MANEUVER
BOS
(Trends
are numbered sequentially for cross-reference and are not
in
any priority order.)
Needs
Emphasis
TREND
1
SUBJECT:
Movement to the Objective
OBSERVATION
(Mech): Units often have no movement plan from the line of departure (LD) to
the objective.
DISCUSSION:
1.
Rotational units often establish a time for crossing the LD and then plan actions
on the objective. When the plan is executed, commanders often race their units
to reach the objective as quickly as possible, moving with haste and little
regard to security. 2.
The result of hasty movement is often the destruction of the force. TECHNIQUES
AND PROCEDURES:
1.
Units need a plan to follow for moving from LD to the objective. The plan must
take into account where enemy contact is likely. 2.
The commander should conduct a time-space analysis and then try and adhere
to the expected times, allowing his subordinates to move with speed but maintaining
local security. Slowing the pace may take longer but will enable a larger force
to survive. 3.
The speed used in movement should be METT-T dependent. Set the conditions for
success slowly and deliberately and then execute with speed and violence.
(TA.1.1
Move)
TREND
2
SUBJECT:
Engineer Company Offensive Maneuver
OBSERVATION
(Engineer): Engineer companies struggle to control their maneuver from the
line of departure (LD) to the objective during offensive operations.
DISCUSSION:
1.
Engineer company commanders typically do not address how the company will maneuver
in paragraph 3 of the company OPORD, and, when discussed, the maneuver plan
is usually not derived from an analysis of operational risks as determined
by the enemy SITEMP. 2.
Engineer companies rarely rehearse. TECHNIQUES
AND PROCEDURES:
Engineer
company commanders must address company maneuver from the LD to the objective.
Company leaders should take every opportunity to practice maneuvering the company
independently and
as
part of the combined arms team. An example would be to practice maneuvering
to the next TAA as if it were the next breach site, instead of simply conducting
a tactical road march. (TA.1.1.1.1
Position/Reposition Forces [Units and Equipment])
TREND
3
SUBJECT:
Maneuver at the Engagement Area
OBSERVATION
(Aviation): Units frequently do not maneuver to engage the enemy from initial
fire positions.
DISCUSSION:
Attacking
units may not see the enemy from their initial positions, but do not maneuver
to maintain contact and destroy the enemy. TECHNIQUES
AND PROCEDURES:
Units
must develop adequate maneuver graphics, including control measures, throughout
the engagement area. Triggers must allow attack helicopters to maneuver throughout
the engagement area if the enemy is not initially detected. (TA.1.1.1.3
Move Through Air)
TREND
4
SUBJECT:
FA Battery Reaction to Enemy Contact
OBSERVATION
(FS): FA batteries do not react quickly to enemy direct and indirect fire.
DISCUSSION:
FA
batteries are demonstrating a weakness in battle drills when attacked by OPFOR
direct and indirect systems. Batteries do not react to enemy aircraft. TECHNIQUES
AND PROCEDURES:
1.
Work battery battle drills for reacting to enemy attack into future training
events. 2.
Conduct pre-combat checks and pre-combat inspections (PCCs/PCIs) to standard.
PCCs/PCIs prepare the unit for an event and enable leaders to examine personnel,
equipment, and capabilities, and gauge the unit's ability to conduct a mission.
3.
After the PCCs/PCIs, rehearse the actual event. (TA.1.2
Engage Enemy)
TREND
5
SUBJECT:
Actions on Contact
OBSERVATION
(Armor): Units too often do not know what action to take upon contact with
the enemy.
DISCUSSION:
Units
tend to stop when first engaged. Units are not trained to react to or find
dismounted weapons. TECHNIQUES
AND PROCEDURES:
Include
dismounted systems in Home Station training. Train for enemy fire from adjacent
unit sector. (TA.1.2
Engage Enemy)
TREND
6
SUBJECT:
Engagement Area Development
OBSERVATION
(Aviation): Units do not fully understand or implement the eight-step engagement
area development process.
DISCUSSION:
The
lack of properly developed engagement areas limits the unit's ability to plan
in depth or to take advantage of combat multipliers. TECHNIQUES
AND PROCEDURES:
1.
Refer to chapter 3 of FM
1-112, Attack
Helicopter Operations.
2.
Battalion commanders and XOs must involve everyone in the staff planning process.
3.
After analysis of the enemy's courses of action (COAs), the staff must determine
the best ground to kill the enemy, while at the same time ensuring that the
terrain selected is synchronized with the ground scheme of maneuver. The commander's
intent on where he wants the enemy destroyed allows the staff to integrate
artillery, engineers, close air support (CAS), and ground maneuver into shaping
the engagement area for the attack helicopters. (TA.1.2
Engage Enemy)
TREND
7
SUBJECT:
Actions on Contact
OBSERVATION
(Mech): Company/teams often make contact with the enemy while still in movement
formation, and are unable to react.
DISCUSSION:
1.
Company/team commanders often have a strong understanding of the threat facing
the company in upcoming missions. However, the company/team commanders are
frequently not able to incorporate the seven forms of contact to terrain. This
results in contact with the enemy while still in or transitioning from movement
to maneuver. 2.
The inability to visualize the enemy forms of contact IAW terrain prevents
the company from executing a company/team reaction to contact drill or massing
direct and indirect fires on the commander's decisive point and attaining mission
accomplishment. TECHNIQUES
AND PROCEDURES:
1.
Commanders must practice and gain further knowledge of how the enemy fights
in accordance with terrain. 2.
The commander must focus company/platoon movement and maneuver during the planning
phase to counter the actions.
(TA.1.2
Engage Enemy)
TREND
8
SUBJECT:
Integrating Direct Fire with Maneuver
OBSERVATION
(Mech): Maneuver task forces have difficulty integrating combat multipliers
into the scheme of maneuver.
DISCUSSION:
Units
are routinely not able to integrate fires and smoke into the scheme of maneuver,
resulting in an unsynchronized plan. TECHNIQUES
AND PROCEDURES:
1.
All combat multipliers must be integrated into the scheme of maneuver. Staff
officers must familiarize themselves with weapons capabilities and their effects
to successfully integrate them into the plan. 2.
Determine the most effective application of the weapons systems during the
wargame. Determine the best time for these multipliers to be used. This will
help bring about the desired synchronization and effects of combined arms and
mass. 3.
The task force should establish a three-phase training plan for the staff on
integration of combat multipliers.
a. Phase 1 - conduct OPD/NCODP to teach the staff the "How
To."
b. Phase 2 - conduct planning drills/exercises that limit
the time available.
c. Phase 3 - conclude with a tactical field exercise where
the staff can incorporate the lessons they learned during the first two phases.
d. Conduct quarterly simulation exercises (JANUS/BBS) to sustain
the staff's proficiency and effectiveness.
(TA.1.4
Integrate Direct Fire with Maneuver)
TA.5
Intelligence BOS Narrative
TA.2
Fire Support BOS Narrative
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