes under fire
Elements of METT-TC
Mission: analysis of mission begins upon mission receipt
Purpose
Task: specified, implied and essential
Constraints
Restated Mission (who what when where and why)
Type of operation
Terrain and weather analysis: significant both friendly and enemy
Enemy analysis: develop SITTEMP and para
Troop Analysis: available assets
Time analysis: how much available to plan and complete mission
Civil considerations
Movement Techniques (2-(29-30))
Platoon Column (Primary Movement) Platoon Line, squads on line (Maximum firepower to the front, enemy position known) Platoon line, squads in column (PL does not want all soldiers online, but prepared for contact. Crossing Line of departure near an objective) Platoon File (When visibility is poor due to terrain, vegetation or light) Platoon Wedge (When the enemy situation is vague but contact is not expected) Platoon Vee (When the enemy situation is vague but contact is not expected from the front)
Forms of Maneuver (2-4)
Envelopment Turning Movement Frontal Attack Penetration Infiltration Flank Attack
Types of Offensive Operations (2-3 Offensive Tasks)
Movement to Contact
Attack
Exploitation
Pursuit
Characteristics of the Offense (2-1,2)
Audacity
Concentration
Surprise
Tempo
Characteristics of Defense (3-1)
Preparation Security Disruption Mass and Concentration Flexibility Maneuver Operation In Depth
Steps to Engagement Area Development (ATP 3-21.8 3-55)
- Identify all likely enemy avenues of approach
- Determine likely enemy Scheme of Maneuver
- Determines where to kill the enemy
- Plans and integrates obstacles
- Emplace weapon systems
- Plans and integrates indirect fires
- Rehearses the execution of operations in the engagement area
Course of Action Development (ATP 3-21.8 A-24)
Analyze relative combat power Generate options Array forces Develop a concept of operations Assign Responsibilities Prepare course of action statement and sketch
Team Leader
Is the subject matter expert for all the team’s weapons and duty
positions and all squad battle drills.
Leads his team in fire movement
Controls the movement of his team and it’s rate of fire
Employs digital mission command systems available to the squad and platoon
Ensures security of team’s area of operations
Assists the squad leader as required
Prepared to assume duties of the squad leader and platoon sergeant
Enforces field discipline and preventive medicine measures ix. Understands the mission 2 levels up
Grenadier
Accomplishes all tasks of the rifleman
Engages targets with appropriate types of rounds both day and night
Identifies 40-mm rounds by shape and color. He must know how to employ each type of round and know its minimum safety constraints
Knows maximum ranges for each type of target for the grenadier v. Knows the leaf sight increments without seeing the markings vi. Knows how to make an adjustment from a first round fire so a second round-hit can be attained
Loads the grenade launcher quickly in all firing positions and while running
Is prepared to assume the duties of the automatic rifleman ix. Understands the mission two levels up
Automatic Rifleman
Be able to accomplish all tasks of rifleman and grenadier ii. Be prepared to assume the duties of team and squad leader iii. Be able to engage groups of enemy personnel, thin skinned vehicles, bunker doors or apertures, and suspected enemy locations with automatic fire
Be able to provide suppressive fire on these targets so his teammates can close with and destroy the enemy
Be familiar with field expedient firing aids to enhance the effectiveness of his weapon: example is aiming stakes vi. Be able to engage targets from prone, kneeling, and standing positions with and without NODS, and understand the mission two levels up
