122 Ground Combat Element (Gce), Amphibious Reconaissance Battalion Fundamentals

Front 1

What is the primary mission of the reconaissance battalion?

Back 1

-Conduct GROUND RECONAISSANCE AND OBSERVATION in support of the Marine Division and its elements.

Front 2

What is the difference between Force Reconaissance and Battalion Reconaissance?

Back 2

-Force Reconaissance performs it;s mission further behind enemy lines and is employed by the MEF
-Battalion Reconaissance performs mission closer to friendly lines and is employed by the DIVISION.

Front 3

What are the tasks performed by a reconaissance battalion?
How many are there?

Back 3

-IMPLANT and monitor SENSORS
-TERRAIN RECONASSANCE including beach, road/route, and HLZ/DZ reconaissance missions
-Conduct a PRE H-HOUR reconaissance.
-Initial TERMINAL GUIDANCE

SPECIAL MISSIONS
-CAPTURE PRISONERS
-ENGAGE THE ENEMY with supporting arms as directed or authorized by the division commander

- 7 tasks

Front 4

What does a reconaissance battalion consist of?

Back 4

-H&S Co.
-4 Reconaissance Co.
*each with HQ section
*and 3 Recon Platoons

Front 5

What is the sole objective of reconaissance training?

Back 5

-Sucessful completion of reconaissance combat mission.

Front 6

Reconaissance training progresses through what four phases?

Back 6

-Basic individual training
-Advanced individual training
-Basic UNIT training
-Advanced UNIT training

Front 7

What skill set do Recon Marines have within the Platoons?

Back 7

-Surface swimmers
-Inflatable boat handlers
-Limited underwater swimmers (divers) and parachutists.

Front 8

What does RAO stand for?

Back 8

-Reconaissance Area of Operation

Front 9

Successful employment pre-assult and post assault ground reconaissance requires training programs that develop recon teams that are able to do what?

Back 9

-Capable of conducting UNDETECTED ACTIVITIES on enemy grounds under conditions of limited support from sources outside the team.

Front 10

What are some undetected activites performed by Reconaissance?

Back 10

-Entry into the RAO
-Patrol movement within the operating area.
-Information collection and terminal guidance tasks.
-Submission of patrol reports from within the operating areas
-Debriefing
-Submission of final reports.

Front 11

Reconaissance Company training concepts are accomplished by stressing __________, _________, and __________.

Back 11

-team integrity
-balance
-realism

Front 12

What is Phase I of Reconaissance Training?

Back 12

-Basic individual training

Front 13

What is Phase II of Reconaissance Training?

Back 13

-Advanced Individual training

Front 14

What is Phase III of Reconaissance Training?

Back 14

-Basic unit training

Front 15

What is Phase IV of Reconaissance Training?

Back 15

-Advanced Unit training

Front 16

What are the courses for Phase I Basic Individual Training?

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Back 16

-Prepatory Parachute training
-Preliminary SCUBA training
-Demolitions
-Weapons training and requalification
-Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE)
-Reporting Routes of Communication
-Communications training
-Intelligence training

Front 17

What is the purpose of Prepatory parachute training?
Who conducts the training?

Back 17

-Ensures they will have no difficulty passing the actual airborne school
-Reconaissance unit

Front 18

True or False.
Reconaissance units perform tasks requiring extensive use of demolitions.

Back 18

-False
-Not normally, but sometime they will be required to carry out demolition assignments.

Front 19

Weapons familiarization training includes firing what?
What phase of training is this in?

Back 19

-firing all infantry weapons
-instruction on the identification and characteristics of foreign weapons

-Phase I Basic Individual

Front 20

What weapons qualifications is the Reconaissance Marine required to have?

Back 20

-Service rifle and/or pistol.
-Annual marksmanship requalification

Front 21

What is "Reporting Routes of Communication"?
What phase is this training conducted?

Back 21

-Familiarization with ROAD AND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION AND CLASSIFICATION; units are assigned to report the natural and manmade characteristics of roads and bridges.
-Phase I: Basic Individual

Front 22

What is "Communications Training"?
What phase of training is it conducted?

Back 22

-Classroom training in the characterstics of organic communications equipment and the way a reconaissance unit uses this equipment

-Phase I: Basic Individual

Front 23

True or False.
Reconaissance units are capable of providing the level of training offered by a formal course in SERE.

Back 23

-False

Front 24

What phase of training is SERE?

Back 24

-Phase I: Basic individual

Front 25

What phase is "Intelligence training" conducted in?

Back 25

-Phase I: Basic Individual

Front 26

What is the purpose of "Intelligence training"?

What phase?

Back 26

-to understand how his job pertains to intelligence production

-Phase I: Basic Individual

Front 27

What phase is preliminary SCUBA training conducted in?

Back 27

-Phase I: Basic Individual training

Front 28

Where is basic SCUBA diver qualification for Reconaissance personnel acquired?

Back 28

-formal NAVY school

Front 29

What is conducted prior to assignment to a formal SCUBA school?

Back 29

-pre SCUBA conditioning and familiarization training

Front 30

What are the different courses in Phase II: Advanced Individual Training?

Back 30

PPP-II-SSSS

-Patrolling
-Physical training
-Parachute training

-Inflatable boat handling
-Initial terminal guidance training

-Swimmer equipment training
-SCUBA qualification training
-Surf and Open water training
-Submarine training

Front 31

True or false:
The majority of advanced individual training is conducted concurrently with basic training.

Back 31

True

Front 32

Advanced individual training is designed to improve what?

Back 32

-Proficiency

Front 33

What phase is "Physical training" in?

Back 33

-Advanced individual

Front 34

What should a unit do during Physical training to ensure overall physical fitness/maintain desired level of physical fitness?

Back 34

-Unit should perform daily training
-Vary and alternate the type of physical exercise

Front 35

What schedule of physical fitness should be maintained?

Back 35

-1 hour of exercise daily

Front 36

What phase is Parachute training in?

Back 36

-Advanced Individual

Front 37

How long is parachute training? Prescribed by who?

Back 37

-3 weeks
-Department of the Army

Front 38

What phase is Swimmer Equipment Training conducted in?

Back 38

-Phase II: Advanced Individual Training

Front 39

What does Swimmer Equipment training consists of? Teach?

Back 39

-familiarization with equipment used in open water operations.
-Boats and boat related equipment

Front 40

What phase is "Scuba Qualification Training" conducted in?

Back 40

-Phase II: Advanced Individual Training

Front 41

What Marine Corp Order contains information on the SCUBA qualification and proficiency requirements?

Back 41

-Marine Corps Order 1500.16C

Front 42

What phase of training is "Surf and Open Water Training" conducted in?

Back 42

-Phase II: Advanced Individual Training

Front 43

Surf and Open Water Training is conducted as individuals gain what?

The training emphasis is on what?

Back 43

-confidence and ability as swimmers.

-endurance and concealment in both heavy surf and calm water.

Front 44

What phase is submarine training conducted in?

Back 44

-Phase II: Advanced individual training

Front 45

What conditions should Submarine training be conducted in?

Back 45

-both day and night

Front 46

During submarine training, what two techniques of leaving and entering a submerged submarine?

Back 46

-Lock-in and lock-out

Front 47

Who are trained in the operation of a submarine escape trunk?

Back 47

-Officers, SNCO's and NCO's

Front 48

What phase is inflatable boat handling conducted in?

Back 48

Phase II: Advanced Individual

Front 49

What operations are conducted during inflatable boat handling?

Back 49

-motorized, towing, launch, and recovery operations

Front 50

True or False
Marines should remain with the same boat team throughout training.

Back 50

True

Front 51

What phase of training is reconaissance patrolling conducted in?

Back 51

-Phase II: Advanced individual

Front 52

Members are assigned missions which require the member to apply the skills they learned at basic individual training. What training course is this? What phase?

Back 52

-Reconaissance patrolling
-Phase II: Advanced Individual training

Front 53

Reconaissance patrolling emphasises what?

Back 53

-The responsibilities and duties of the individual member contribute to the success of the team as a whole.

Front 54

What phase is "Initial Terminal Guidance Training" conducted in?

Back 54

-Phase II: Advanced Individual Training

Front 55

Initial terminal guidance training is conduct both on the _______and ______level.

Back 55

-Platoon and team level

Front 56

Terminal guidance training consists of what?

Back 56

-Recon techniques employed in the general area of helicopter landing zones, including marking helicopter landing sites, using pyrotechnics, and clearing minor obstructions and obstacles within the landing zone.

Front 57

What is Phase III of Reconaissance training?

Back 57

-Basic unit training

Front 58

What is the purpose of Phase III training? what is it?

Back 58

-To weld individuals into effective operating teams.
-Basic unit training

Front 59

This training may be conducted in support of landing exercises planned by other units or during exercises planned and executed solely by the reconaissance unit.

Back 59

-Phase 4
-Advanced Unit training

Front 60

How does a unit avoid the artificial sense of confidence and capability while training?

Back 60

-Conduct training exercises on different beaches, drop zones, and location different from those used on various exercises.
-Conduct at least half of the training at night.