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• Assists platoon leadership in the assessment and treatment of march casualties.<br />
Advise the chain of command on the evacuation and transportation requirements<br />
of casualties<br />
(6) Individual:<br />
• Maintains interval, follows TLs examples, relays hand and arm signals, and<br />
remains alert during movement and at halts.<br />
4-3. MOVEMENT DURING LIMITED VISIBILITY CONDITIONS. At night or when<br />
visibility is poor, a platoon must be able to function the same as during the day. It must<br />
be able to control, navigate maintain security, move and stalk at night or during limited<br />
visibility.<br />
a. Control. When visibility is poor, the following methods aid in control.<br />
(1) Use of night vision devices<br />
(2) Leaders move closer to the front<br />
(3) Platoon reduces speed<br />
(4) Use of luminescent tape on equipment<br />
(5) Reduce intervals between men and elements<br />
(6) Headcounts conducted regularly<br />
b. Navigation. To assist in navigation during limited visibility, leaders may use the<br />
following techniques:<br />
(1) Terrain association<br />
(2) Dead reckoning<br />
(3) Resection<br />
(4) Paralleling specific terrain features (handrail)<br />
(5) Guides or marked routes<br />
(6) GSR to guide units to link-ups<br />
(7) Navigation computers<br />
c. Security. For stealth and security in night movements squads and platoons—<br />
(1) Enforce strict noise and light discipline<br />
(2) Use radio-listening silence<br />
(3) Use of camouflage<br />
(4) Use of terrain to avoid detection by enemy surveillance or night vision devices<br />
(5) Make frequent listening halts (SLLS)<br />
(6) Mask the sounds of movement with artillery fires<br />
d. Rally Points. Actions to be taken at rally points must be planned in detail. The plan<br />
must provide for continuation as long as there is a good chance to accomplish the<br />
mission. Some form of communications must be left in the rally point to inform<br />
stragglers of how many men linked up and the direction they took. There are two<br />
techniques for actions at rally points:<br />
(1) Men available: The assembled members will wait until a set number of men<br />
arrive and then go on with the mission under the senior man present. This plan<br />
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