Rifle Platoon in the Offense
What are the two ways to occupy a SBF hot position?
Stealth
Force
Two types of defensive preparation?
1. Hasty
2. Deliberate
What are the two types of machine gun Final Protective Fires?
2. Final Protective Line (FPL)
What Are the 5 Breaching Tenets (Keyword IFOMS)?
1. Intelligence
2. Fundamentals
3. Organization
4. Mass
5. Synchronization
List the 4 battlefield functions of engineering.
Mobility
Counter-mobility
Survivability
General Engineering
Define a TRP
Target Reference Point
Explain the format for a defensive scheme of maneuver? (HINT: TDOOTS)
T: Type & Method of defense (Area defense using Battle Position)
D: Distribution of forces (Main effort, SE1, SE2, SE3, etc.)
O: Orientation (Cardinal direction, South)
O: Occupation method (Crows foot, bent L, etc.)
T: Tactical Control Measures (TCMs) this includes every TCM to get the platoon from the Assembly Area to the defense and every TCM within the defense (TRPs, Trigger lines, etc.)
S: Security plan (Security postures such as stand-to, LP/OPs, patrolling efforts, etc.)
Explain a MORT statement's purpose and what each letter stands for.
A MORT statement is given to a Machine-gun squad in order to coordinate their displacement.
Method (unit or echelon)
Objective (where going)
Route
Time (Signal)
What are the "5 C's" once an IED is identified?
2. Clear
3. Cordon
4. Check
5. Control
Two general categories of obstacles?
1. Existing
-natural
-cultural/man-made
2. Reinforcing (those obstacles placed on the battlefield through military effort, which are designed to extend or improve the effectiveness of existing obstacles)
What are the three categories of indirect fires in the attack?
1. Preparatory Fires
2. Fires in support of conduct
3. Fires in support of consolidation
List the three types of defensive operations.
Area
Mobile
Retrograde
What are the 4 classification of offensive fires for machine guns?
1. Fires in support of Maneuver
2. Fires in support of Assault
3. Fires in support of Consolidation
4. Fires in support of Isolation
What are the 5 Breaching Fundamentals? SOSRA
Suppress
Obscure
Secure
Reduce
Assault
What are the four tactical effects that tactical wire can accomplish on the enemy?
Disrupt
Turn
Fix
Block
What are the two types of night offensive attacks?
Illuminated
Non-Illuminated
List the 6 types of defensive methods?
1. Battle Position
2. Strong Point
3. Linear
4. Perimeter
5. Reverse-Slope
6. Sector
What is PICMDEEP acronym used to describe and list all 8?
Eight Principles of Machine Gun Employment
Pairs
Interlocking Fires
Coordination of Fires
Mutual Support
Defilade
Enfilade
Economy of Fires
Protection
What is the task organization of a breaching force?
Support Force
Breach Force
Assault Force
What are the types of reinforcing obstacles?
1. Constructed
2. Demolitions
3. Mines/Minefields
4. Contamination
5. Expedient
Of the six offensive forms of maneuver, list at least 3 and describe what they are.
1. Frontal
2. Flanking
3. Envelopment (main attacking force passes around or over the enemy’s principal defensive positions to secure objectives at the enemy’s rear)
4. Turning Movement (This differs from envelopment in two ways. First, the friendly force does not engage the enemy in their current position, but seeks displacement. Second, friendly forces normally rely on external support, such as aerial resupply, to accomplish their mission)
5. Infiltration (Moving and assembling forces covertly through enemy positions)
6. Penetration (
seeks to rupture enemy defenses on a narrow front to disrupt the defensive system)
2nd Lt Fritz sneaks into your room, utilizing the trinity of the night (surprise, direction, control). He proceeds to quiz you on all things defense. As the buzzwords buzz, he asks you the 7 steps of EA development...Humor him and list all 7.
1. Identify all likely avenues of enemy approach
2. Identify the enemies SoM
3. Determine where to kill the enemy
4. Emplace direct fire weapons systems
5. Plan and Integrate obstacles
6. Plan and Integrate Indirect Fires
7. Rehearsals
What are the 4 Classifications of Machinegun Fire In relation to the target?
Flanking
Frontal
Oblique
Enfilade
2nd Lt Rowe has become fed up with the criticism from fifth platoon regarding his "red meat" cam and con work. Rowe decides to begin constructing an an IED using his golden boot as a "CONTAINER". What are the remaining 4 components for Rowe to complete his IED
Switch
Initiator
Main Charge
Power source
Container
What is the acronym for the principles of obstacle employment and what are they? (HINT: 8 total)
FOCDPIG
Covered by Fire
Observed
Concealed
Employed in Depth
Protected
Integrated with existing and reinforcing obstacles
Non-Geometric