SECTION IX
TRAINING AIDS AND EXPEDIENTS
Both Light and Heavy units use different types of products to build a training aid; this is primarily based on availability to deploy with items necessary to build a training aid Limitations are the weight of the items, size, and frequency of usage.
A Light force may desire to carry the following items to assist in replicating actual terrain and facilities:
- String
- Chalk (various colors)
- Stakes (dual purpose, also aiming)
- Engineer tape
- Miniature vehicle replicas
- Cans of spray paint (various colors)
| The key consideration for a Light unit is the ability to carry its essential items in its rucksacks. A system (SOP) should be used to identify personnel down to squad level to carry these items. |
A Heavy unit may desire to carry the same types of products as stated above. In addition, some units have developed a system, whereas the S-3 section uses an old wooden footlocker which it carries in its M-577. The unit should have a standard packing list with enough products for the exercise, and one person designated to keep the footlocker stocked.
| The items a unit carries in its footlocker should be the result of home-station trial and error refinement. |
As a general rule of thumb, the only limitation on the use of field The following is only a small sample of some field expedients:
- Chalk on the side of a M-113.
- Cans (small soda type up to, and including, trash).
- Leaves/vegetation.
- Lumber/wood, i.e., limbs, branches, etc.
- MRE cases.
- Cars/vehicles.
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