U.S. Army Center for Army Lessons Learned
Task Force Devil Combined Arms Assessment Team(Devil CAAT)
The Modern Warrior’s Combat Load
Dismounted Operations in Afghanistan
April - May 2003
Task Force Devil
Coalition Task Force 82, Coalition Joint Task Force 180
OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM III
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Author’s Note
This report is significant to the United States Army in many ways. The findingsfound within its pages represent not only a record of what modern warriors carryinto battle during dismounted operations, but also could comprise the first recordedbattlefield study of combat load undertaken by the United States Army during its228-year history. Over the decades of the 20
th
Century, the Army conductedperiodic combat load studies during peacetime training events; never before,however, did the Army gather and record such data during combat operations.The Army to full advantage, therefore, should use this report in order to reduce theSoldier’s combat load, to modernize Army doctrine, and to accurately traindismounted formations for the physical rigors of war.The author is extremely appreciative of both the 82
nd
Airborne Division for its fullsupport of this study and the six volunteer data collectors and their parentorganizations who were willing to devote close to six months to this mission thatincluded intensive preparatory field training for combat followed by deployment toAfghanistan in order to gather this rare data during the conduct of small unitactions against the enemy. Without the support of multiple Army organizations,the contributions of the superb paratroopers in Task Force Devil, and the quality,willingness, and dedication of the data collectors themselves, this study wouldnever have been possible.STRIKE HOLD!
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.0INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………………………… Pg 12.0SUMMARY OF FINDINGS…………………………………………………………………………… Pg 23.0BACKGROUND……………………………………………………………………………………….. Pg 24.0PURPOSE………………………………………………………………………………………………. Pg 45.0DATA COLLECTION OBJECTIVES ………………………………………………………………. Pg 46.0 OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW……………………………………………………………………….. Pg 46.1 The Battlefield Environment ………………………………………………..…………………. Pg 46.2 Operational Data Collection ………………………………………………..…………………. Pg 56.3 Operational Graphics for Devil CAAT Missions…………………………..…………………. Pg 57.0 DATA COLLECTION METHODOLOGY………………………………………………………….. Pg 5 7.1 Pre-Mission Coordinations …………………………………………………………………….. Pg 57.2 Initial Unit Linkup and Pre-Mission Data Collection ………………………………………… Pg 67.3 During Mission Data Collection ……………………………………………………………….. Pg 67.4 Post Mission Data Collection …………………………………………………………………… Pg 68.0 COMBAT LOAD DEFINITIONS ….………………………………………………….……………… Pg 78.1 Combat Load………………………………………………………………………………………… Pg 78.2 Fighting Load……………………………………………………………………………………….. Pg 78.3 Approach March Load……………………………………………………………………………… Pg 78.4 Emergency Approach March Load…………………………………………….………………… Pg 89.0 RIFLE COMPANY COMPOSITION………………………………………………………………… Pg 810.0 THE MODERN WARRIOR’S COMBAT LOAD ………………………………………….………. Pg 910.1 The Rifle Platoon…………………………..………………………………………….………….. Pg 1010.1.1 The Rifle Squad…………………………………………………………………..………… Pg 1010.1.1.1 The Rifle Squad Leader……………………………………………………………… Pg 1010.1.1.2 The Fire Team Leader ……………..………………………………………………. Pg 1310.1.1.3 The Rifleman……………………………………………………………….…………. Pg 1610.1.1.4 The Grenadier………………………………………………………………………… Pg 19 10.1.1.5 The Squad Automatic Rifleman………………………………………….………….. Pg 2210.1.2 The Weapons Squad………………………………………………………….….…………. Pg 2610.1.2.1 The Weapons Squad Leader……………………………………………….………… Pg 2610.1.2.2 The M240B Machine Gunner………………………………………………………… Pg 29 10.1.2.3 The M240B Assistant Machine Gunner……………………………………………… Pg 3210.1.2.4 The M240B Machine Gun Ammunition Bearer………………………….………….. Pg 3510.1.3 The Antitank Section………………………………………………………..……………… Pg 3810.1.4 The Rifle Platoon Headquarters…………………………………………….…………….. Pg 3810.1.4.1 The Rifle Platoon Leader………………………………………………….…………. Pg 3810.1.4.2 The Rifle Platoon Sergeant ……………………………………………….…………. Pg 4110.1.4.3 The Radio Telephone Operator…………………………………………..………….. Pg 44 10.1.4.4 The Combat Medic………………………………………………………..………….. Pg 47 10.1.4.5 The Field Artillery Forward Observer …………………………………..…………… Pg 5110.2 The Rifle Company Headquarters………….…………………………………………………… Pg 5310.2.1 The Rifle Company Commander..………………………………………………………… Pg 53 10.2.2 The Rifle Company First Sergeant………………………………………………………… Pg 5610.2.3 The Rifle Company Executive Officer………………………………………..…..……….. Pg 5910.2.4 The 60mm Mortar Section………………………………………………….……..……….. Pg 6210.2.4.1 The 60mm Mortar Section Leader……………………………………….…………. Pg 6210.2.4.2 The 60mm Mortar Squad Leader…………………………………………………… Pg 6610.2.4.3 The 60mm Mortar Gunner………………………………………………….……….. Pg 68 10.2.4.4 The 60mm Mortar Assistant Gunner……………………………………….………. Pg 7110.2.4.5 The 60mm Mortar Ammunition Bearer……………………………………………. Pg 7410.2.5 The Company Fire Support Officer ………………………………………..…….……… Pg 77
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