COMPOSITION OF THE RIFLE SQUAD•A RIFLE SQUAD IS COMPOSED OF 13 MARINES

-A SERGEANT(SQUAD LEADER)

-3 FIRETEAMS OF FOUR MARINES EACH

•EACH FIRETEAM CONSIST OF

-A CORPORAL (FIRETEAM LEADER)

-TWO LANCE CORPORALS (AUTOMATIC RIFLEMAN AND ASSISTANT AUTOMATIC RIFLEMAN)

-AND A PRIVATE/PFC (RIFLEMAN)

ORGANIC WEAPONS

SQUAD LEADER: M-16 RIFLE AND BAYONNET

FIRE TEAM LEADER: M-16 WITH A 40MM, M-203 GRENADE LAUNCHER ATTACHED AND BAYONNET KNIFE

AUTOMATIC RIFLEMAN: SQUAD AUTOMATIC WEAPON AND COMBAT KNIFE (K-BAR)

ASSISTANT AUTOMATIC RIFLEMAN: M-16 RIFLE AND K-BAR

RIFLEMAN: M-16 RIFLE AND K-BAR

BASIC COMBAT FORMATIONS

•COLUMN

•WEDGE

•SKIRMISHES RIGHT/LEFT

•ECHLON LEFT/RIGHT

COLUMN

• PERMITS RAPID CONTORLLED MOVEMENT

• FAVORS FIRE AND MANEUVER TO THE FLANKS

• VULNERABLE TO FIRE FROM THE FRONT AND PROVIDES THE LEAST AMOUNT OF FIRE TO THE FRONT

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WEDGE• PERMITS GOOD CONTROL

• PROVIDES ALL-AROUND SECURITY

• FORMATION IS FLEXIBLE

• FIRE IS ADEQUATE IN ALL DIRECTIONS.

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