1. PATROLLING

2. 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

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

4. TYPES OF PATROLS TYPES: AREA RECONNAISSANCE ZONE RECONNAISSANCE RAID
AMBUSH
ANTI ARMOR AMBUSH
SECURITY PATROL

5. AREA RECONNAISSANCE
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.

6. ZONE RECONNAISSANCE
CONDUCTED TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON ALL ENEMY, TERRAIN AND ROUTES WITH IN A SPECIFIC ZONE. THE ZONE IS DEFINED BY BOUNDARIES.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. A SURPRISE ATTACK FROM A CONCEALED POSITION ON AN ARMORED FORCE.
ANTI ARMOR AMBUSH
A SURPRISE ATTACK FROM A CONCEALED POSITION ON AN ARMORED FORCE.

10. SECURITY PATROL
PROVIDE FRONT, FLANK AND REAR SECURITY TO PREVENT INFILTRATION AND SURPRISE ATTACKS

11. PRINCIPLES FOR COMBAT PATROLS
5 BASIC PRINCIPLES:
SECURITY
SURPRISE
COORDINATED FIRE
VIOLENCE
CONTROL

12. TASK ORGANIZATIONS BY LEADER
SPECIAL TEAMS:
AID AND LITTER TEAM
ENEMY PRISONER OF WAR TEAM
COMPASS MAN
PACE MAN
SURVEILLANCE TEAM
EN ROUTE RECORDER

13. INITIAL PLANNING COORDINATION
CHANGES, UPDATES OF ENEMY SITUATION
BEST USE OF TERRAIN ROUTE
LIGHT, WEATHER DATA
CHANGES IN THE FRIENDLY SITUATION
ATTACHMENTS OF SOLDIERS WITH SPECIAL SKILLS (ENGINEERS, PAO, FO)
DEPARTURE/REENTRY OF FRIENDLY LINES
FIRE SUPPORT
REHEARSAL AREA AND TIME
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT NEEDED
TRANSPORTATION
SIGNAL PLAN

14. WARNING ORDER SITUATION MISSION GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS

15. PATROLLING SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
ASSEMBLY AREA (AA)
INITIAL RALLY POINT (IRP)
FORWARD PASSAGE OF LINES
DESIGNATE RALLY POINTS ALONG ROUTE
OBJECTIVE RALLY POINT
ACTIONS ON THE OBJECTIVE
OBJECTIVE RALLY POINT (ORP)
REENTRY RALLY POINT
REARWARD PASSAGE OF LINES (REENTRY)
ASSEMBLY AREA

16. FRIENDLY UNIT COORDINATION
PATROL LEADER
IDENTIFIES HIMSELF AND HIS UNIT
SIZE OF PATROL
TIME OF DEPARTURE AND RETURN
AREA OF PATROL’S OPERATION

17. FRIENDLY UNIT COORDINATION
FORWARD UNIT
INFORMATION ON TERRAIN
KNOWN OR SUSPECTED ENEMY POSITIONS
LIKELY ENEMY AMBUSH SITES
DETAILED INFORMATION ON FRIENDLY POSITIONS
OBSTACLE LOCATIONS
FIRE PLAN
SUPPORT THE UNIT CAN FURNISH
SIGNAL PLAN
LOCATION OF THE FOLLOWING:
DETRUCKING POINT
INITIAL RALLY POINT
DEPARTURE POINT
REENTRY POINT

18. RALLY POINTS
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

19. RECONNAISSANCE PATROLS
AREA RECON
SURVEILLANCE/VANTAGE POINT METHOD
ZONE RECON
FAN METHOD
CONVERGING ROUTE METHOD
SUCCESSIVE SECTOR METHOD