Patrolling
Patrolling
Patrolling
AGENDA AGENDA
PATROL DEFINITION TYPES OF PATROL PRINCIPLES OF COMBAT PATROLS TASK ORGANIZATION BY LEADER INITIAL PLANNING WARNING ORDER PATROL SEQUENCE OF EVENTS FRIENDLY UNIT COORDINATION RALLY POINTS RECONNAISSANCE PATROLS
PATROLS PATROLS
TYPES: AREA RECONNAISSANCE ZONE RECONNAISSANCE RAID AMBUSH ANTI ARMOR AMBUSH SECURITY PATROL
CONDUCTED TO OBTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING A SPECIFIC LOCATION AND THE AREA IMMEDIATELY AROUND IT. THE LOCATION OF THE OBJECTIVE IS DESIGNATED BY EITHER GRID COORDINATES OR A MAP OVERLAY WITH A BOUNDARY LINE ENCIRCLING THE AREA.
CONDUCTED TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON ALL ENEMY, TERRAIN AND ROUTES WITH IN A SPECIFIC ZONE. THE ZONE IS DEFINED BY BOUNDARIES.
RAID RAID
CONDUCTED BY A PATROL TO ATTACK A POSITION OR INSTALLATION TO DESTROY THE POSITION OR INSTALLATION, DESTROY OR CAPTURE TROOPS, EQUIPMENT OR LIBERATE PERSONNEL.
AMBUSH AMBUSH
A SURPRISE ATTACK FROM A CONCEALED POSITION ON A MOVING OR TEMPORARILY HALTED TARGET. 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 AMBUSHES. HASTY AMBUSH IS AN IMMEDIATE ACTION DRILL. DELIBERATE AMBUSH IS PLANNED AS A SPECIFIC ACTION AGAINST A TARGET.
PROVIDE FRONT, FLANK AND REAR SECURITY TO PREVENT INFILTRATION AND SURPRISE ATTACKS
SPECIAL TEAMS: AID AND LITTER TEAM ENEMY PRISONER OF WAR TEAM COMPASS MAN PACE MAN SURVEILLANCE TEAM EN ROUTE RECORDER
SITUATION
MISSION GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS
PATROL LEADER IDENTIFIES HIMSELF AND HIS UNIT SIZE OF PATROL TIME OF DEPARTURE AND RETURN AREA OF PATROLS OPERATION
USED SO PATROL CAN ASSEMBLE AND REORGANIZE IF DISPERSED DURING MOVEMENT CAN TEMPORARILY HALT TO REORGANIZE AND PREPARE PROIR TO ACTIONS ON THE OBJECTIVE PATROL CAN TEMPORARILY HALT TO PREPARE FOR DEPARTURE AND REENTRY OF FRIENDLY LINES RALLY POINTS SHOULD BE: LARGE ENOUGH FOR THE PATROL TO ASSEMBLE IN EASILY RECOGNIZED ON THE GROUND HAVE COVER AND CONCEALMENT DEFENSIBLE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AWAY FROM NORMAL ROUTES OF TROOP MOVEMENT
AREA RECON SURVEILLANCE/VANTAGE POINT METHOD ZONE RECON FAN METHOD CONVERGING ROUTE METHOD SUCCESSIVE SECTOR METHOD