2003 US Army BRADLEY GUNNERY 503p.pdf - Survival Books

FM 3-22.1F-5. MOVEMENT TRAININGDuring movement training, rifle infantrymen train and rehearse individual, buddy-team,fire-team, squad, and platoon movement formations and techniques. Movement trainingbegins with individual and buddy-team movement techniques. Once individuals andbuddy teams demonstrate their movement proficiency, leaders establish fire team andsquad formations. Squad members train in movement techniques after all of the squadmembers have gained confidence in their individual abilities to move in fire team andsquad formations. All squad members must know arm-and-hand signals. Platoons engagein movement training after squads achieve movement proficiency.F-6. INDIVIDUAL AND BUDDY TEAM MOVEMENTSquad and team leaders control and lead by example. They direct rifle infantrymen tomove by the best method for the situation. In an assault, this movement may be bycrawling or by short rushes from cover to cover. A high or low crawl is slow but may benecessary when cover and concealment are limited. Soldiers use short three- tofive-second rushes when cover and concealment are available and the volume of enemyfire is low enough to allow brief exposure. Soldiers must look for the next coveredposition before moving away from their firing positions. When they move, they use thebest covered routes available.a. Individual movement training should include high and low crawl techniques, thedifference between cover and concealment, and short rush techniques (Figure F-1).FM 21-75 explains the proper movement techniques. Squad leaders can designate a lanethrough various types of terrain and have soldiers move from one end to the other. Squadleaders should evaluate the soldiers' performance based on the use of cover andconcealment, length of exposure to enemy free, and speed of movement. As soldiersmaster these basic skills, leaders can add challenges with natural or manmade obstaclesor add the use of MILES with a single enemy soldier at the far end of the lane. The squadmember must negotiate the lane without taking enemy fire.b. Buddy-team movement training builds on individual movement skills by havingtwo-man teams negotiate the lane together. One soldier provides covering fire while hisbuddy moves to the next covered position. The team must maintain visual or audiblecommunication with each other at all times during the movement. This exercise forms thefoundation for trust and confidence between fire team and squad members. They shouldconduct this exercise before they execute battle-drill training. Figure F-2 shows anexample individual or buddy team movement exercise lane, with the numbersrepresenting the order of movement. The following text exemplifies an individual orbuddy-team movement exercise:F-2