General Knowledge
These are the three main components of the United States Army
What is the Active duty army, National Guard, US Army reserve
This handheld tool is used to obtain a magnetic azimuth
What is a Compass
The foot you always take your first step with while marching
What is your left foot
This publication is a cadet's best friend for learning the basics of light infantry tactics
What is the Ranger Handbook
This weapon system is carried by the typical US Army rifleman
What is the M4A1 Carbine
This date is accepted to be the official birthday of the United States Army
What is June 14, 1775
This tool is used to translate real world distances to be plotted on maps of various scales
What is a protractor
When given the command "fall in," soldiers will form up and stand at this position
What is the position of attention
A typical light infantry platoon is made up of this many fireteams
What is 8 fireteams
The general purpose machine gun used by the US Army
What is the m240 machine gun
This is the most senior position that can be held by an enlisted soldier in the US Army
What is Sergeant Major of the Army
This is the acronym that describes the military coordinate system used to determine locations
What is the Military Grid Reference System (MGRS)
"Fall in," "At Ease," "Rest," and "Fall Out," all fall under this category of command
What is a combined command
This type of terrain is capable of obscuring a soldier's position, but will not stop incoming enemy fire
What is concealment
The acronym SAW stands for this
What is Squad Automatic Weapon
Officers who hold this rank wear three stars on their uniform
What is Lieutenant General
This terrain feature is indicated on a map by a circle with dashed lines pointing toward the center of the circle
What is a depression
This technique is used to fix your steps when you get out of step
What is change-step
These are the three main Individual Movement Techniques
What are the high crawl, low crawl, and 3-5 second rush
This piece of equipment is typically carried by the Assistant Gunner in an infantry platoon weapons squad
What is a tripod/T&E
These are the warrior ethos
What is "I will always place the mission first, I will never accept defeat, I will never quit, I will never leave a fallen comrade."
This method is used to determine the location of a third point using two known points and two azimuths from those points
What is the intersection method
When in a company formation, this is the number of steps that should separate two adjacent platoons
What is 5 steps
This platoon movement technique is typically used when enemy contact is possible, but not likely
What is traveling overwatch
This weapon system provides indirect fire capability organic to a typical infantry fireteam
What is the M320/M203 grenade launcher