Battle Drills
Limit of advance.
What is LOA?
A formation where everyone walks single file.
What is a file or ranger file formation?
Signals Operating instructions.
What is a SOI?
A anti personnel mine designed to propel ball bearings over an area.
What is a Claymore?
An analysis done before, during, and after a mission.
What is METT-TC?
A technique used when diliberate or chance contact with the enemy happens.
What is React to contact?
A traveling technique where each element is the same distance apart.
What is Traveling?
A window of time designated before a mission that communication between elements will occur.
What is a comms window?
A shoulder fired recoilless rocket used in anti tank missions and to destry hardened structures.
What is an AT-4?
A radio host that recently got banned off of every social media site.
Who is Alex Jones?
A technique used when moving an event laterally while maintaining forward security.
What is a lateral peel?
A technique used to cross open or linear danger areas.
What is Danger Area Crossing?
Words used as codes for other meaning to help aid with encryption.
What is a pro word?
A top down attack anti tank missle used by both American and British units.
What is a Javelin?
A technique used that rellies on lies to trick the enemy.
What is deception?
A type of battle drill where one element provides suppressive fire while another bounds and attacks the enemy at a 90 degree angle.
What is an attack?
A halt conducted to ensure the security of the patrol by performing SLLS.
What is a Security Halt?
The type of frequencies we most often communicate.
What is VHF/UHF?
An attack helicopter used extensively in both Iraq and Afghanistan to great effect against insurgents. It boasts an impressive aray of weapons including a state of the art helmet targeting system connected to the Bushmaster chain gun.
What is an Apache?
Primary signals used within teams to communicate with out RF signals.
What are Hand and Arm Signals?
A report conducted by team leaders after any action or at halt to assess each member of the third teams readiness.
What is an ACE report?
A point during a patrol that is set from which the operation will commence. Usually close to the objective.
What is an Objective Rally Point?
A ten letter word with no recurring letters used during authentication.
What is an isogram?
The standard 7.62 mm machinegun carried by infantry units today.
What is a 240B?
A person who believes that the government can take care of everything including them, and who usually has a ftish for Stalin, Che, Lenin, and that one chic in NY.
What is a Democrat?