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A fireteam or fire team is a small modern military subordinated element of infantry designed to optimize "NCO initiative", "combined arms", ...
NATO and U.S. doctrine define a squad as an organization "larger than a team, but smaller than a section." [3] [4] while U.S. Army doctrine further defines a squad as a "small military unit typically containing two or more fire teams." [5] In American usage, a squad consists of eight to fourteen soldiers, [6] and may be further subdivided into ...
The fireteam concept was intended to introduce an element of flexibility, [46] and consequently two other section groupings were devised; an assault team/support team grouping where the Delta fireteam (consisting of the section 2IC, a rifleman, and both section gunners) was responsible for covering the Charlie fireteam (consisting of the ...
United States Army 'classical' squads are composed of three elements; a command and support element, a base of fire element, and a maneuver element. The command and support element could include a squad leader, an assistant squad leader, a medic, a forward observer and a radio operator or it could be limited to a squad leader.
Marine Raiders conduct combat operations in eastern Afghanistan.. Its creation was announced on 1 November 2005 by U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, [7] following a meeting between him, the SOCOM commander General Bryan D. Brown, and the Marine Corps Commandant General Michael Hagee on 28 October 2005.
In the modern United States Army, a squadron is an armored cavalry, air cavalry, or other reconnaissance unit whose organizational role parallels that of a battalion and is commanded by a lieutenant colonel.
One fireteam takes an overwatch position while the other team bounds (a bound is a 3–5 second rush) to a new covered position. This way there is always an overwatch team that can react instantaneously to enemy fire (the bounding team would have to stop, take cover, locate the enemy, and aim before they could return fire).
Typical units Typical numbers Typical commander; fireteam: 2–4: lance corporal, corporal: squad, section: 5–14: corporal, sergeant, staff sergeant: platoon, troop ...