Immediate Actions Of A Patrol

Question 0

Combat patrols

Answer 0

Maybe to seek or exploit opportunities for contact. Offensive in nature. When making enemy contact the patrols actions are Swift and violent in an effort to inflict maximum damage. Followed by immediate relocation to another area or return to friendly line

Question 1

Immediate action drills

Answer 1

Combat patrols mission, enemy contact, enemy engagement

Question 2

Enemy contact

Answer 2

Visual observation of the enemy, such as when a patrol or a patrol member sights the enemy, but is not detected. The patrol leader can decide whether to engage the enemy or avoid further contact and engagement. The decision to engage or avoid depends largely on the patrols mission and the capability to successfully engage the enemy

Question 3

Enemy contact

Answer 3

Enemy in sight, down/ take cover, freeze.

Question 5

Enemy engagement

Answer 5

Hostile and violent encounter with the enemy in which the physical struggle and or an exchange of fire takes place. A Marine patrol must be swift, be violent, inflict maximum damage, and immediately relocate or return to friendly lines

Question 6

Enemy engagement: fired on by the enemy

Answer 6

Fire team leader must be able to: react quickly to overcome the enemies advantage of surprise and switch to verbal commands.
Fire team members must: assume the prone position immediately behind a covered in conceal position and return enemy fire when inappropriate target is presented.

Question 7

Meeting engagement drills

Answer 7

Hasty ambush, immediate assault, breaking contact

Question 8

Hasty ambush

Answer 8

Hasty ambush command.

Fist pump mid-level to the side.

Question 9

Initiating hasty ambush

Answer 9

Patrol leader initiates the ambush by opening fire and shouting fire. Even if there is a weapon misfire. Or the first member aware of the detection initiates the ambush.

Question 10

Hasty ambush as a defensive measure

Answer 10

Gives more Favorable position, maximum firepower toward the enemy, if conteck occurs. If contact is to be avoided the ambush is not initiate it unless the patrol is detected.

Question 11

Hasty ambush as an offensive measure

Answer 11

Enemy is allowed to advance until he is in the most vulnerable position. A designated portion of an enemy unit or individual events is to, reaches, or passes a specific location or a fire team members position

Question 12

Immediate assault

Answer 12

Immediate action is initiate it when the Marine nearest the enemy opens fire in shouts contact front (rear, left or right). The patrol swiftly moves into line formation and assaults.

Question 13

Immediate assault in a defensive situation

Answer 13

The purpose is to break contact with the enemy. Assault should continue until conditions to break contact have been achieved.

Question 14

Immediate assault in An offensive situation

Answer 14

To rapidly gain the initiative to close with and destroy the enemy

Question 15

Breaking contact

Answer 15

Often conducted when the patrol enters a much larger force or enemy contact is not desired

Question 16

Enemy engagement: responding to an air attack

Answer 16

The first marine heading into meet aircraft shouts aircraft left (right, front, or rear). The patrol moves into a line formation at right angles to the aircraft direction of flight. As Marines come online, they hit the ground and seek cover and concealment. Between air attaxks seek better cover. Return fire only on order from patrol leader

Question 17

Breaking contact by Clock system

Answer 17

Initiated by patrol leader shouting a direction based on a clots numerical location followed by distance such as 3 o’clock 200 m which means for the patrol to move in the direction of 3 o’clock location for 200 m.

Question 18

Counter ambush

Answer 18

If a text from a near ambush the patrol conducts a immediate assault. Swift violent and destructive.

Question 19

Counter far ambush

Answer 19

Patrol members in the killing zone must immediately return fire take the best available cover and continue firing in order to suppress and fix the ambition force. Patrol members not in the killing zone maneuver against the ambushing force in support of those in the killing zone.

Question 20

ADDRAC

Answer 20

Alert, direction, description, range, assignment (target) control (fire)

Question 21

Alert

Answer 21

Prepares unit to be ready to receive further information. Usually given orally but can also be given by signal, personal contact, or any other method the situation dictates

Question 22

Direction

Answer 22

Tells which way to look to see the enemy or target. Orally by tracer ammunition, or by reference points.

Question 23

Orally

Answer 23

State the alert followed by the direction

Question 24

Tracer ammunition

Answer 24

Wait to fire tracer until all fire commands are given. Tracers can also be used to signal commence fire

Question 25

Providing direction with reference

Answer 25

The command reference is used after the alert command to begin the reference point description such as group of trees or a pile of rocks

Question 26

Determining target distance from reference

Answer 26

Lateral distance is difficult to estimate, therefore use the finger measurement technique to measure from left to right. The distance from a reference point to the target.

Question 27

Finger measurement technique

Answer 27

Hold him at arms length directly in front of your face palm facing away from you index finger pointing upward.
Close one eye.
Select a reference point.
Place one finger between the reference point in the target.
Fill in the space by raising more fingers until the space is covered.

Question 28

Description

Answer 28

Brief accurate description of target

Question 29

Range

Answer 29

The word range is not given, just the range and estimated meters

Question 30

Target assignment

Answer 30

Broken into two sub elements: who is to fire and weapons to be fired and rate of fire

Question 31

Who is to fire

Answer 31

The squad leader will command a specific team or teams followed by the web and use

Question 32

Weapons to be fired and rate

Answer 32

M-16 rifles and the M203 grenade launcher always fire at the average rate unless directed through a target assignment command. The squad automatic rifle meant fires at a sustained rate unless directed such as rapid!

Question 33

Average rate

Answer 33

M-16 is 10 to 12 rounds per minute.

The M203 is 5 to 7 rounds per minute

Question 34

Sustain rate

Answer 34

For the SAW is 85 rounds per minute

Question 35

Rapid rate

Answer 35

Rapid rate of fire for the SAW and machine gun is 200 rounds per minute

Question 36

Fire team leaders role

Answer 36

Direct the fires of their members to targets within their sector a fire. Transmit subsequence fire commands from the squad leader to their fire team.

Question 37

Automatic rifleman role

Answer 37

On command he fires at the rapid rate for two minutes and then changes to the sustained rate to prevent the weapon from overheating.

Question 38

Control (fire)

Answer 38

If surprise fire is not required, the command commence fire is normally given without a pause as the last element of the fire command. If surprise is desired, on my signal or on my command can be used

Question 39

Subsequent fire commands: Change elements

Answer 39

Used by squad leader to change an element of the initial command or to cease-fire. Squad leader gives the alert and then announces the element he desires to change.

Question 40

Subsequence fire commands: terminate fire command

Answer 40

Cease-fire

Question 41

Establishing a 180° defense

Answer 41

Once the assault is complete, make a hasty 180° defense facing the direction of possible enemy threat.

Question 42

Covering for counterattack

Answer 42

The squad leader is responsible for covering for a counterattack. He will check the perimeter and make adjustments after determining no enemy counter attack is imminent

Question 43

Buddy rushes

Answer 43

The fire team leader in the rifleman rush forward while providing suppression fire for one another. Simultaneously the automatic rifle man in assistant rifleman rush forward providing suppression fire.

Question 44

Fire control at the team level

Answer 44

Every team members responsibility. Each member of the squad and the squad leader must be prepared to follow and give fire commands down to the individual level.