IMMEDIATE ACTION

DRILLS

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 LEARNING OBJECTIVES
TLO: Execute the immediate actions upon contact with
the enemy

ELO’S:
(1) Demonstrate the immediate halt drill.
(2) Demonstrate the air observation drill.
(3) Demonstrate the hasty ambush drill.
(4) Demonstrate the immediate assault drill.
(5) Demonstrate the break contact drill.
(6) Demonstrate the near ambush drill.
(7) Demonstrate the far ambush
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 IMMEDIATE
ACTIONS
UPON ENEMY
CONTACT
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 THREE TYPES OF
CONTACT
• Observation
• Meeting engagement
• Ambush
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 MISSION
DEPENDENT
• Prohibits contact
• Defensive in nature
• Break contact and continue
the mission
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 MISSION
DEPENDENT
• Permits contact
• Offensive in nature
• Seek opportunities
• Exploit opportunities
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 TWO TYPES OF
PHYSICAL CONTACT
• Meeting engagement
• Ambush

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 IMMEDIATE
ACTIONS
• All members must be trained
• Visual or physical contact
• Simple/minimal use of
signals
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 IMMEDIATE HALT
• Enemy detected, but we’re
not
• Freeze
• Remain motionless and quiet

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AIR OBSERVATION
• Reduce detection and
casualties
• Freeze
• Patrol leader ID’s aircraft and
gives further signals or
orders
• Do not look up
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 MEETING
ENGAGEMENT
• Hasty ambush
• Immediate assault

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 HASTY AMBUSH
• Patrol leader or authorized
member gives the signal
• Patrol leader initiates
• If detected first
• Alternate means of initiating
• When used offensively
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 IMMEDIATE
ASSAULT
• Defensively
• Offensively
• Meeting engagement

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 DEFENSIVE
MEASURES
• If enemy withdraws-assault is
stopped-contact is broken
• If enemy stands fast-assault
through his position until
contact is broken
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 OFFENSIVE
MEASURES
• If the enemy is decisively
engaged
• Escapees are pursued and
destroyed
• If fired upon from greater
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 BREAKING
CONTACT
• Fire and maneuver
• The clock system

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 FIRE AND
MANEUVER
• One portion of the patrol
returns fire while the other
moves by bounds away from
the enemy
• Each covers by fire until they
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COUNTER AMBUSH
• The IA drill is distance
dependent
• Near ambush-within fifty
meters
• Far ambush-beyond fifty
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 NEAR AMBUSH
• The longer you remain the
greater the casualties
• Members in the kill zone
assault through

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 FAR AMBUSH
• Kill zone
• Greater range provides
maneuver space and
opportunity to seek cover
• Members in the kill zone
• Members not in the kill zone
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