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Expeditionary Tactics Flashcards

1
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What is CCD?

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  • Cover
  • Concealment
  • Decoy
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What does survivability encompass?

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All actions taken to conserve personnel, facilities, and supplies from the enemy.

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To avoid disclosing a fighting position, NEVER?

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  • Leave shiny things exposed
  • Remove shirts in the open
  • Use fires
  • Leave tracks
  • Look up at aircraft
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4
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Describe Hasty Fighting positions.

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  • Shallow pit
  • Temporary for prone position only
  • Creates a low parapet
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Describe the improved one-man Fighting positions.

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  • Wide enough for one man’s shoulders
  • Water sump in the base of pit
  • Grenade sump 30 deg (large enough to accept largest known enemy grenade)
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Describe the improved Two-Man Fighting Position

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  • 2; 1 man fighting positions together

- Allows for 1 up 1 down

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Discuss the crew serve fighting position

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  • Constructed so gun fires to the front and oblique
  • Two personnel required to keep gun firing
  • Gun’s height reduced by digging tripod platform lower
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What are the vehicle fighting positions?

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  • Lead infantry squad (personnel in front)
  • Lead combat vehicles (personnel behind vehicles)
  • Lead combat vehicles & squad (personnel on both sides)
  • Combat vehicle wedge
  • Combat vehicle echelons
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What are the 3 general rules for camouflage?

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  • use available natural concealment
  • camouflage by altering the from, shadow, shape, texture, and object
  • camouflage from both ground and air observation
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How do you camouflage a fighting position?

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  • Study terrain and vegetation
  • Don’t use too much material
  • Conceal excavated soil
  • Practice discipline (no trash)
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How would you apply face paint?

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  • Light green for light skinned personnel (other than snowy regions)
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What is BAMCIS?

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  • Begin planning (receipt of the mission)
  • Arrange recon (what information am I lacking)
  • Make recon (gather the information)
  • Complete the plan (METT-TC)
  • Issue the order (Issue orally to subordinates)
  • Supervise (Inspect, observe, lead)
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What is an Azimuth?

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  • Horizontal angle, measured in a clockwise manner from a north baseline
  • One circle has 360 decor 6400 mils
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What is a back Azimuth, how do you obtain it?

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  • 180 degrees the opposite of an azimuth
  • Less than 180; add 180
  • More than 180; subtract 180
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What are the 2 methods for using a compass?

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  • Center hold (centered between two index fingers)

- Compass to cheek

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In land nav, what method is used to bypass an obstacle?

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Box method, moving at right angles for equal distances

17
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How can grids be identified?

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4 digits: 1000M
6 digits: 100M
8 digits: 10M

18
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What is the purpose of resection?

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To determine what your location is on a map

19
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What do you need to effectively use resection?

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  • Must identify be able to use 2 distinct terrain features
20
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What is a SPOT report?

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Hastily modified SALUTE report provided what under fire.

21
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What is a SALUTE report?

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Report given when the observed activity of the enemy does not pose immediate threat.

  • Size
  • Activity
  • Location
  • Uniform
  • Time
  • Equipment
22
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What is the purpose of a Security Patrol?

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To provide physical security to an area

23
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What is the purpose of a Recon Patrol?

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  • to gather intel
  • enemy locations
  • discover enemy avenues of approach
24
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What are the 12 steps to planning a Patrol?

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  • Study the mission (Save)
  • Plan use of time (Palmer)
  • Study the terrain (Some)
  • Organize (Oreo’s)
  • Select personnel (So)
  • Issue the WARNO (I)
  • Coordinate (Can)
  • Make recon (Make)
  • Complete the plan (Chief)
  • Issue the order (In the)
  • Supervise (September)
  • Execute the mission (Exam)
25
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Who determines the formation of the patrol?

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Squad leader

26
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What are the elements of a Rifle Platoon?

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  • 1 SQD LDR
  • 1 GRDR
  • 3 AR’s
  • 3 FTL’s
  • 3 RFLMN #1
  • 3 RFLMN # 2
27
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What is the responsibility of the SQD LDR?

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  • PO1 w M16
  • Training, appearance, and discipline
  • Fire discipline of squad

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