Combat Leader's Field Guide: 14th Edition

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Stackpole Books, Mar 1, 2015 - Reference - 432 pages

A guide to the basic skills all soldiers, sailors, and Marines must know to prevail in small-unit dismounted combat operations, including planning, battle drills for offense and defense operations, patrols, construction and emplacement of fighting positions, use of weapons and call for fire, land navigation and map reading, communications, close quarter battle, and tactical combat casualty care.

• Extensively updated to include both the latest doctrine and lessons learned from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
• Covers the equipment, operations, and individual security and combat skills essential for soldiers and others who must act as infantry
• Essential for Army infantry NCOs and officers at the platoon and company level, Special Forces A-teams, Air Force and Navy Special Operations, Marines, and any other element that operates as infantry

 

Contents

SOLDIER COMBAT SKILLS
223
Rules of Engagement and Use of Deadly Force in Combat Zones by David G Bolgiano 344
344
Armored Vehicle Recognition 355
355
Operational Graphics 366
366
Minefields and Minefield Recording 382
382
Platoon and Squad Organization 388
388
Organic and Supporting Weapons 392
392
Body Armor Levels 399
399
Acronyms and Abbreviations 401
401
References 414
414
Index 416
416
About the Author 423
423
Stackpole Military Professional Reference Library
424
Back Cover
425
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About the author (2015)

Jeff Kirkham is a master sergeant in the U.S. Army Special Forces. He owns and operates Praetorian Innovations LLC, providing paramilitary training, evaluation, operational planning, and mission oversight in hostile combat environments. Since 2003, he has spent more than 50 months in Iraq and Afghanistan training, advising, and supporting indigenous elite commando units. He is also president of TwistRate, a web-based company dedicated to helping veteran entrepreneurs or "veteranpreneurs" get their inventions prototyped, funded, and sold.

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