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What is the primary purpose of a Movement To Contact?
What is the relationship between the different types of offensive operations?
What is a critical step in facilitating a Movement To Contact?
What is the result of a successful Movement To Contact?
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What is the purpose of tasking statements in a Movement To Contact?
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What is the role of the commander in a Movement To Contact?
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What is the primary purpose of task-organizing the advance guard?
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What type of support relationship is most likely for machineguns traveling with the advance guard?
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Why should the commander consider linking up machineguns with the new advance party?
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What is a poor position for machineguns to support the unit from?
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What type of capability should travel with the advance guard?
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What is the purpose of machineguns supporting the main body by fire?
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Why is it important to task-organize the advance guard?
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What happens to the machineguns if they stay with the original advance party?
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What is the primary purpose of a contact point in a movement to contact?
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What is an axis of advance typically based on?
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What is the primary consideration when task organizing for a movement to contact?
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What is the role of the advanced guard in a company movement to contact?
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When is a route column typically used in a movement to contact?
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What is the purpose of a main body in a movement to contact?
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How are the roles of advanced guard, main body, and rear/flank security typically filled in a platoon movement to contact?
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What is the purpose of an axis of advance in a movement to contact?
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What happens to machineguns' freedom of action if the advance party becomes suppressed?
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Why might a commander choose to locate machineguns with the main body?
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What is the primary responsibility of the flank guard?
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What must the flank guard do to accomplish its mission?
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What happens to the machineguns if they are located with the main body and the advance party becomes suppressed?
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What is the commander's primary consideration when making decisions about machinegun placement?
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What is the purpose of task organizing the flank guard?
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Why must the machineguns move forward to link up with the advance party while under enemy fire?
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What is the consequence of the platoon commander having to run up to the advanced party while under fire?
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What is the purpose of identifying the direction and distance to the sniper position?
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Why is it probably a waste of time to send a squad to destroy a sniper at a significant distance?
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What is the recommended response to a sniper at a significant distance, in terms of economy of force?
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What is the benefit of using indirect fires or aviation fires to respond to a sniper?
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What is the relationship between an immediate action drill and a battle drill?
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What is the purpose of taking cover in response to sniper fire?
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What is the benefit of obscuring and bypassing a sniper position?
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Study Notes
Movement to Contact
- Movement to Contact is one of the four general types of offensive operations, along with Attack, Exploitation, and Pursuit.
- A Movement to Contact may lead directly to an Exploitation or an Attack, and they may occur in any order or simultaneously on the battlefield.
Contact Point
- A Contact Point is a point on the terrain where two or more units are required to make contact.
- Contact Points are established where phase lines intersect with lateral boundaries or on identifiable terrain.
- Commanders use Contact Points to ensure coordination between units or to coordinate linkups.
Axis of Advance
- An Axis of Advance is a line of advance assigned for purposes of control, often a road or a group of roads, or a designated series of locations, extending in the direction of the enemy.
- It describes the route as it traces terrain or enemy avenues of approach during a Movement to Contact.
Task Organization
- Guiding principles for Task Organization and movement formations are speed, security, control, and deployability.
- The commander designates security units combined with a main body, including an advanced guard, main body, and rear/flank security.
- Each role is typically filled by a platoon in a company movement to contact, and by a squad in a platoon movement to contact.
Approach March
- When the commander feels that the chance of enemy contact is remote, he usually uses a route column.
- Task Organization of the Advanced Guard includes engineers or other obstacle clearing capability, and machineguns.
Advanced Guard
- The advanced guard is task-organized to overcome obstacles and enemy resistance.
- Machineguns with the advance party are in the best position to gain immediate fire superiority.
- If the advanced party becomes suppressed, machineguns have lost freedom of action to be deployed on advantageous terrain to support the decisive engagement.
Flank Guard
- The flank guard is responsible for preventing the enemy from observing or using direct fires on the main body from its flank.
- The flank guard must be task-organized with sufficient assets to accomplish its mission.
Immediate Action Drills and Battle Drills
- Snipers can be engaged using immediate action drills, such as taking cover, identifying direction and distance to the sniper position, and obscuring or bypassing with smoke grenades or supporting agencies.
- The commander can also choose to fix and bypass using direct fires from the advance party or indirect fires, destroy with indirect fires or aviation fires, or clear with the advance party.
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Facilitate Movement To Contact battle drills and immediate action drills to accomplish the mission and meet the commander's intent in a given tactical scenario.