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REACT TO IED ATTACK
 Rehearse contact actions prior to departure
 On detonation, react as if to ambush
 Proceed to rally point to consolidate and reorganize
 Forward SITREP to higher headquarters
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BASIC “NO FRILLS” IED ATTACK
Direction
of Traffic
Convoy
IED Placed on Shoulder
Median Strip
Median Strip
Median Strip
Variation: IED Placed in the Median Strip
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Artillery projectile buried on the side of the road
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“BROKEN DOWN VEHICLE”
IED ATTACK
“Disabled” vehicle channels
convoy toward the IED
Median Strip
Median Strip
Direction
of Traffic
Median Strip
IED
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“FIENDISHLY CLEVER”
IED ATTACK
Easily seen
Fake IED
Lead vehicle sees fake IED and stops. The
convoy stops behind it. Real IEDs on flanks of
stopped convoy are then command detonated
Visible Wires
Median Strip
Direction
of Traffic
The Real IEDs Daisy Chained Together
Median Strip
Median Strip
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Multiple artillery projectiles placed on the side of the road.
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ELO G
CONDUCT CONSOLIDATION
AND REORGANIZATION
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MOVE FROM KILL ZONE
TO RALLY POINT
 Proceed to floating or fixed rally point, out of
contact with the enemy
 Do not stop in a built-up area
 Conduct consolidation and reorganization as quickly
as possible
 Organize defensive formation at rally point
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BOX FORMATION
Direction
of
Traffic
 Task vehicles form a close formation
 Control vehicles, A&L teams, and maintenance
inside the box
 Gun trucks act as roving or stationary security
 Road is kept clear for military traffic if possible;
civilian traffic is routed around the box
 Facilitates control
 Good defense against small arms fire
 Vulnerable to air attack/indirect fire
Task Vehicle
Control Vehicle
Gun Truck
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ARRIVAL AT RALLY POINT
 Dismount and establish perimeter security
 Conduct sweep of the area
 Collect ACE reports
 Report to higher headquarters
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EVALUATE CASUALTIES
 Begin treatment of wounded after exiting kill zone
 Display the visual signal for casualties on board
 Employ combat life savers (CLS)
 Provide personnel and equipment to assist CLS
 Provide security as required
 Receive casualty assessment report from CLS
 Determine need and priority for medical evacuation
 Reestablish chain of command if required
 Secure sensitive items/weapons/documents
 Report casualty status to higher headquarters
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REQUEST CASUALTY EVACUATION
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MEDEVAC REQUEST
Line 1: Location of pickup site
Line 2: Radio frequency, call sign, and suffix
Line 3: Number of patients by precedence
Line 4: Special equipment required
Line 5: Number of patients by type
Line 6: Security at the pickup site
Line 7: Method of marking pickup site
Line 8: Patient nationality and status
Line 9: NBC contamination information
Record gathered MEDEVAC information and transmit.
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EVACUATE CASUALTIES
 Establish security perimeter around landing zone (LZ)
 Clear and mark LZ
 Ensure all personnel are briefed on duties and safety
 Ensure all casualties are evacuated quickly
 Coordinate recovery and evacuation of KIAs IAW SOP
 Consolidate and reorganize as needed to continue mission
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VEHICLE RECOVERY AND
BATTLE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT
AND REPAIR (BDAR)
DRIVERS
 Assess damage to disabled vehicles
 Assess damage to cargo
 Report damage to recovery team
 Assist in vehicle recovery, cargo transload,
security, medical evacuation, and vehicle/cargo
destruction as ordered
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VEHICLE RECOVERY AND
BDAR
Recovery Team
 Assess damage to disabled vehicles
 Report status to the convoy commander
 Conduct a hasty hook-up
 Conduct complete hook-up once the vehicle
has cleared the contact area
 Displace and link with the convoy at the rally point
 Conduct field expedient repairs
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VEHICLE RECOVERY AND
BDAR
Convoy Commander
 Receive assessment reports from recovery team
 Contact higher HQ for assistance if needed
 Order load redistribution, cargo destruction,
and vehicle destruction
 Reassign drivers and crew members as required
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REDISTRIBUTE AMMUNITION
 Personnel report ammunition status to first-line
leaders (ACE report)
 First-line leaders redistribute ammunition at their level
and report number of full magazines to next level
 Convoy NCOIC conducts final redistribution between
sections
 Convoy NCOIC provides ammunition report (ACE)
to convoy commander
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INSPECT EQUIPMENT
 Leaders conduct weapon, communication, and sensitive
item inspections and provide status to convoy commander
 Convoy commander ensures weapons/sensitive items
accountability before continuing the mission
 Convoy commander orders redistribution of
crew-served weapons if necessary
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SUBMIT FOLLOW-UP SITREP
TO HIGHER HEADQUARTERS
 Ammunition status
 Casualties
 Equipment
 Actions taken
 Time action took place
 Projected effect on mission
 Recommendations
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CONTINUE THE MISSION
 Reorganize the convoy
 Deploy the forward security element
 Coordinate trail party actions
 Ensure that no personnel or equipment are left behind
 Continue the road march by alternate route if necessary
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