PLATOON LEADER COURSE
AMATEURS TALK TACTICS
PROFESSIONALS TALK LOGISTICS
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
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You MUST complete the Rifleman, Team and Squad courses to proceed
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It is recommended to take the classes in each course in the order listed
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Bring your gear to class or rent gear at the facility, rental is included in the price
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Classes must be scheduled in advance using the calendar below
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Platoon level classes are worth 2,000 XP, per class, for Members
CLASSES
ORGANIZATION
SKILLS:
Organizing your forces, keeping reserves, assigning squad leaders, specialty teams, team identification, maintaining unit cohesion.
COMMUNICATION
SKILLS:
Maintaining contact, runners, code words, challenge and pass, line of sight, communications alternatives, OpSec, conveying commander intent to squad leaders.
RECONNAISSANCE
SKILLS:
Know your opponent, identifying units, assessing enemy cohesion, spotting weaknesses, recon by fire, probing, movement to contact, LP/OPs.
PLANNING
SKILLS:
Creating a battle-plan, keeping it loose vs. rigid planning, adaptability, managing your teams manpower, ammo, stamina and morale, contingency plans, setting limits of advance.
STRAT I - MANEUVER WARFARE
SKILLS:
Violence of action, maintaining tempo, redirection/misdirection of forces, embracing chaos, rotating units off the "line", embracing no line, logistics.
STRAT II - DEFENSIVE TACTICS
SKILLS:
Blocking forces, defense in depth, concealment of positions, ambushing, clearing fields of fire, machine guns, presighted artillery, countering, reinforcing, QRF.
STRAT III - CORDON AND KICK
SKILLS:
Methodical approach to MOUT, blocking forces, setting inner and outer cordons, sieging a structure, clearing and holding, reinforcing gains, patrol bases, armor at choke points.
STRAT IV - FORCE CONCENTRATION
SKILLS:
Defining a line, preventing incursion, blocking forces, consolidated TEMPORARY defense, consolidating mass, pushing weight, overwhelming and holding, using terrain and choke points.
STRAT V - INTERDICTION
SKILLS:
Using defensive tactics to hold a line, inserting behind enemy line, soft targets, raids, setting concealed patrol bases, cutting supply lines, comms.
STRAT VI - CHARGING
SKILLS:
Frontal assault, manpower and fatigue, Blitzkrieg (combined arms), identifying the moment, waves, maintaining fire superiority, casualties, logistics, susceptible to counter attack, war cry, audible intimidation, bypassing pockets of resistance, follow-on forces, maintaining momentum.
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Below are the dates of upcoming Platoon Leader Course classes. Class schedule is updated every 2 months. Click the buttons below to switch to Rifleman, Team or Squad courses.
Cancellation Policy:
There are no refunds for no-shows on the day of an event. To refund your money we require 24 hour notice for this activity.