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The commander organizes the reconnaissance platoon based on: 1 ) mission, 2 ) enemy, 3 ) terrain, 4 ) troops and support available, ( 5 ) time available, ( 6 ) and civil considerations.
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Captain John Sheridan, the commander of the Babylon 5 station, organizes an attack to liberate the Proxima 3 colony from the forces of tyrannical Earth Alliance President William Morgan Clark.
Regardless of the vessel or command locus, each CIC organizes and processes information into a form more convenient and usable by the commander in authority.
commander and reconnaissance
Stuart was a cavalry commander known for his mastery of reconnaissance and the use of cavalry in support of offensive operations.
However, when Gen. Robert E. Lee became commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, he requested that Stuart perform reconnaissance to determine whether the right flank of the Union army was vulnerable.
Gen. Maxwell Taylor ( future commander of the 101st ), being sent on a personal reconnaissance mission to Rome to assess the prospects of success.
When the MQ-1 is not actively pursuing its primary mission, it acts as the Joint Forces Air Component Commander-owned theater asset for reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition in support of the Joint Forces commander.
This methodology focuses mainly prior to moving forces into or near a specified area ; the military commander may utilize his reconnaissance assets to conduct an area reconnaissance to avoid being surprised by unsuitable terrain conditions, or most importantly, unexpected enemy forces.
Within an Area of operation ( AO ), area reconnaissance can focus the reconnaissance on the specific area that is critical to the commander.
The commander analyzes the mission to determine whether the platoon will conduct these types of reconnaissance separately or in conjunction with each other.
The reconnaissance provides the commander with a detailed picture of how the enemy has occupied the zone, enabling him to choose the appropriate course-of-action.
In many cases, the commander may act upon a force-oriented route reconnaissance by which the enemy could influence movement along that route.
Terrain-oriented route reconnaissance allows the commander to obtain information and capabilities about the adjacent terrain for maneuvering his forces, to include, any obstacles ( minefields, barriers, steep ravines, marshy areas, or chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear contamination ) that may obstruct vehicle movement — on routes to, and in, his assigned area of operations.
Colonel John Sadler, SOG's commander, replied in the affirmative, even though none of his cross-border reconnaissance teams had ever operated so deep in Laos.
In the early battles of the campaign, Sheridan's cavalry was relegated by army commander Maj. Gen. George G. Meade to its traditional role — screening, reconnaissance, and guarding trains and rear areas — much to Sheridan's frustration.
The commander seeks to penetrate the fog of war through significant use of reconnaissance assets and a comprehensive Joint Operational Picture.
The brigade's commander, Brigadier Dunphie, making forward reconnaissance, decided to intervene.
The former being reconnaissance and survey, guns, command posts, logistic and equipment support elements, the latter being the battery commander and observation teams that deploy with the supported arm.
At Contreras, he conducted a nighttime reconnaissance with engineer Captain Robert E. Lee, his future commander.
Kress von Kressenstein, commander of the Ottoman First Expeditionary Force, was aware of the British concentration from aerial reconnaissance by the 300th Flight Detachment in the second half of March.
Because it was a reconnaissance vehicle, built for speed, and not direct combat, its hull and turret were designed for only two crewmen ; leaving the tankette commander to load and fire the main gun.
* Submarine Seahawk 1958 — US Action-Drama directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet depicting US submarine commander with reconnaissance mission to locate fleet of Imperial Japanese Navy fighting ships ; AKA Submarine X-2
Lieutenant Bickerdike and a signaller and Sergeant Ian McKay and a number of other men in No. 4 Platoon were attempting to perform reconnaissance on the Marine positions ; in doing so, the platoon commander and signaller were wounded.
* November 2 – After aerial reconnaissance reveals the destruction of the Egyptian Air Force, the British invasion force commander, General Sir Charles Keightley, orders British and French aircraft to begin a wide-ranging interdiction campaign against Egypts military bases, infrastructure, and economy.
Re-formed at Brooklands on 1 April 1915 under the command of Major Hugh Dowding ( later commander of RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain ) as a reconnaissance squadron, No. 9 returned to France in December 1915, flying Royal Aircraft Factory B. E. 2s.
commander and platoon
The day-watch platoon commander, Lt. Rinker, was calling out the beat assignments, but Matson couldn't make the names mean anything.
Of course importance is a matter of perspective ; what is important to a divisional commander is rarely the same as what is important to an infantry platoon commander.
As a 22-year-old platoon commander in the 1st Battalion Irish Guards, he served in the British Expeditionary Force ( BEF ) in 1914.
Upon completion of The Basic School at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, in October 1967, he was ordered to the Republic of Vietnam, where he served as a platoon and company commander with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines.
In 1948, Rehavam Ze ' evi was a platoon commander in the IDF.
He served as an infantry platoon leader and company commander in the Phillipines during the Philippine – American War and several other guerrilla uprisings.
He served briefly in the desert campaign as a platoon commander with the Rifle Brigade during World War II.
Thiệu started as the commander of an infantry platoon fighting against the Việt Minh.
He served as a platoon leader and company commander in the Marine 2nd Infantry Division, and after satisfying his two year Reserve Officer commitment was discharged from the Corps as a first lieutenant in 1957.
He is eventually promoted to platoon commander.
A platoon is typically the smallest military unit led by a commissioned officer — the platoon leader or platoon commander, usually a lieutenant.
In the Australian Army, a platoon has twenty-four soldiers organized into three eight-man sections plus a lieutenant as platoon commander and a sergeant as platoon second in command, accompanied by a platoon radioman and medic ( full strength of twenty-eight men ).
In the British Army, a rifle platoon from an infantry company consists of three sections of eight men, plus a signaller ( radio operator ), a platoon sergeant, the platoon commander ( either a second lieutenant or lieutenant ) and a mortar man operating a light mortar ( full strength of 27 men and one officer ).
An officer was referred to as " platoon commander " while a WO III in the same position was called a " Platoon Sergeant Major " or PSM.
In practice, usually a Second Lieutenant is appointed the platoon commander, and will eventually be promoted to this rank.
commander and based
Therefore, the on-the-scene commander must have detailed operating instructions based on measurement of conditions, in the area, at the time of encounter.
Alarmed by reports of French preparations on the Mediterranean coast, Lord Spencer at the Admiralty sent a message to Vice-Admiral Earl St. Vincent, commander of the Mediterranean Fleet based in the Tagus River, to despatch a squadron to investigate.
* The Persian commander Mardonius, now based in Thessaly, wins support from Argus and western Arcadia.
The protagonist of Ernest Hemingway's 1950 novel Across the River and into the Trees, Colonel Dick Cantwell, based on World War II commander Charles " Buck " Lanham, uses the phrase to his driver.
Lewenhaupt, one of Sweden's foremost generals, was the commander of one of Sweden's best armies, based at the Baltic Sea port of Riga.
Although every division commander requested two drops on the first day, Brereton's staff scheduled only one lift based on the need to prepare for the first drop by bombarding German flak positions for half a day and a weather forecast on the afternoon of 16 September ( which soon proved erroneous ) that the area would have clear conditions for four days, so allowing drops during them.
Admiral Chester Nimitz, based at Pearl Harbor, was designated as overall Allied commander in chief for Pacific forces.
* After being stopped twice by the Romans in his attempts to invade Illyria by sea, and constrained by the Roman commander Marcus Valerius Laevinus ' fleet in the Adriatic, Philip V of Macedon keeps his activities in Illyria land based.
Perdiccas, regent and Macedonian commander in chief based in Babylon, tries to keep effective control with the assistance of Eumenes.
* S. J. A. Turney's 2009 debut, Marius ' Mules, based on Julius Caesar's invasion of Gaul, viewed from the perspective of a Legionary commander, along with the 2010 sequel following the campaign against the Belgae.
Vimy Ridge itself was principally defended by the ad hoc formation based under I Bavarian Reserve Corps commander General of Infantry Karl Ritter von Fasbender.
Colonel Keith Davenport ( Gary Merrill ) is the commander of the 918th Heavy Bombardment Group, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress unit based at ( the fictional ) RAF Archbury.
Twelve days later, Thiệu was appointed commander of the 5th Division, which was based in Biên Hòa, the 7th having been moved to Mỹ Tho.
Intelligence should respond to the needs of the commander, based on the military objective and the outline plans for the operation.
He attempted to reform the organization of the army in 1796 by introducing The Infantry Codes ; a series of guidelines that based the organization of the army largely upon show and glamour, but his greatest commander, Suvorov completely ignored them, believing them to be worthless.
In the IDW continuity, Megatron retains his role as supreme commander of the Decepticon army, although in this continuity, they are no longer based on Cybertron ( which was rendered uninhabitable by Thunderwing ) and are fighting to conquer multiple worlds simultaneously.
In May 1920 he was made chief of staff to the 3rd Cavalry Division, based in Weimar, thus achieving his early ambition of being a cavalry commander.
In 1928 Rundstedt finally left staff positions behind him and was made commander of the 2nd Cavalry Division, based in Breslau.
In January 1932, Rundstedt appointed commander of Wehkreis III, based in Berlin, and also command of the 3rd Infantry Division.
On 25 October, Rundstedt took up his new post as commander of Army Group A, facing the French border in the Ardennes mountains sector, and based in Koblenz.
Crucially, martial law as then understood was not a form of substantive law, but instead a suspension of the rule of law ; it was the replacement of normal statutes with a law based on the whims of the local military commander.
During the reign of Marcus Aurelius, Raetia was governed by the commander of the Legio III Italica, which was based in Castra Regina ( Regensburg ) by 179 AD.
While LFCA still exists as the command structure for land forces units in Ontario, the commander of LFCA is simultaneously the commander of JTFC, and as such has the authority to deploy all naval, army and air force assets based in Ontario in the event of a domestic crisis or threat.
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