Critical Combat Performances, Knowledges, and Skills Required of the Infantry Rifle Squad Leader: Mission, Organization, and General Operation of the Rifle Squad and Platoon.

摘要

The paper covers the squad and platoon mission, organization, and major duties of squad and platoon members; troop-leading procedure; estimate of the situation; operation order; fundamentals of employment; effects of nuclear weapons; tactical operations in nuclear warfare; chemical and biological operations; action against enemy aircraft; use of assembly areas; intelligence; communication; fire support available from higher echelons; and the critique of combat operations. (Author)