The Infantry Rifle Platoon & Squad (FM 3-21.8) [2007]

Hello Everyone !!

The Field Manual FM 3-21.8 (FM 7-8), titled The Infantry Rifle Platoon and Squad, published in 2007, serves as a doctrinal guide for infantry platoons and squads in the U.S. Army. It provides comprehensive instructions on--

- Combat Operations: Principles, tactics, techniques, and procedures for offensive and defensive actions.

- Non-Combat Operations: Guidance for operations across the spectrum of conflict.

- Organization and Leadership: Details on the structure of platoons and squads, including roles of leaders and team members.

- Training and Doctrine: Emphasis on individual infantry skills, warrior ethos, and Army values.

This manual is intended for infantry leaders, instructors, and trainees, offering insights into small-unit operations in various operational environments. 

Pre-combat Checklist : (Pg #5-19) 

ID card, ID tags, Protective mask, radios & backup comm, concertina wire gloves, asbestos gloves, ANCD (Automated Network Control Devices), Plugger/GPS, Handheld microphones, NV devices, batteries and spare batteries, Picket pounder, Engineer stakes, (Oil & transmission fluids, Anti-freeze coolant, Fuel cans, Fuel spout), 5-gallon water jugs, MREs, Tow bars, Tripods, Slave cables, Pickets, concertina wire, Spare handsets, 

weapon tie downs, ammo, weapons, Pintels gun attachments, T&E mechanisms, Spare barrels, Spare barrel bags, Extraction tools, Barrel changing handles, Headspace and timing gauges, M249 LMG tools, basic issue items, grappling hook, Sling sets, PZ marking kit,
pocket knife, IR lights, glint tape, Chemical lights, flashlights, TCP signs, communication cards, 9-line MEDEVAC procedures (evacuation radio comm format), OPORD (military operations order & plan), FRAGOs (fragmentary order), maps, (Graphics, routes, OBJs, LZs, PZs), Protractors, Alcohol pens, Alcohol erasers, load plans, Pen, Pencil, eraser, notepaper.

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