Patrol Order/Overlay Flashcards
What is a “Warning Order”?
A preliminary notice of an order or action which is to follow.
In a Warning Order, what should be included in the Situation?
Friendly and enemy situation information necessary for initial preparation.
In a Warning Order, what should be included in the Mission?
The “what” and “why” of the patrol’s mission.
In a Warning Order, what should be included in the Execution?
Identify the task organization so that patrol members can rehearse and train accordingly. Alert subordinate unit leaders to direct initial preparation (drawing ammunition, rations, special equipment), conducting immediate action drills, conducting link-up with attached personnel, and coordinating with necessary personnel. Alert subordinate leaders to patrol tasks (point man, navigator, Aid and Litter teams, Enemy Prisoner of War (EPW) teams, demolition, etc.) that require preparation prior to departure. Identify the timeline devised for individual preparation, rest, briefs, inspections, rehearsals, order issue, and departure.
In a Warning Order, what should be included in the Admin/Logistics?
Identify the uniform, equipment, load of rations, water, and ammunition. Identify any crew served weapons and the subsequent spread-loading of ammunition and equipment. Identify any equipment requirements: wire cutters, demolitions, radios, flashlights, night-vision, binoculars, and mines) and their distribution during movement.
In a Warning Order, what should be included in the Command/Signal?
Designate the key personnel (APL, Radio/Telephone Operator (RTO), navigators, etc.). Identify the PL’s schedule and location during prep time.
What needs to be included in the COC coordination?
What support/information do you need from higher to accomplish the mission?
What information do they need from you before the patrol departs?
What is a patrol overlay?
It is a transparent or translucent graphical depiction of special military information that has been plotted at the same scale of a map, photography, imagery, or graphic.
What information is required on a patrol overlay?
- Register marks
- Primary route (graphic and info box)
- Alternate route (graphic and info box)
- Checkpoints (graphic and info box)
- Location of pre-planned targets
- All TCMs
- Marginal information box:
- Patrol identification and name of PL
- Date Time Group
- Map reference data (sheet name, sheet number, scale, series)
- Prepared by
- Time of departure
- Time of return
- Legend box
- Call signs and frequencies box
- Brevity code box
- Target list box
- Remarks box
- Classification
What are the three steps in the preparation of a map overlay?
- Orientation of the overlay
- Plotting and symbolization of the detail
- Addition of the required marginal information
What is the lowest classification of an actual overlay?
“Confidential” (except during training which is “unclassified”)
Who gets a copy of the overlay?
Higher
- If it is a Bn COC - S3
- If it is a Co COC - XO
