1. COMBAT FORMATIONS

2. COMBAT FORMATIONS Mission Terrain Situation Weather Speed
Degree of Flexibility

3. BASIC COMBAT FORMATIONS
Unit Leader will determine the formation.
Formations may change frequently.
Do Not Mask the fire of the others.
Visual Contact will be maintained.
Change formations using shortest practical route.

4. MILITARY SYMBOLS
READY
TEAM
FIRE
ASSIST A

5. SQUAD LEADER SYMBOL

6. FIRE TEAM FORMATIONS COLUMN

7. FIRE TEAM WEDGE A

8. FIRE TEAM SKIRMISHERS LEFT

9. SKIRMISHERS Maintain a minimum of 10 meters dispersion.
At night maintain visual contact
Use this formation when the location and the strength of the enemy are know.
Maximum fire power to the front.

10. FIRE TEAM ECHELON RIGHT

11. ECHELON Protect an open or exposed flank
Heavy firepower to the front and echelon flank.
All members will be in a forty–five degree angle to the rifleman
Squad leader will position himself where he can best control his Marines
Maintain visual contact with each other

12. SQUAD FORMATIONS
Squad leader positions himself where he can best control the unit
Fire team leaders may make subsequent changes to their fire teams’ formation
Characteristics of squad formations are similar to those of fire team
Fire team is maneuver element in squad formations

13. SQUAD COLUMN/
FIRETEAM COLUMN

14. SQUAD WEDGE/ FIRETEAM WEDGE

15. SQUAD LINE Location and strength of the enemy is known.
Maximum firepower to the front.
Formation is organized by teams.
Maintain visual contact
Squad Leader positions himself to control the squad.
Formations of the fire team are determined by the squad leader

16. SQUAD ECHELON

17. SQUAD VEE

18. SUMMARY