Plan Convoy Operations Flashcards
Troop leading procedures?
Receive the mission Issue the warno Make a tentative plan Initiate movement Conduct recon Complete the plan Issue the order Supervise and refine
What are some examples of initiate movement when dealing with a tactical convoy?
- Determine fuel req
- Determine classes of Supply
- Coordinate for local pickup
- Coordinate movement prep
- Determine billeting and messing support
- Coordinate procurement and maintenance of nav assets
- Eval environmental impact
Some pointers for conduct route recon?
- You may have pre-determined routes
- ensure route will support vehicles
- critical points, choke points, potential ambush points
- safety risks
What should go into “complete the plan”?
- Determine size of convoy
- Column formation
- Organization of convoy
- Where does the convoy commander ride?
BOLC’s idea of an optimum size convoy?
Why?
About 30 vehicles
- easier to control
- min interference w civilian traffic
- fewer stops for vehicle recovery
- present formidable presence
BOLC recommended organization of the convoy?
- Heaviest vehicle is pace setter
- Gun truck behind pace setter
- Gun truck behind cdr vehicle
- Maintenance near rear
- ACC/trail officer and CLS in rearward
- Gun truck is trail
- Scatter CLS assets through convoy
Where should the Convoy commanders truck go?
Middle ish
- move to front quickly
- minimizes risk of being cut off
Bottom line: position where you can effectively command
Supply and support requirements to consider
Convoy escort Organic gun trucks Supply Billeting Navigation assets Additional support Environmental support
What 5 elements should the risk assessment analyze?
- Terrorist threat
- Critical assets
- Asset vulnerabilities
- analyze Risk
- Develop COA
Steps of risk assessment?
- ID hazards
- Assess hazards
- Develop controls and make risk decisions
- Implement controls
- Supervise and evaluate
What goes on a route strip map?
- start point (SP)
- release point (RP)
- route numbers
- town names
- critical points
- distance between points
- north orientation
- “not to scale”
Planning considerations for commercial vehicles?
- contract drivers are unarmed
- commercial vehicles dont have mil radios
- contract drivers often dont speak english
- contract drivers likely unfamiliar with unit SOP
- contract drivers dont have mil discipline
- enemy more likely to attack commercial vehicles (weak point)
- foreign drivers fear being left
- foreign drivers may stop if they fall behind
Where to place commercial vehicles?
- Interspersed throughout convoy
- pair with mil truck
- instruct drivers to shadow their assigned truck
- disperse CREW assets to protect commercial
- assign runners and relay trucks
What is the definition of a convoy?
Any group of 6 or more vehicles temporarily organized to operate as a column w/ or w/o escort, proceeding together under a commander
10 or more vehicles per hour dispatched to the same destination over same route
5 or fewer vehicles operating as a column w or w/o escort under a single commander
How should convoys be marked/identified?
Lead vehicle: blue flag Trail vehicle: green flag Convoy CDR: black/white flag Night: blue/green lights Trail: orange flag All vehicles: convoy clearance number Service drive lights
