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LESSON 2
PRACTICE EXERCISE
ANSWER KEY AND FEEDBACK
| 1. | Your unit is preparing to conduct a withdrawal while the enemy is attacking and you must pass through a friendly unit to your rear. You coordinate with that unit by | |
| A. | sending your XO to coordinate the passage of lines. | |
| B. | meeting with the commander of the unit to your rear and exchanging plans. | |
| C. | sending a quartering party to coordinate with that unit. | |
| If the withdrawing company is to pass through a friendly unit to its rear, the company commander sends a quartering party to coordinate with that unit. The quartering party arranges for recognition signals, communications, contact points, passage points, passage lanes, assembly areas, guides, traffic control, fire support, combat service support, and the procedure for how and when the stationary unit will assume the responsibility for the fight. | ||
| D. | tasking the DLIC to conduct the passage of lines coordination. | |
| 2. | The battalion commander has given your company a mission to delay in sector. He assigned two delay lines and set a time on each delay line. Your company must | |
| A. | move from one delay position to another as directed by the battalion commander. | |
| B. | keep the enemy forward of each line until the time set for that line. | |
| The battalion commander may assign a company a sector in which to delay, one or more delay lines and set a time on each delay line. This means the company must keep the enemy forward of each line until the time set for that line. | ||
| C. | conduct a leapfrog maneuver from delay line to delay line. | |
| D. | disengage it's platoons separately from delay lines to delay line. | |
| 3. | You are planning for the execution of a delay. You are aware that a delaying action is characterized by | |
| A. | operations on a wide front with maximum forces in contact and minimum forces in reserve. | |
A delaying action is characterized by operations on a wide front with maximum forces in contact and minimum forces in reserve. In the delay, the company team must maintain enemy contact and closely coordinate flank security. This will ensure that the enemy does not bypass or envelop elements of the delaying force or penetrate and prevent the delaying mission. In planning the delay the following must be considered: o Make maximum use of terrain. |
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| B. | lack of information on the location of enemy forces, and when the enemy will attack. | |
| C. | rapid movement to the rear. | |
| D. | companies planning and executing the delay independently. | |
| 4. | In planning the delay you are considering how to avoid becoming decisively engaged. To avoid decisive engagement, you | |
| A. | engage the enemy at maximum range of all weapons. | |
| B. | conduct continuous reconnaissance to establish and maintain contact with the enemy. | |
| C. | occupy positions long enough to force the enemy to deploy; then develop the situation and maneuver to attack each position. | |
| In a delay, occupy positions long enough to force the enemy to deploy; then develop the situation and maneuver to attack each position. A delaying force moves to the next delaying position before becoming decisively engaged. If it remains in position as the enemy launches his attack, it will become decisively engaged, the mission will fail, and the unit will sustain unnecessary losses. | ||
| D. | make maximum use of terrain. | |
| 5. | The battalion task force which your unit is attached to directs you to conduct a relief in place and replace a deployed company team. The primary purpose for conducting a relief in place is to | |
| A. | maintain the combat effectiveness of a committed force. | |
The primary purpose for conducting a relief in place is to maintain the combat effectiveness of committed elements. Additional reasons for conducting a relief in place are: o Replace a unit when it has taken heavy losses. o Introduce a new unit to combat. o Rest a unit due to prolonged operations. o Replace a unit for medical treatment or decontamination due to nuclear or chemical contamination. o Conform to a larger tactical plan. |
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| B. | replace a unit when it has taken heavy losses. | |
| C. | withdraw a committed unit for a priority mission. | |
| D. | rest a unit due to prolonged operations. | |
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