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LESSON 1
PRACTICE EXERCISE
ANSWER KEY AND FEEDBACK
| 1. | You have just received and analyzed the defensive OPORD from the battalion commander. Your next step is to | |
| A. | prepare and issue your OPORD. | |
| B. | assemble your platoon leaders, FIST chief, XO, and first sergeant and conduct a reconnaissance of the defensive position. | |
| C. | modify the battalion OPORD and issue a change in the form of a FRAGO. | |
| D. | issue a warning order to your subordinate leaders. | |
You issue a warning order to your subordinate leaders in order to provide them with advance notice of an impending mission. This allows them to make maximum use of their time for preparation. The warning order should be brief, but it must cover the information the subordinate leaders need to start preparing for the mission. The warning order should include: o a brief discussion of the situation, o the mission, o the time of the operation, o any specific instructions, and o the time and place for the operation order. |
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| 2. | During development of your defense plan you selected the 3rd platoon as the company reserve. The reserve was given a priority mission to block a penetration. Your reserve accomplishes this task | |
| A. | by fire. | |
| The reserve blocks an enemy penetration by fire. The forward platoons help by firing across the neck and flanks of the penetration. They continue to hold their flanks. When the reserve is blocking a penetration, a counterattack to eject the penetrating force is usually made by the battalion reserve. Indirect fire helps to contain and reduce the penetration. | ||
| B. | by counteracting. | |
| C. | by moving to protect the flank of a forward platoon. | |
| D. | by moving to its alternate forward position and engaging the enemy. | |
| 3. | You are planning the combat support provided to your unit by the battalion mortars. When planning an allocated 4.2 inch mortar FPF, you | |
| A. | can plot it 200 meters in front of your position. | |
| B. | must not use it in conjunction with artillery fire. | |
| C. | can cover an area about 200 meters wide. | |
| If your company is allocated a 4.2 inch (107-mm) mortar final protective fire (FPF), you and the fire support team (FIST) chief plan and plot it on a dangerous avenue of approach. A 4.2-inch mortar FPF is about 200 meters wide, and an 81-mm mortar FPF is about 100 meters wide. | ||
| D. | contact the FSO to determine the safe distance for 4.2 FPF. | |
| 4. | You are developing your obstacle plan. You need to construct additional obstacles in order to canalize the enemy into an engagement area. You | |
| A. | request support through the battalion XO. | |
| B. | request support through S3 channels. | |
| You may direct the construction of additional obstacles within the assets available to you, primarily hasty protective minefields, wire obstacles, abatis, and craters. Positions of obstacles constructed by your company team and requests for additional obstacles to support the company team mission are submitted through S3 channels. | ||
| C. | direct the engineer platoon leader to construct the additional obstacles. | |
| D. | emplace a hasty protective minefield. | |
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