1 Show-Me GOLD “Forever Forward” Show-Me GOLD Program Show-Me GOLD “Forever Forward” TERMINAL LEARNING OBJECTIVE ACTION: Identify Movement Formations and Techniques . CONDITION: Given an instructor, classroom, and prescribed manuals. STANDARD:IAW ADRP 3-0 Unified Land Operations, FM 3-21.8 The Infantry Rifle Platoon and Squad, and FM 3-21.10 The Infantry Rifle Company. Achieve a minimum passing score of 80% in overall testing. Show-Me GOLD “Forever Forward” RISK ASSESSMENT ENVIRONMENTAL Show-Me GOLD “Forever Forward” Enabling Learning Objective ELO 1 ACTION: Determine the purpose of Fire Team formations. CONDITION: Given an instructor and prescribed manuals. STANDARD: IAW 3-0 Unified Land Operations, FM 3-21.8 The Infantry Rifle Platoon and Squad, and FM 3-21.10 The Infantry Rifle Company. Achieve a minimum passing score of 80% in overall testing. Show-Me GOLD “Forever Forward” SMALL UNIT MOVEMENT FORMATIONS Show-Me GOLD “Forever Forward” THE FIRE TEAM COMPONENT THE INFANTRYMAN: Supervises, leads, or serves as a member of an infantry activity that employs individual or crew served weapons in support of offensive and defensive combat operations Most infantry operates in "Fire Teams" of three to four men, with two or three such teams to squad. When attacking, each man in the team has a specific job. 1) Fire team leaders control the fire of their soldiers by using standard fire commands (initial and supplemental) containing the following elements: Alert, Direction, Description, Range, Method of fire (manipulation and rate of fire), and command to commence firing 2) The Automatic Rifleman (or light machine gunner) tries to pin the enemy down. 3) The Grenadier (armed, usually, with an M203 or the equivalent) does two things: helps the automatic rifleman isolate the enemy position, and looks for an opening to shoot a grenade at it. 4) One or two men, under cover of the Automatic Rifleman and Grenadier, attempt to close with the enemy position and kill the enemy.
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TERMINAL LEARNING
OBJECTIVE
ACTION: Identify Movement Formations and Techniques .
CONDITION: Given an instructor, classroom, and
prescribed manuals.
STANDARD: IAW ADRP 3-0 Unified Land Operations, FM
3-21.8 The Infantry Rifle Platoon and Squad, and FM 3-21.10
The Infantry Rifle Company. Achieve a minimum passing
score of 80% in overall testing.
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RISK ASSESSMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL
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Enabling Learning Objective ELO 1
ACTION: Determine the purpose of Fire Team formations.
CONDITION: Given an instructor and prescribed manuals.
STANDARD: IAW 3-0 Unified Land Operations, FM 3-21.8 The
Infantry Rifle Platoon and Squad, and FM 3-21.10 The Infantry
Rifle Company. Achieve a minimum passing score of 80% in overall
testing.
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SMALL UNIT MOVEMENT
FORMATIONS
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THE FIRE TEAM COMPONENT
THE INFANTRYMAN:
Supervises, leads, or serves as a member of an infantry activity that
employs individual or crew served weapons in support of offensive
and defensive combat operations
Most infantry operates in "Fire Teams" of three to four men, with two or three such teams to
squad. When attacking, each man in the team has a specific job.
1) Fire team leaders control the fire of their soldiers by using standard fire commands (initial and
supplemental) containing the following elements:
Alert, Direction, Description, Range, Method of fire (manipulation and rate of fire),
and command to commence firing
2) The Automatic Rifleman (or light machine gunner) tries to pin the enemy down.
3) The Grenadier (armed, usually, with an M203 or the equivalent) does two things:
helps the automatic rifleman isolate the enemy position, and looks for an opening to shoot a
grenade at it.
4) One or two men, under cover of the Automatic Rifleman and Grenadier, attempt to close with
the enemy position and kill the enemy.
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• WEDGE AND FILE
• USED FOR CONTROL FLEXIBILITY AND SECURITY
• LEADERS ARE UP FRONT IN THE FORMATION WHICH
ALLOWS THEM TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE.
“FOLLOW ME AND DO AS I DO.”
• ALL SOLDIERS IN THE TEAM MUST BE ABLE TO SEE
THE LEADER
THE FIRE TEAM FORMATIONS
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WEDGE FORMATION
• IS THE BASIC FORMATION FOR THE FIRE TEAM
• THE INTERVAL BETWEEN SOLDIERS IS NORMALLY 10
METERS
• EXPANDS AND CONTRACTS DEPENDING ON TERRAIN
• WHEN ROUGH TERRAIN AND POOR VISIBILITY OR OTHER FACTORS
MAKE CONTROL OF THE WEDGE DIFFICULT
- NORMAL INTERVAL IS REDUCED SO THAT THE
TEAM LEADER CAN SEE HIS OR HER SQUAD
- THE SIDES OF THE WEDGE CAN CONTRACT TO
THE POINT WHERE THE WEDGE RESEMBLES A FILE
• WHEN MOVING IN LESS RUGGED TERRAIN WHERE CONTROL
IS EASIER, SOLDIERS EXPAND OR RESUME THEIR ORIGINAL
POSITIONS
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RIFLEMAN RIFLEMAN
AUTOMATIC
RIFLEMAN
AUTOMATIC
RIFLEMAN
GRENADIER GRENADIER
TEAM LEADER TEAM LEADER
FIRE TEAM WEDGE
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RIFLEMAN
AUTOMATIC
RIFLEMAN
GRENADIER
TEAM LEADER
FIRE TEAM FILE
• USED WHEN THE TERRAIN PRECLUDES THE USE OF THE
WEDGE
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COMPARISON OF FIRE TEAM FORMATIONS
CHARACTERISTICS
CONTROL FLEXIBILITYFIRE CAPABILITIES /
RESTRICTIONS SECURITY
MOVEMENT
FORMATION
WHEN
NORMALLY
USED
FIRE TEAM
WEDGE
FIRE TEAM
FILE
BASIC FIRE
TEAM
FORMATION
CLOSE TERRAIN
DENSE VEGETAT-
IONS, LIMITED
VISIBILITY
CONDITIONS
EASY
EASIEST
GOOD
LESS
FLEXIBLE
THAN THE
WEDGE
ALLOWS IMMEDIATE
FIRES IN ALL
DIRECTIONS
ALLOWS IMMEDIATE
FIRES TO THE FLANKS.
MASK MOST FIRES TO
THE REAR
GOOD
LEAST
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Enabling Learning Objective ELO 2
ACTION: Determine the purpose of Squad formations.
CONDITION: Given an instructor and prescribed manuals.
STANDARD: IAW 3-0 Unified Land Operations, FM 3-21.8 The
Infantry Rifle Platoon and Squad, and FM 3-21.10 The Infantry
Rifle Company. Achieve a minimum passing score of 80% in overall
testing.
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SQUAD FORMATIONS
• SQUAD FORMATIONS DESCRIBE THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN
FIRE TEAMS IN THE SQUAD.
•THEY INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
•SQUAD COLUMN
•SQUAD LINE
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SQUAD COLUMN
• IS THE SQUAD’S MOST COMMON FORMATION
• IT PROVIDES GOOD DISPERSION LATERALLY AND IN DEPTH
WITHOUT SACRIFICING CONTOL, WHILE FACILITATING GOOD
MANUVERABILITY
• WHEN THE SQUAD MOVES INDEPENDENTLY OR AS THE REAR
ELEMENT OF THE PLATOON, THE RIFLEMAN IN THE TRAIL FIRE
TEAM PROVIDES REAR SECURITY
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SQUAD COLUMN WITH FIRE TEAMS IN COLUMN.
RIFLEMAN
RIFLEMAN
AUTOMATIC
RIFLEMAN
AUTOMATIC
RIFLEMAN
GRENADIER
GRENADIER
TEAM LEADER
TEAM LEADER
SQUAD LEADER
(PASE)
(COMPASS)
(POINT MAN)
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RIFLEMANRIFLEMAN
AUTOMATIC
RIFLEMAN
AUTOMATIC
RIFLEMANGRENADIERGRENADIER
TEAM LEADER TEAM LEADER
SQUAD LINE
SQUAD LEADER
• THE SQUAD LINE PROVIDES MAXIMUM FIREPOWER TO THE
FRONT.
• WHEN THE SQUAD IS ACTING AS THE BASE SQUAD, THE FIRE
TEAM ON THE RIGHT IS THE BASE FIRE TEAM
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SQUAD FILE
• IS USED WHEN NOT TRAVELING IN A COLUMN OR LINE
• HAS THE SAME CHARACTERISTICS AS THE FIRE TEAM FILE
• SQUAD LEADER CAN BE MOVED FROM NORMAL POSITION TO
THE FIRST OR SECOND POSITION:
- TO INCREASE CONTROL OVER THE FORMATION
- EXERT GREATER MORAL PRESENCE BY LEADING
FROM THE FRONT
- IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE TO MAKE KEY DECISIONS
• ADDITIONAL CONTROL OVER THE REAR OF THE FORMATION CAN
BE PROVIDED BY MOVING A TEAM LEADER TO THE LAST POSTION.
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AUTOMATIC RIFLEMAN
AUTOMATIC RIFLEMAN
GRENADIER
GRENADIER
TEAM LEADER
TEAM LEADER
SQUAD LEADER (NORMAL)
SQUAD LEADER (OPTIONAL)
RIFLEMAN
TEAM LEADER (OPTIONAL)
RIFLEMAN
SQUAD FILE
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COMPARISON OF SQUAD FORMATIONS
CHARACTERISTICS
CONTROL FLEXIBILITYFIRE CAPABILITIES /
RESTRICTIONSSECURITY
MOVEMENT
FORMATION
WHEN
NORMALLY
USED
SQUAD
COLUMN
FIRE TEAM
FILE
SQUAD PRIMARY
FORMATION
WHEN MAXIMUM
FIREPOWER IS
REQUIRED TO
THE FRONT
GOOD
NOT AS
GOOD AS
SQUAD
COLUMN
FACILITATES
MANEUVER,
GOOD
DISPERSION
LATERALLY
AND IN
DEPTH
LIMITED
MANEUVER
CAPABILITY
(BOTH FIRE
TEAMS
COMMITTED).
ALLOWS LARGE
VOLUME OF FIRE TO
THE FLANK – LIMMITED
VOLUME TO THE FRONT
ALLOWS MAXIMUM
IMMEDIATE FIRE TO
THE FRONT
ALL - ROUND
GOOD TO
THE FRONT
LITTLE TO
THE FLANKS
AND REAR
SQUAD
FILE
CLOSE TERRAIN
VEGETATION
LIMITED
VISIBILITY
CONDITIONS
EASIEST MOST
DIFFICULT
FORMATION
FROM
WHICH TO
MANEUVER
ALLOWS MAXIMUM
IMMEDIATE FIRE TO
THE FLANK MASKS
MOST FIRE TO THE
FRONT AND REAR
LEAST
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Enabling Learning Objective ELO 3
ACTION: Determine the purpose of Platoon formations.
CONDITION: Given an instructor and prescribed manuals.
STANDARD: IAW FM 3-0, FM 3-21.8, and FM 3-21.10. Achieve a
minimum passing score of 80% in overall testing.
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PLATOON FORMATIONS
• PLATOON FORMATIONS CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING
- PLATOON IN COLUMN
- PLATOON LINE (SQUADS ON LINE OR IN COLUMN)
- PLATOON VEE
- PLATOON WEDGE
• THE LEADER SHOULD WEIGH THESE CAREFULLY TO SELECT THE
BEST FORMATION BASED ON HIS MISSION AND ON METT-T
(MISSION, EQUIPMENT, TERAIN, TROOPS AVAILABLE AND TIME
AVAILABLE) ANNALSIS
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PLATOON COLUMN
• IS THE SQUAD’S PLATOON’S PRIMARY MOVEMENT FORMATION
• IT PROVIDES GOOD DISPERSION BOTH LATERALLY AND IN DEPTH
AND SIMPLIFIES CONTROL.
• THE LEAD SQUAD IS THE BASE SQUAD.
NOTE: METT-T WILL DETERMINE WHERE CREW SERVED WEAPONS
WILL MOVE IN THE FORMATION. THEY NORMALLY MOVE
WITH THE PLATOON LEADER SO HE CAN QUICKLY ESTABLISH
A BASE OF FIRE
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LEGEND
PLT LDR – PLATOON LEADER
PSG – PLATOON SERGEANT
SL – SQUAD LEADER
TL- TEAM LEADER
GRN- GRENADIER
R – RIFLEMAN
AR- AUTOMATIC RIFLEMAN
RATELO – RADIO / TELEPHONE OPERATOR
MG CREW – MACHINE GUN CREW
AID MAN – COMBAT LIFE SAVER
PLATOON IN COLUMN
X
X
TL
ARGRN
R
SL
TL
AR GRN
RPLT LDR
RATELO
MG CREWMG CREW
FO
FO RATELO
TLARGRN
R
SL
GRN
TL RAR
PSG
AID MAIN (CLS)
TL
ARGRN
RSL
TL
GRN
RAR
LEAD
SQUAD
CENTER
SQUAD
TRAIL
SQUAD
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PLATOON - LINE, SQUADS – ON - LINE
• BASIC PLATOON ASSAULT FORMATION
• THIS FORMATION ALLOWS THE DELIVERY OF MAXIMUM FIRE TO
THE FRONT BUT LITTLE FIRE TO THE FLANKS.
• IS HARD TO CONTROL AND DOES NOT ALOW FOR RAPID MOVEMENT
• WHEN TWO OR MORE PLATOONS ARE ATTACKING, THE COMPANY
COMMANDER CHOOSES ONE OF THEM AS THE BASE PLATOON.
• THE BASE PLATOON’S CENTER SQUAD IS ITS BASE SQUAD.
• WHEN THE PLATOON IS NOT ACTING AS THE BASE PLATOON, ITS BASE
SQUAD IS ITS FLANK SQUAD NEAREST THE BASE PLATOON.
• THE MACHINE GUNS CAN MOVE WITH THE PLATOON, OR THEY CAN
SUPPORT BY FIRE FROM A SUPPORT POSITION.
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PLATOON - LINE, SQUADS - ON - LINE
XX
PLT LDR
RATELO
MG CREW
FO
FO RATELO
RR
AR
PSG
AID MAIN (CLS)
MG CREW
TL
AR
SL
GRN
TL
GRN AR
TL
AR
SL
GRN
TL
GRN AR
TL
AR
SL
GRN
TL
GRN AR
RR
RR
LEFT FLANK SQUAD CENTER SQUAD RIGHT FLANK SQUAD
NOTE: SQUAD LEADER (SL) POSITIONS HIMSELF WHERE HE CAN BEST CONTROL
