PATROLLING

AGENDA

• PATROL DEFINITION
• TYPES OF PATROL
• PRINCIPLES OF COMBAT PATROLS
• TASK ORGANIZATION BY LEADER
• INITIAL PLANNING
• WARNING ORDER
• PATROL SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
• FRIENDLY UNIT COORDINATION
• RALLY POINTS
• RECONNAISSANCE PATROLS
 PATROLS

PATROLS ARE MISSIONS TO GATHER

INFORMATION OR TO CONDUCT
COMBAT OPERATIONS.
 TYPES OF PATROLS

TYPES:

• AREA RECONNAISSANCE
• ZONE RECONNAISSANCE
• RAID
• AMBUSH
• ANTI ARMOR AMBUSH
• SECURITY PATROL
 AREA RECONNAISSANCE

CONDUCTED TO OBTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING

A SPECIFIC LOCATION AND THE AREA IMMEDIATELY
AROUND IT. THE LOCATION OF THE OBJECTIVE IS
DESIGNATED BY EITHER GRID COORDINATES OR A
MAP OVERLAY WITH A BOUNDARY LINE ENCIRCLING
THE AREA.
 ZONE RECONNAISSANCE

CONDUCTED TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON ALL

ENEMY, TERRAIN AND ROUTES WITH IN A SPECIFIC
ZONE. THE ZONE IS DEFINED BY BOUNDARIES.
 RAID

CONDUCTED BY A PATROL TO ATTACK A

POSITION OR INSTALLATION TO DESTROY THE
POSITION OR INSTALLATION, DESTROY OR
CAPTURE TROOPS, EQUIPMENT OR LIBERATE
PERSONNEL.
 AMBUSH

A SURPRISE ATTACK FROM A CONCEALED POSITION

ON A MOVING OR TEMPORARILY HALTED TARGET.
• POINT AMBUSH IS ONE IN WHICH TROOPS
DEPLOY TO ATTACK A SINGLE KILL ZONE.
• AREA AMBUSH IS ONE IN WHICH TROOPS ARE
DEPLOYED AS MULTIPLE RELATED POINT
AMBUSHES.
• HASTY AMBUSH IS AN IMMEDIATE ACTION
DRILL.
• DELIBERATE AMBUSH IS PLANNED AS A
SPECIFIC ACTION AGAINST A TARGET.
 ANTI ARMOR AMBUSH

A SURPRISE ATTACK FROM A

CONCEALED POSITION ON AN ARMORED
FORCE.
 SECURITY PATROL

PROVIDE FRONT, FLANK AND REAR

SECURITY TO PREVENT INFILTRATION AND
SURPRISE ATTACKS

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 PRINCIPLES FOR COMBAT
PATROLS

5 BASIC PRINCIPLES:

• SECURITY
• SURPRISE
• COORDINATED FIRE
• VIOLENCE
• CONTROL

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TASK ORGANIZATIONS BY LEADER

SPECIAL TEAMS:

• AID AND LITTER TEAM

• ENEMY PRISONER OF WAR TEAM
• COMPASS MAN
• PACE MAN
• SURVEILLANCE TEAM
• EN ROUTE RECORDER

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INITIAL PLANNING COORDINATION

• CHANGES, UPDATES OF ENEMY SITUATION

• BEST USE OF TERRAIN ROUTE
• LIGHT, WEATHER DATA
• CHANGES IN THE FRIENDLY SITUATION
• ATTACHMENTS OF SOLDIERS WITH SPECIAL
SKILLS (ENGINEERS, PAO, FO)
• DEPARTURE/REENTRY OF FRIENDLY LINES
• FIRE SUPPORT
• REHEARSAL AREA AND TIME
• SPECIAL EQUIPMENT NEEDED
• TRANSPORTATION
• SIGNAL PLAN
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 WARNING ORDER

• SITUATION
• MISSION
• GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
• SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS

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 PATROLLING
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS

• ASSEMBLY AREA (AA)

• INITIAL RALLY POINT (IRP)
• FORWARD PASSAGE OF LINES
• DESIGNATE RALLY POINTS ALONG ROUTE
• OBJECTIVE RALLY POINT
• ACTIONS ON THE OBJECTIVE
• OBJECTIVE RALLY POINT (ORP)
• DESIGNATE RALLY POINTS ALONG ROUTE
• REENTRY RALLY POINT
• REARWARD PASSAGE OF LINES (REENTRY)
• ASSEMBLY AREA
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FRIENDLY UNIT COORDINATION

PATROL LEADER

• IDENTIFIES HIMSELF AND HIS UNIT

• SIZE OF PATROL
• TIME OF DEPARTURE AND RETURN
• AREA OF PATROL’S OPERATION

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FRIENDLY UNIT COORDINATION

FORWARD UNIT

• INFORMATION ON TERRAIN
• KNOWN OR SUSPECTED ENEMY POSITIONS
• LIKELY ENEMY AMBUSH SITES
• DETAILED INFORMATION ON FRIENDLY POSITIONS
• OBSTACLE LOCATIONS
• FIRE PLAN
• SUPPORT THE UNIT CAN FURNISH
• SIGNAL PLAN
• LOCATION OF THE FOLLOWING:
• DETRUCKING POINT
• INITIAL RALLY POINT
• DEPARTURE POINT
• REENTRY POINT
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 RALLY POINTS

• USED SO PATROL CAN ASSEMBLE AND REORGANIZE IF

DISPERSED DURING MOVEMENT
• CAN TEMPORARILY HALT TO REORGANIZE AND
PREPARE PROIR TO ACTIONS ON THE OBJECTIVE
• PATROL CAN TEMPORARILY HALT TO PREPARE FOR
DEPARTURE AND REENTRY OF FRIENDLY LINES
• RALLY POINTS SHOULD BE:
• LARGE ENOUGH FOR THE PATROL TO ASSEMBLE IN
• EASILY RECOGNIZED ON THE GROUND
• HAVE COVER AND CONCEALMENT
• DEFENSIBLE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME
• AWAY FROM NORMAL ROUTES OF TROOP
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 RECONNAISSANCE
PATROLS

AREA RECON
SURVEILLANCE/VANTAGE POINT METHOD

ZONE RECON
• FAN METHOD
• CONVERGING ROUTE METHOD
• SUCCESSIVE SECTOR METHOD