Section I. | General |
Section II. | Battle Command Procedures |
Section III. | Standing Operating Procedures |
Section IV. | Reports |
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HEADQUARTERS
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________BRIGADE (______) TACTICAL STANDING OPERATING PROCEDURES
H-1. Purpose. This TSOP prescribes guidance for conducting sustained tactical operations. Specifically, it standardizes recurring operational routines, procedures, and responsibilities executed by both organic and supporting organizational elements within the brigade.
H-2. Application/Scope. This TSOP covers only wartime operations after deployment. It does not repeat doctrine, tactics, or techniques provided in FMs, TMs, and MTPs. It applies to all organic, assigned, attached, and OPCON units. It also applies to all supporting units operating in or occupying areas within the brigade's area. All TSOP provisions apply except as modified by OPORDs and OPLANs.
H-3. Directed Supporting Documents.
H-4. Proponency. The brigade XO and battalion XOs are proponents for their respective TSOPs. Ensuring compliance of established TSOPs throughout the brigade is a command responsibility monitored by commanders and staffs at all levels.
H-5. Changes.
This section describes operating procedures for brigade command and control. This section in not all inclusive. It establishes the basic guidelines for procedures and operation of CPs. Subordinate units develop their own CP SOPs to conform to guidance in this TSOP.
H-6. Succession of Command.
H-7. Alternate Command Posts.
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H-8. Command Post Shift Cycles. All brigade and battalion CPs conduct staggered shift changes. Shifts of duty are 12 hours long. Change-of-shift briefs must not disrupt continuous performance of CP functions.
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H-12. Task Organization. Table H-4 shows the routine task organization of the organic brigade elements and represents the brigade's standard combined arms fighting organization for combat. This grouping applies until specifically changed by verbal or written OPORDs, FRAGOs, or WOs. This task organization is the basis for most brigade movement, and tactical employment planning.
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BINGO | . | Switch to second alternate frequency. |
BLITZ | Move; move to; move out. | |
BOG | An area that will not support the unit's heaviest vehicle. For example, "Route HAWK, klick 6 to klick 7, bog." | |
CANDLES | Artificial illumination. For example, "Request candles, B71." | |
CHATTER | Communications jamming. For example, "There is chatter on my internal." | |
CHECKPOINT | An easily identified point such as a bridge or intersection on a route of march. | |
COLD | Area clean of enemy. | |
DUMP TIRS | TIRS has been compromised; cease use until further notice. | |
DYNAMITE | Air defense warning that alerts the force to inbound or attacking aircraft NOW. It requires immediate response. | |
ESTABLISHED | The unit has consolidated a position at the designated control measure location. For example, "We have established A21." | |
FIRESTRIKE | An immediate FA mass fire mission that delivers about one module of ammunition. | |
FIX | Send your location to me. For example, "Fix, out." Send me the location of ________. For example, "Fix T3J22, out." | |
FLASH, FLASH | Clear the net immediately, critical traffic follows. | |
GAS | Chemical attack. | |
GEIGER CHASE | Radiological survey or monitor. For example, "Geiger chase N21 to W33." | |
GEIGER SOUR | Area monitored or surveyed is contaminated. | |
GEIGER SWEET | Area monitored or surveyed is not contaminated. For example, "From A21 to W33, Geiger Sour; D51, is Geiger Sweet." | |
GET | Put specific person designated by call sign on the radio. For example, "Get F11, out." | |
GUIDONS | Net call. Subordinates answer to branch and unit sequence (infantry, armored, artillery, engineer) by unit numeric designation. Companies use letter sequence; platoons use numeric sequence. | |
HOSTILE | A unit, vehicle, or aircraft positively identified as enemy. | |
HOT | An area occupied by enemy. | |
HOT STEEL | Immediate FA mass mission that delivers about 10 modules of ammunition. | |
HUSH | Levels of signal security. (HUSH one-free net; HUSH two - directed net; HUSH three - directed net with radio-listening silence imposed.) | |
IRON HAMMER | replanned FA mission that delivers about one module of ammunition against a specific EA. | |
JAILBREAK | Radio-listening silence is lifted. | |
KLICK | One klick equals one kilometer (one grid square on a 1:50,000 or 1:100,000-scale tactical map). | |
LONG RUN | Movement by alternate bounds. | |
MIDDLEMAN | Radio relay. | |
MODULE | A FA 155-mm standard ammunition package consisting of a battalion six DPICM. | |
NOTHING HEARD | The station called does not (or did not) answer. For example, "X79, this is H22, nothing heard, out." | |
ORDERS | Oral orders to follow, prepare to copy, put the call sign principal on the radio (see also get). | |
PLOT | General enemy and friendly summary and commander's assessment; a quick, informal exchange of information between commanders and operations officers; not a formatted report. | |
PRESENT | A call sign principal report to a specified location. For example, "F37 present at N26, 30 minutes." | |
RUN-IN | A code word used by a moving unit during a rearward passage of lines to warn friendly units that it is "running" toward them and that enemy forces are pursuing it. | |
SET | Used during a maneuver to indicate that the sender (bounding unit) has completed its bound and is prepared to overwatch from its present position (see also established). | |
SILENCE | Absolute radio silence imposed on all net users (said three times). | |
STAND TO | A time at which a unit has achieved a readiness condition in which it is fully prepared to fight (readiness condition [REDCON] 1). | |
STAR BURST | A rapid dispersal of a unit to avoid enemy aircraft. Elements turn violently left or right as appropriate, and drive away from each other while jinking. All weapons are oriented to engage enemy aircraft. | |
SWITCH | Change to an alternate frequency. Specify which frequency by the frequency designation or the call sign of the commander of the frequency to be used. For example, "Switch ALPHA JULIET (Antijamming); Switch N5F32" (the unit frequency whose commander is N5F32). | |
THUNDER | Immediate FA mass mission that delivers about three modules of ammunition. | |
THUNDER RUN | A high-speed (50-kph or faster) road movement in march column formation. The commander normally leads. |
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Tactical Command Post/Brigade Main Command Post Brigade Rear Command Post 1st Battalion 2d Battalion 3d Battalion Aviation Battalion Reconnaissance Element/Troop Artillery Battalion (Direct Support) Attached/Operational Control Units Brigade Spares |
A B C,D,E,F G,H,I,J K,L,M,N O,P R S T,U,V,W X,Y,Z |
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REDCON ONE: | I am fully ready to execute the assigned mission and will initiate execution on receipt of orders. |
REDCON TWO: | I can be ready to execute an assigned mission in 15 minutes. |
REDCON THREE: | I can be ready to execute an assigned mission in 30 minutes. |
REDCON FOUR: | I can be ready to execute an assigned mission in 1 hour. |
REDCON FIVE: | I can be ready to execute an assigned mission in hours. (Specify number if more than one hour.) |
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ROUTE A |
ROUTE B |
Battalion Scouts Quartering Parties Combat Unit Mechanized Battalion Artillery Battalion(-) Armor Battalion FSB Platoon |
Battalion Scouts Quartering Parties Combat Unit Armor Battalion Artillery Battalion(-) Brigade Troops |
H-15. Assembly Area Occupation. (This also applies to occupation of attack positions.)
TAC CP and Main CP (collocated) | Center Sector |
Artillery Battalion, Engineer Battalion, and Brigade Troops | Center Sector |
1st Battalion | 12-4 |
2d Battalion | 4-8 |
3d Battalion | 8-12 |
Rear CP | Center Sector |
1st Battalion Field Trains | 10-12 |
2d Battalion Field Trains | 12-2 |
3d Battalion Field Trains | 2-4 |
Artillery Battalion Field Trains | 4-6 |
FSB | 6-8 |
Engineer Field Trains | 8-10 |
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