Here are some basic formations for forward assault followed by a description of forward assault!
Infantry battle skills describe how platoons and squads apply fire and manuever to commonly encountered situations. They require leaders to make decisions rapidly and to issue breif oral orders quickly.
The definition of a battle drill is "a collective action rapidly executed without applying a deliberate decision-making precess"
A) Characteristics of a battle drill are:
-They require minimal commands from the chain of command to accomplish and are standard throughout the Army
-Sequential actions are vital to success in combat or critical to preserving life.
-They apply to platoons or smaller units. (Squads)
-They are trained responses to enemy actions or a leader's orders.
-They represent mental steps followed for offensive and defensive actions in training and combat.
B)A units ability to accomplish its mission often depends on soldiers, leaders, and units executing key actions quickly. All soldiers and their leaders must know their immediate reaction to enemy contact as well as follow-up actions. Drills are limited to situations requiring instantanious response; therefore, soldiers must execute drills instinctively. This results from continual practice. Drills provide small units with standard procedures essential for building strengths and aggressiveness.
-They identify key actions that leaders and soldiers must preform quickly.
-They provide for a smooth transition from one activity to another; for example, movement from offensive to defensive action.
-they provide standardized actions that link soldier and collective tasks at platoon level and below. (Solider preforms individual tasks to CTT standard)
-They require full understanding of each individual and leader and continual practice is also required.
