RESPONSIBILITIES
Traffic controlmen are in charge of setting these up.
This is done at 1000 yards, 200 yards, and 100 yards.
What is holding up the appropriate flag, making figure eights with the flag, and dropping the flag and using hand signals?
This is the responsibility of all BPT members in every evolution.
What is safety?
These colored flags indicate the type of cargo that are being delivered.
Red, blue, yellow, and green.
This person ensures all traffic movement complies with operational policies and is conducted in a safe manner.
Who is the BPTC (beach party team commander)
Traffic controlmen are station at these.
What are intervals?
This is important to prevent confusion as to which location the craft is to land.
What is remaining stationary while the craft is approaching the beach?
This must happen if the landing craft broaches and cannot be righted while loaded with personnel.
What is the debarkment of personnel over the leeward side?
This flag is used for LCMs and small boats, while this flag is used for INLS and causeway ferries.
What is the Quebec and Charlie flag?
Troops must not embark and debark over this type of ramp.
What is a partially lowered landing craft ramp?
Traffic controlmen must use these proper signals.
What are hand and wand signals?
The traffic controlman stands out here when the craft is 100 yards from the conventional beach.
What is the waterline?
This may be used to transfer personnel when a landing craft broaches and cannot be righted.
What is a LARC-V?
This flag is used for LCUs, while this flag is used for salvage.
What is the Uniform and Sierra flag?
Troops must embark and debark from this part of the ramp.
What is the side?
Traffic controlmen must establish and maintain communications with this.
What is the BPT (beach party team)?
Conventional landing craft lanes are marked by this during the daytime and this at night.
What are flags and lights?
Traffic controlmen will assists the beach part and shore party in keeping personnel clear of this.
What are loads being handled by cranes and the working radius of a crane?
This flag is used to signal the craft to turn away, while this flag is used to signal the LCAC.
What is the negative and oscar flag?
All personnel aboard landing craft and amphibious vehicles must be wearing this.
What are helmets and life jackets?
This is done to assist with disabled vehicles.
What are rigging towlines?
Traffic controlmen must remember these three important things.
Look, execute, and complete.
During special cases, this must be taken to prevent injuries to personnel.
What is extreme caution?
This is flag is used for medical purposes?
What is the mike flag?
This is the minimum distance between personnel and landing craft approaching the beach.
What is 50 yards?