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Scouting and Patrolling Operations Flashcards

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What is a patrol?

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A detachment of ground, sea, or air forces sent out for the purpose of gathering information or carrying out a destructive, harassing, mopping-up, or security mission.

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Patrols are classified by:

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  • Means of movement

- Mission

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What are the different types of “Means of Movement”?

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  • Foot mobile
  • Motorized
  • Helicopter-borne
  • Waterborne
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What are the different types of “Missions”?

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  • Reconnaissance patrols

- Combat patrols

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What are the three types of reconnaissance patrols?

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  • Route
  • Area
  • Zone
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What is a route reconnaissance?

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A directed effort to obtain detailed information of a specified route and all terrain from which the enemy could influence movement along that route.

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What is an area reconnaissance?

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A directed effort to obtain detailed information on the terrain or enemy activity within a prescribed area, such as a town, edge line, woods or other features critical to operations.

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What is a zone reconnaissance?

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A directed effort to obtain detailed information on all routes, obstacles (to include chemical or radiological contamination), terrain, and enemy forces within a zone defined by boundaries.

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What is the secondary mission of combat patrols?

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Collect and report information about the enemy and terrain.

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What are the 3 types of combat patrols?

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  • Security
  • Contact
  • Ambush
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What is a security patrol?

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A patrol that is used in proximity to defensive positions, on the flanks of advancing units, or in rear areas.

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What is the purpose of a security patrol?

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  • Detect infiltration by the enemy
  • Destroy infiltrators
  • Protect against surprise and ambush
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On a squad level, fire teams are broken down into what kind of units?

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  • Security
  • Headquarters
  • Assault
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What is a contact patrol?

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A patrol to establish and/or maintain contact with an enemy force when the definite location is unknown.

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What is an ambush?

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A surprise attack from a concealed position on a moving or temporarily halted target.

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What is the composition of the support unit?

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  • Support unit leader
  • Attachments to assist in support by fire
  • Navigator/paceman
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What is the composition of the security unit?

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  • Security unit leader
  • Flankers
  • Point man
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What is the composition of the assault unit?

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  • Assault unit leader
  • Assault/search teams
  • Attachments to assist in assault of an objective
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What are the duties/tasks of the support unit?

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  • Base unit for patrol

- Provides base of fires in contact

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What are the duties/tasks of the security unit?

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  • Provide security to front & flanks during movement

- Isolates objectives in ambush sites

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What are the duties/tasks of the assault unit?

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  • Provide rear security during movement
  • Patrol’s maneuver element
  • In ambush site: Searches the engagement area
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What is the composition of attachments?

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On a squad-size patrol:

  • Consists of non-organic units provided to execute tasks that the organic unit cannot
  • Organization will depend on the patrol’s mission
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What are the duties/tasks of attachments?

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Execute tasks that the organic unit cannot (will generally travel with another element, and not independently)

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What is the composition of the headquarters unit?

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  • Patrol leader
  • Assistant patrol leader
  • Radio operator
  • Corpsman
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What are the duties/tasks of the headquarters unit?

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  • Command and control of the patrol during preparation and execution of the mission
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What are the duties/responsibilities of the security unit?

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  • Provides security to the front and flanks during movement
  • Upon enemy contact:
    + Isolates the enemy
    + Secures the objective rally point (ORP)
    + Covers the withdrawal of the support unit
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What are the duties/responsibilities of the assault unit?

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  • Provides rear security during movement
  • Is the maneuver unit of the patrol
  • Upon enemy contact:
    + Engages the enemy
    + Assaults through and searches the objective area
    + Emplaces any demolition
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What are the duties/responsibilities of the support unit?

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  • Controls speed and direction of movement of patrol (base unit)
  • May provide flank security during patrol
  • Responsible for the communications with higher
  • Ultimately responsible for any and all aspects require to control and support the patrol
  • Upon enemy contact:
    + Directs movement to the objective
    + Establishes the object rally point (ORP)
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What are the duties/responsibilities of attachments?

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  • Execute tasks that the squad can not with the equipment that they have organic to them
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Who should the PL specifically task for patrols?

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  • Assistant patrol leader
  • Security unit leader
  • Assault unit leader
  • Aid / Litter and EPW teams
  • Flanks
  • Navigator
  • Pacer
  • Radio operator
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What should be included in the “Begin the Planning” phase?

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  • Study the mission
  • Plan the use of available time
  • Study terrain and situation
  • Equipment considerations
  • Issue the warning order
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What should be included in the “Arrange Reconnaissance/Make Coordination” phase?

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  • Combat Operations Center (COC) coordination

- Forward Unit Coordination (FUC)

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What should be included in the “Make Reconnaissance” phase?

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  • Physical, aerial, or map reconnaissance
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What should be included in the “Complete the Planning” phase?

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  • Complete the plan with the information driven by METT-TC analysis and reconniassance
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What should be included in the “Issue the Order” phase?

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  • On a patrol, the thorough coordination and detailed planning requires that all patrol members are present at the order and a detailed, well-built terrain model that reflects the terrain is constructed and present.
36
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What is included in the “Supervise” phase?

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  • Rehearsals
  • Pre-combat checks (PCCs)
  • Pre-combat inspections (PCIs)
37
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What does reverse planning involve?

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  • Working backward from the time that the patrol must depart friendly lines
  • Prioritizing essential tasks
  • Analyzing required actions prior to departure, actions on the patrol, actions on return
  • Developing a timeline to ensure that all tasks are accomplished
38
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What should the Warning Order include?

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  • Situation
  • Mission
  • General instructions - Name, CoC, Element, Teams
  • Specific intrsuctions
39
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What should the PL coordinate with the S-1?

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  • The adjutant is responsible for personnel accountability within the battalion
  • The PL will provide the S-1 with a roster of Marines he is taking outside friendly lines
40
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What should the PL coordinate with the S-2?

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  • The intelligence officer can:
    + Update the enemy situation, enemy gear and uniform, and weather
    + Provide sketches, photographs, or imagery
  • The S-2 will generally also have information requirements (IR) for the PL to fulfill
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What should the PL coordinate with the S-3?

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  • The Watch-O can update the PL on the friendly situation
  • The PL will submit an overlay of the patrol route to the Watch-O to help the CoC deconflict friendly units and track the progress of the unit
42
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What should the PL coordinate with the FSC?

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The FSC can update the PL on:

  • Locations of all fire support agencies
  • Directions of fire
  • Fire support control measures
  • Types and amounts of munitions available
43
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What should the PL coordinate with the S-4?

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  • The logistics officer provides all logistical support for the unit
  • The APL or Plt Sgt will coordinate all logitics issues for the patrol
44
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What should the PL coordinate with the S-6?

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The communications officer can inform the PL of:
+ Reporting requirements
+ Frequencies and call signs
+ When the items change
- The PL will be issued communications electronic operating instructions (CEOI) or smart pack that will include all of this information

45
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What are the Responsibilities/Characteristics of the PL?

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  • Externally focused
  • Focused on enemy situation
  • Coordination & Comm with higher
  • Everything that happens or fails to happen
46
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What are the Responsibilities/Characteristics of the APL?

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  • Internally focused
  • Security
  • Accountability
  • Dispersion
  • CasEvacs
47
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What is the 5-point contingency plan?

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GOTWA
G - Where am I going
O - Others I'm taking with me
T - Time I will be gone
W - What to do if I don't return
A - Actions on contact
48
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EMLCOA should be developed for what?

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  • Overall mission
  • By position
  • On contact
49
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Who should go on a leader’s reconnaissance?

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  • PL
  • Navigation man
  • Point man
50
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What are the speed considerations of a patrol for day and night?

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Day - 1 km/hr

Night - 1 km/2 hrs

51
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What must be coordinated with FUCs?

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  • Movement within friendly areas

- Departure/reentry of friendly lines

52
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When conducting patrols on the company level, the PL will be responsible for coordinating with whom?

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  • The Co XO
  • Mortar section leader/Weapons platoon commander
  • Company Gunnery Sergeant
53
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What will be coordinated with the Co XO?

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  • Update on enemy and friendly situation
  • Coordinate the passage of lines
  • Submitting patrol overlay
54
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What will be coordinated with the mortars section leader/weapons platoon commander?

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  • Coordinate fire support for the patrol

- Submit fire support overlay

55
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What will be coordinated with the Company Gunnery Sergeant?

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  • The APL will coordinate all logistical issues
56
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What should overlays include?

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  • Target list to include pre-planned targets
  • Patrol information
  • Marginal information
  • Checkpoints
  • Primary and alternate routes
57
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Who will maintain copies of the overlays?

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On a Bn level:
- S-3
- FSC
On a Co Level:
- Co XO
- Weapons platoon commander
58
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What will higher use overlays for?

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  • Track the patrol’s progress
  • Deconflict friendly movements
  • Assist in reinforcing or extracting the patrol
  • Facilitating indirect fire support
  • Aid in the event of a CasEvac
59
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Rehearsals may include:

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  • ROC walk (walking through IA drills using cards)
  • Dry runs
  • Wet runs
60
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What are the two types of inspections?

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  • PCCs

- PCIs

61
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Who should conduct the PCCs?

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What should be included in the PCIs?

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Questioning the members on:

  • The mission and the intent
  • Routes
  • Fire support
  • The communications plan
  • Signals
  • Challenge and passwords
  • Patrol planning and preparation
  • All actions the patrol will execute during the mission
63
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What are the three types of halts?

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  • Listening
  • Short
  • Long
64
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What is SLLS?

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Stop, Look, Listen, Smell

65
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How long is a short halt?

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5 min or less

66
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How long is a long halt?

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5 min or more (a 360 in the prone should occur)

67
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What is a Rally Point?

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  • A point on the ground where a patrol assembles and reorganizes if dispersed or separated, normally used after breaking contact with an enemy force.
68
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A rally point should have what characteristics?

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  • Easily recognizable
  • Have good cover and concealment
  • Be defendable for a short period of time
69
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What are the 3 types of rally points?

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  • Initial
  • En route
  • Objective
70
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What is an initial rally point?

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A point, within friendly lines, where the patrol can rally if it becomes separated before departing the friendly area or before reaching the first en route rally point.

71
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What is an en route rally point?

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Points between the initial rally point and the objective rally point

72
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What is an objective rally point?

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A point located nearest the objective where the patrol makes final preparations prior to approaching the objective. It should provide cover and concealment from the enemy and be out of sight, sound, and small-arms range of the objective area.

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What are CCIRs?

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Commander’s Critical Information Requests - Information requests by the commander he feels is at the utmost importance that if the patrol comes across any of these requests he wants to know about immediately

74
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Reports to higher include:

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  • Contact Reports
  • Shell Reports
  • Obstacle Reports
  • SPOT reports
  • SitReps
75
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What is a danger area?

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Any location where the patrol is exposed to the possibility of enemy observation or fire. They may include trails, fire breaks, streams, open fields, and large wooded areas that have sparse ground vegetation.

76
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What are the two classifications of danger areas?

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  • Linear danger area

- Cross-compartment danger area

77
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What is a linear danger area?

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Any location where a patrol is vulnerable to enemy observation or fire predominately from the flanks, such as a trail, road, or stream.

78
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What is a cross-compartment danger area?

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Any location where a patrol is vulnerable to enemy observation or fire from the front and flanks, such as a draw or large open area.

79
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What are the six forms of enemy contact?

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  • Visual
  • Direct fire
  • Indirect fire
  • Obstacle
  • CBRN
  • Signal/EW
80
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When is a hasty ambush performed?

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When the patrol has spotted the enemy, but the enemy has not spotted them.

81
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What is a chance contact?

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When the patrol and enemy spot each other concurrently.

82
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What is a near ambush?

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Any ambush within 50m of enemy direct fire weapons (hand grenade range)

83
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What is a far ambush?

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Anything farther than 50m

84
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What is an RRP?

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Reentry Rally Point

  • Outside of friendly lines
  • Beyond the range of friendly direct fire weapons
  • In a position providing the patrol good cover and concealment
85
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What should be conducted as soon as a patrol is complete?

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