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PatrollingPatrolling

PFC MCGHEEPFC MCGHEE

OVERVIEWOVERVIEW PATROL DEFINITIONPATROL DEFINITION TYPES OF PATROLTYPES OF PATROL PRINCIPLES OF COMBAT PATROLS PRINCIPLES OF COMBAT PATROLS TASK ORGANIZATION BY LEADERTASK ORGANIZATION BY LEADER INITIAL PLANNINGINITIAL PLANNING WARNING ORDERWARNING ORDER PATROL SEQUENCE OF EVENTSPATROL SEQUENCE OF EVENTS FRIENDLY UNIT COORDINATIONFRIENDLY UNIT COORDINATION RALLY POINTSRALLY POINTS RECONNAISSANCE PATROLSRECONNAISSANCE PATROLS

Task,Conditions,StandardsTask,Conditions,Standards

Task-Fundamentals of patrolling and Task-Fundamentals of patrolling and different ways to conduct safe and different ways to conduct safe and productive reconnaissanceproductive reconnaissance

Conditions-Given a classroom environment, Conditions-Given a classroom environment, appropriate training aids, and highly appropriate training aids, and highly motivated and ready to learn Soldiersmotivated and ready to learn Soldiers

Standards-Understanding the different Standards-Understanding the different Concepts of Patrols and how to affectively Concepts of Patrols and how to affectively use them to a Soldiers advantageuse them to a Soldiers advantage

REFRENCESREFRENCES

FM 3-20.98 RECONNAISSANCE PLTFM 3-20.98 RECONNAISSANCE PLTFM 7-8 INFANTRY RIFLE PLT AND SQDFM 7-8 INFANTRY RIFLE PLT AND SQDFM 21-75 COMBAT SKILLS OF THE FM 21-75 COMBAT SKILLS OF THE

SOLDIERSOLDIER

PATROLSPATROLS

PATROLS ARE MISSIONS TO GATHER INFORMATION OR TO CONDUCT PATROLS ARE MISSIONS TO GATHER INFORMATION OR TO CONDUCT COMBAT OPERATIONS.COMBAT OPERATIONS.

TYPES OF PATROLSTYPES OF PATROLS

AREA RECONNAISSANCEAREA RECONNAISSANCE ZONE RECONNAISSANCEZONE RECONNAISSANCE RAID RAID AMBUSHAMBUSH ANTI ARMOR AMBUSHANTI ARMOR AMBUSH SECURITY PATROLSECURITY PATROL

AREA RECONAREA RECONCONDUCTED TO OBTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING A SPECIFIC CONDUCTED TO OBTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING A SPECIFIC

LOCATION AND THE AREA IMMEDIATELY AROUND IT. THE LOCATION AND THE AREA IMMEDIATELY AROUND IT. THE

LOCATION OF THE OBJECTIVE IS DESIGNATED BY EITHER GRID LOCATION OF THE OBJECTIVE IS DESIGNATED BY EITHER GRID

COORDINATES OR A MAP OVERLAY WITH A BOUNDARY LINE COORDINATES OR A MAP OVERLAY WITH A BOUNDARY LINE

ENCIRCLING THE AREA.ENCIRCLING THE AREA.

ZONE RECONZONE RECON

CONDUCTED TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON ALL ENEMY, TERRAIN AND ROUTES CONDUCTED TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON ALL ENEMY, TERRAIN AND ROUTES

WITH IN A SPECIFIC ZONE. THE ZONE IS DEFINED BY BOUNDARIES.WITH IN A SPECIFIC ZONE. THE ZONE IS DEFINED BY BOUNDARIES.

RAIDRAID

CONDUCTED TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON ALL ENEMY, TERRAIN AND ROUTES CONDUCTED TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON ALL ENEMY, TERRAIN AND ROUTES

WITH IN A SPECIFIC ZONE. THE ZONE IS DEFINED BY WITH IN A SPECIFIC ZONE. THE ZONE IS DEFINED BY

BOUNDARIESCONDUCTED BY A PATROL TO ATTACK A POSITION OR BOUNDARIESCONDUCTED BY A PATROL TO ATTACK A POSITION OR

INSTALLATION TO DESTROY THE POSITION OR INSTALLATION, DESTROY OR INSTALLATION TO DESTROY THE POSITION OR INSTALLATION, DESTROY OR

CAPTURE TROOPS, EQUIPMENT OR LIBERATE PERSONNEL.CAPTURE TROOPS, EQUIPMENT OR LIBERATE PERSONNEL.

AMBUSHAMBUSH A SURPRISE ATTACK FROM A CONCEALED POSITION ON A MOVING OR TEMPORARILY A SURPRISE ATTACK FROM A CONCEALED POSITION ON A MOVING OR TEMPORARILY

HALTED TARGET.HALTED TARGET. POINT AMBUSH IS ONE IN WHICH TROOPS DEPLOY TO ATTACK A SINGLE KILL ZONE.POINT AMBUSH IS ONE IN WHICH TROOPS DEPLOY TO ATTACK A SINGLE KILL ZONE. AREA AMBUSH IS ONE IN WHICH TROOPS ARE DEPLOYED AS MULTIPLE RELATED POINT AREA AMBUSH IS ONE IN WHICH TROOPS ARE DEPLOYED AS MULTIPLE RELATED POINT

AMBUSHES.AMBUSHES. HASTY AMBUSH IS AN IMMEDIATE ACTION DRILL.HASTY AMBUSH IS AN IMMEDIATE ACTION DRILL. DELIBERATE AMBUSH IS PLANNED AS A SPECIFIC ACTION AGAINST A TARGET.DELIBERATE AMBUSH IS PLANNED AS A SPECIFIC ACTION AGAINST A TARGET.

ANTI-ARMOR AMBUSHANTI-ARMOR AMBUSH

A SURPRISE ATTACK FROM A CONCEALED A SURPRISE ATTACK FROM A CONCEALED POSITION ON AN ARMORED FORCE.POSITION ON AN ARMORED FORCE.

SECURITY PATROLSECURITY PATROL PROVIDE FRONT, FLANK AND REAR SECURITY TO PROVIDE FRONT, FLANK AND REAR SECURITY TO

PREVENT INFILTRATION AND SURPRISE ATTACKSPREVENT INFILTRATION AND SURPRISE ATTACKS

PRICIPLES FOR COMBAT PRICIPLES FOR COMBAT PATROLSPATROLS

SECURITYSECURITY SURPRISESURPRISE COORDINATED FIRECOORDINATED FIRE VIOLENCEVIOLENCE CONTROLCONTROL

TASK ORGANAZTIONS BY TASK ORGANAZTIONS BY LEADERLEADER

AID AND LITTER TEAMAID AND LITTER TEAM ENEMY PRISONER OF WAR TEAMENEMY PRISONER OF WAR TEAM COMPASS MAN COMPASS MAN PACE MAN PACE MAN SURVEILLANCE TEAMSURVEILLANCE TEAM EN ROUTE RECORDEREN ROUTE RECORDER

INITIAL PLANNING INITIAL PLANNING COORDINATIONCOORDINATION

CHANGES, UPDATES OF ENEMY SITUATIONCHANGES, UPDATES OF ENEMY SITUATION BEST USE OF TERRAIN ROUTEBEST USE OF TERRAIN ROUTE LIGHT, WEATHER DATALIGHT, WEATHER DATA CHANGES IN THE FRIENDLY SITUATIONCHANGES IN THE FRIENDLY SITUATION ATTACHMENTS OF SOLDIERS WITH SPECIAL SKILLS (ENGINEERS, PAO, FO)ATTACHMENTS OF SOLDIERS WITH SPECIAL SKILLS (ENGINEERS, PAO, FO) DEPARTURE/REENTRY OF FRIENDLY LINESDEPARTURE/REENTRY OF FRIENDLY LINES FIRE SUPPORTFIRE SUPPORT REHEARSAL AREA AND TIMEREHEARSAL AREA AND TIME SPECIAL EQUIPMENT NEEDEDSPECIAL EQUIPMENT NEEDED TRANSPORTATIONTRANSPORTATION SIGNAL PLANSIGNAL PLAN

WARNING ORDERWARNING ORDER

SITUATIONSITUATION MISSIONMISSION GENERAL INSTRUCTIONSGENERAL INSTRUCTIONS SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONSSPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS

PATROLLING SEQUENCE OF PATROLLING SEQUENCE OF EVENTSEVENTS

ASSEMBLY AREA (AA)ASSEMBLY AREA (AA) INITIAL RALLY POINT (IRP)INITIAL RALLY POINT (IRP) FORWARD PASSAGE OF LINESFORWARD PASSAGE OF LINES DESIGNATE RALLY POINTS ALONG ROUTEDESIGNATE RALLY POINTS ALONG ROUTE OBJECTIVE RALLY POINTOBJECTIVE RALLY POINT ACTIONS ON THE OBJECTIVEACTIONS ON THE OBJECTIVE OBJECTIVE RALLY POINT (ORP)OBJECTIVE RALLY POINT (ORP) DESIGNATE RALLY POINTS ALONG ROUTEDESIGNATE RALLY POINTS ALONG ROUTE REENTRY RALLY POINTREENTRY RALLY POINT REARWARD PASSAGE OF LINES (REENTRY)REARWARD PASSAGE OF LINES (REENTRY) ASSEMBLY AREA ASSEMBLY AREA

FRIENDLY UNIT COORDINATIONFRIENDLY UNIT COORDINATION

IDENTIFIES HIMSELF AND HIS UNITIDENTIFIES HIMSELF AND HIS UNIT SIZE OF PATROLSIZE OF PATROL TIME OF DEPARTURE AND RETURNTIME OF DEPARTURE AND RETURN AREA OF PATROL’S OPERATIONAREA OF PATROL’S OPERATION --ALL ACTIONS PERFORMED BY THE --ALL ACTIONS PERFORMED BY THE

PATROL LEADERPATROL LEADER

FRIENDLY UNIT COORDINATIONFRIENDLY UNIT COORDINATION

FORWARD UNITFORWARD UNIT INFORMATION ON TERRAININFORMATION ON TERRAIN KNOWN OR SUSPECTED ENEMY POSITIONSKNOWN OR SUSPECTED ENEMY POSITIONS LIKELY ENEMY AMBUSH SITESLIKELY ENEMY AMBUSH SITES DETAILED INFORMATION ON FRIENDLY POSITIONSDETAILED INFORMATION ON FRIENDLY POSITIONS OBSTACLE LOCATIONSOBSTACLE LOCATIONS FIRE PLANFIRE PLAN SUPPORT THE UNIT CAN FURNISHSUPPORT THE UNIT CAN FURNISH SIGNAL PLANSIGNAL PLAN LOCATION OF THE FOLLOWING:LOCATION OF THE FOLLOWING:

DETRUCKING POINTDETRUCKING POINT INITIAL RALLY POINTINITIAL RALLY POINT DEPARTURE POINTDEPARTURE POINT REENTRY POINTREENTRY POINT

RALLY POINTSRALLY POINTS USED SO PATROL CAN ASSEMBLE AND USED SO PATROL CAN ASSEMBLE AND

REORGANIZE IF DISPERSED DURING MOVEMENTREORGANIZE IF DISPERSED DURING MOVEMENT CAN TEMPORARILY HALT TO REORGANIZE AND CAN TEMPORARILY HALT TO REORGANIZE AND

PREPARE PROIR TO ACTIONS ON THE OBJECTIVEPREPARE PROIR TO ACTIONS ON THE OBJECTIVE PATROL CAN TEMPORARILY HALT TO PREPARE PATROL CAN TEMPORARILY HALT TO PREPARE

FOR DEPARTURE AND REENTRY OF FRIENDLY FOR DEPARTURE AND REENTRY OF FRIENDLY LINESLINES

RALLY POINTS SHOULD BE:RALLY POINTS SHOULD BE: LARGE ENOUGH FOR THE PATROL TO ASSEMBLE INLARGE ENOUGH FOR THE PATROL TO ASSEMBLE IN EASILY RECOGNIZED ON THE GROUNDEASILY RECOGNIZED ON THE GROUND HAVE COVER AND CONCEALMENTHAVE COVER AND CONCEALMENT DEFENSIBLE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIMEDEFENSIBLE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AWAY FROM NORMAL ROUTES OF TROOP MOVEMENT AWAY FROM NORMAL ROUTES OF TROOP MOVEMENT

RECON PATROLSRECON PATROLS

AREA RECON AREA RECON SURVEILLANCE/VANTAGE POINT SURVEILLANCE/VANTAGE POINT

METHODMETHOD

ZONE RECONZONE RECON FAN METHOD FAN METHOD CONVERGING ROUTE METHODCONVERGING ROUTE METHOD SUCCESSIVE SECTOR METHODSUCCESSIVE SECTOR METHOD

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