Scouting and Patrolling

About this eBook

Title

Scouting and patrolling

Original Publication

Washington: Dept US Navy, 2000.

Credits

Carol Brown, Aaron Adrignola, Brian Coe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

U: Military science

Subject

Scouting (Reconnaissance) -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 78401

Release Date

April 9, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Scouting and Patrolling
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.Table of Contents
4. 4.Part 1. Scouting — Chapter 1. Fundamentals of Scouting — 1001. PURPOSE — 1002. REQUIRED SCOUTING SKILLS
5. 5.Chapter 2. Terrain, Maps, and Direction — 2001. TERRAIN FEATURES — 2002. THE LENSATIC COMPASS — 2003. STARS, SUN, AND OTHER FEATURES — 2004. RANGE DETERMINATION
6. 6.Chapter 3. Enemy Activity — 3001. ESTIMATING ENEMY STRENGTHS — 3002. INTERPRETING SIGNS AND TRACKS — 3003. KNOWING THE ENEMY
7. 7.Chapter 4. Daylight Scouting — 4001. COVER AND CONCEALMENT — 4002. CAMOUFLAGE — 4003. INDIVIDUAL MOVEMENT — 4004. ROUTE SELECTION
8. 8.Chapter 5. Night Scouting — 5001. NIGHT VISION — 5002. APPEARANCE OF OBJECTS — 5003. SOUNDS — 5004. SMELLS AND TOUCH — 5005. CLOTHING AND WEAPONS — 5006. CONCEALMENT — 5007. AIDS TO NIGHT SCOUTING — 5008. AIDS TO NIGHT MOVEMENT — 5009. LOCATING AND PLOTTING THE ENEMY AT NIGHT — 50010. ROUTES OF MOVEMENT
9. 9.Chapter 6. Observing and Reporting — 6001. OBSERVATION POSTS — 6002. REPORTING
10. 10.Chapter 7. Scouting Fire Teams — 7001. POSITIONING — 7002. LOCATING ENEMY POSITIONS — 7003. ACTION WITH AN ATTACKING PLATOON — 7004. ACTION WITH AN ENVELOPING UNIT
11. 11.Part 2. Infantry Patrolling — Chapter 8. Fundamentals of Infantry Patrolling — 8001. DEFINITIONS — 8002. RELATION OF PATROLLING TO SCOUTING — 8003. PURPOSE — 8004. TYPES OF PATROLS — 8005. TRAINING — 8006. KEYS TO SUCCESSFUL PATROLLING
12. 12.Chapter 9. Patrol Organization — 9001. GENERAL ORGANIZATION — 9002. TASK ORGANIZATION
13. 13.Chapter 10. Patrol Preparation — 10001. MISSION — 10002. FACTORS INFLUENCING PATROL SIZE — 10003. COMMANDER’S DUTIES — 10004. PATROL LEADER DUTIES
14. 14.Chapter 11. Movement to and Return from the Objective Area — 11001. PASSAGE OF LINES — 11002. ORGANIZATION FOR MOVEMENT — 11003. CONTROL MEASURES FOR MOVEMENT — 11004. PRECAUTIONS AT DANGER AREAS — 11005. HIDE — 11006. IMMEDIATE ACTIONS UPON ENEMY CONTACT — 11007. PATROL LEADER’S ACTION IN A DEVELOPING SITUATION — 11008. RETURN FROM OBJECTIVE AREA
15. 15.Chapter 12. Reconnaissance Patrols — 12001. GENERAL MISSIONS — 12002. SPECIFIC MISSIONS — 12003. TYPES OF RECONNAISSANCE — 12004. TASK ORGANIZATION — 12005. SIZE OF RECONNAISSANCE PATROLS — 12006. RECONNAISSANCE EQUIPMENT — 12007. RECONNAISSANCE PATROL ACTIONS AT THE OBJECTIVE AREA
16. 16.Chapter 13. Combat Patrols — 13001. TASK ORGANIZATION — 13002. EQUIPMENT — 13003. RAID PATROLS — 13004. CONTACT PATROLS — 13005. AMBUSH PATROLS — 13006. SECURITY PATROLS — 13007. URBAN PATROLS
17. 17.Chapter 14. Information and Reports — 14001. REPORTING — 14002. CAPTURED ITEMS — 14003. PRISONERS — 14004. PATROL REPORT
18. 18.Appendix A. Patrol Warning Order
19. 19.Appendix B. Patrol Order
20. 20.Appendix C. Patrol Evaluation Checklist
21. 21.Appendix D. Ambush Formations — Line Formation — L Formation — “Z” Formation — “T” Formation — The “V” Formation — Triangle Formation — Closed Triangle Formation — Open Triangle Harassing Formation — Open Triangle Destruction Formation — The Box Formation
22. 22.Appendix E. Acronyms
23. 23.Appendix F. References — Transcriber's Note

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