Defensive Operations at the Squad and Platoon

What are the 5 Battle Positions?

• Primary

  Alternate

  Supplementary

  Subsequent

  Strong point

• Primary

  Area

  Supplementary

  Subsequent

  Strong Point

• Place

  Alternate

  Supplementary

  Subsequent

  Strong Point

• Primary

  Alternate

  Mobile

  Subsequent

  Strong point

Area Defense focuses on ​ ​ ​

• terrain
• withdraw
• strong point
• movement of enemy forces

Mobile Defense focuses on

• terrain

• The movement of friendly forces

• The movement of enemy forces

• primary

Retrograde focuses on

• CDT Pina

• Strong Point

• terrain

• The movement of friendly forces

What are the 3 type of defensive operations that friendly force use?

• Area

  Weapons

  Retrograde

• Area

  Mobile

  Retrograde

• Air

  Mobile

  Terrain

• Weather

  Weapons

  Strongpoint

Which ones are the characteristics of the defense? (Select all that apply)

• Disruption

• Flexibility

• Strong Point

• Maneuver

• Area

What is the purpose of defense?

• Being 2 steps behind

• Not paying attention

• Retaining decisive terrain of denying a vital area to an enemy

• Letting the enemy decide where you go

What is the title of this lesson?

• Offensive Operations at the Squad and Platoon

• Defensive Operations at the Squad and Platoon

• Strong Points of offense and defense

• Squad and Platoon