What are the five major terrain features?
Hill, Valley, Ridge, Saddle, Depression
Three minor terrain features
Cliff, Draw, Spur
Supplementary terrain features
Cut, Fill
Colors of the map and what they stand for
Brown: Contour lines, Blue: Water, Black: Man-made features, Red: Major roads/built up areas, Green: Vegetation
GOTWA
Going, Others going with me, Time we’ll be gone, What to do if I don’t return, Actions on contact all elements
3 types of heat injury
Arterial: Spurting bright red blood, Venous: dark read steady flow. Capillary: blood oozes
3 heat injuries
Heat cramps, Heat exhaustion, Heat stroke
OAKOC
Observation fields of fire Avenues of approach Key terrain features Obstacles Cover and concealment
Different types of north
Grid, True, Magnetic
5 paragraphs of an Operation Order
- Situation
- Mission
- Execution
- Sustainment
- Command and Signal
Principles of patrolling
Planning, Recon, Security, Control, Common Sense
SLLS
Stop, Look, Listen, Smell
LACE
Liquid, Ammo, Casualties, Equipment
SALUTE
Size, Activity, Location, Uniform, Time, Equipment
METT-TC
Mission, Enemy, Time, Terrain, Troops available, Civilians on the battlefield
Different types of command orders
WARNO, OPORD, FRAGO
8 Troop leading procedures
- Receive mission
- Issue WARNO
- Make tentative plan
- Start necessary movement
- Reconnoiter
- Complete the plan
- Issue operations order
- Supervise
5 S’s of EPW
Search, Silence, Segregate, Safeguard, Speed to the rear
Different types of recon patrols
Area, Zone, Route
Different types of movement techniques
Travelling, Travelling Overwatch, Bounding overwatch
8 Cycles of function
- Feeding
- Chambering
- Locking
- Firing
- Unlocking
- Extracting
- Ejecting
- Cocking
8 Battle Drills
- Platoon Attack
- React to Contact
- Break Contact
- React to Ambush
- Knock out Bunkers
- Enter Building/Clear Room
- Enter/Clear Trench
- Breach Mined Wire Obstacle
Nine Line Medevac
- Location of pickup site
- Frequency, call sign
- Patients by precedence
- Equipment
- Type of patient
- Security at pickup site
- Method of marking at pickup site
- Nationality and Status
- NBC/Terrain
