United Nations Infantry Battalion Manual - the United Nations

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United Nations Infantry Battalion Manual
will clearly outline the “Mission Essential Tasks” that are to be executed by the
battalion in a designated AOR, subject to the applicable ROE. The following
sixteen tasks have been identified as peacekeeping related tasks from which
mission-specific essential tasks could be drawn out for a particular mission
based on its particular mandate and operational environment. The detailed
task descriptions including the purpose, planning considerations, modalities
of execution, organizational and logistics support aspects for each task in a
peacekeeping context are described in Vol. II of the Manual.
5.3.1 : Primary Tasks. Primary tasks are the basic tasks which form part
of routine infantry battalion tasks to maintain visibility, observation and
monitoring of activities, conduct of robust mobile and control operations,
support protection of civilians activities and CIMIC activities, etc. These are:
• Patrolling.
• Observation Post.
• Check Point.
• Outreach and Engagement.
• Situational Awareness.
• Cordon and Search.
• Convoy and Escort.
• Operation Base.
5.3.2 : Support Tasks. The support tasks require specialised organizational
and resource augmentation in support of the larger peacekeeping effort in
a mission area. These are:
• Disarmament and Demobilization.
• Critical Infrastructure and Assets Protection.
• Crowd Management.
• Detention.
5.3.3 : Other Tasks. These are tasks that are specific to a particular operational
situation for which an Infantry Battalion need to be trained and prepared,
and include:
• Buffer Zone.
• Joint Operations.
• Reinforce/Relief.
• Extract/Evacuate.