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LESSON 1 PRACTICAL EXERCISE

 

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The following items will test your understanding of the material covered in this lesson. There is only one correct answer for each item. When you have completed the exercise, check your answers with the answer key that follows. If you answer any item incorrectly, review that part of the lesson which contains the portion involved.
Situation:
You are a platoon leader. You are preparing your platoon to defend as part of a company in order to defeat the enemy's attack and gain the initiative. You are also analyzing military terrain and considering defense control measures needed during the operation.

1. Your company commander is applying the first means of concentrating combat power at critical times and places, he

a.repositions units to occupy alternate or supplementary positions in depth.
b.makes plans to fight as a combined arms team.
c.uses artillery and mortar fire.
d.plans for an all-round defense.

2. Your platoon is organizing a patrol. You are aware that patrolling helps the commander

a.keep up the offensive momentum and see the battlefield.
b.conduct an all-round defense.
c.defend in depth.
d.prepare and execute the active defense.

3. You are discussing cover with your squad leaders. You tell them when the men first occupy their fighting positions they

a.should construct a fighting position with overhead cover.
b.clear the foliage from the front of the position.
c.must construct cover capable of stopping small armsfire.
d.must prepare a simple prone shelter, then as time allows prepare a more fully developed position.

4. Your platoon is occupying a position in thick woods. When the riflemen and machinegunners clear a field of fire they

a.clear fields of fire on the ground and overhead.
b.leave weeds in front of their positions.
c. should just thin undergrowth and remove lower branches on trees.
d.should make sure that live foliage is not disturbed.

5. You are pointing out the limits of your platoon's battle position to your squad leaders. You

a.explain that companies and platoons must operate within their battle positions.
b.state that some security elements may operate outside the battle position for early warning.
c.explain that the limits of a battle position are designed by boundaries.
d.tell them a unit assigned a battle position in located within the specific outline of the battle position.