FTX TRAINING PHASE A02-26; ANVIL 2 SQUAD TRAINING

ANVIL 2 — SQUAD INTRODUCTION TRAINING

Formation Movement & React-to-Contact Battle Drills

When: Thursday, 18 JUN 26 — 2000–2330

Where: Annex Training Facility (open & vegetation)

Duration: 1.5–2.5 hrs (experience dependent)

Overview

Intro block for new Anvil 2 personnel covering the two squad fundamentals: how we move as a unit, and how we fight when that movement gets interrupted. This is the baseline every shooter executes on instinct before advancing.

Admin

• SOP / Kit Standard brief via Discord screen share — loadout expectations + Trainee Field Reference: https://wiki.bronzesquadron.com/training/trainee-field-reference
• Attendance: notify the COC any time you can't attend.

Formation Patrolling

• Fireteam: Wedge, Column, Staggered Column, Line, File — plus dispersion discipline.
• Squad: Column, Line, File.
• Pick formation off three trade-offs: control, security, firepower.

React to Contact — Battle Drills

Every contact starts the same: return fire, take cover, report the 3 D's (Direction, Distance, Description), gain fire superiority. The SL's assessment then picks the drill.

• BD2 – React to Direct Fire: entry drill. Return fire, 3 D's, win the firefight (or prep to break). SL routes to assault, ambush, or break contact.
• BD4 – React to Ambush: near ambush → assault through; far ambush → suppress + maneuver. SL commands L/R flank to clear the kill zone.
• BD3 – Break Contact: suppress, SL calls direction/distance ("break contact, 3 o'clock, 400m"), disengage by bound or peel, re-org with ACE.

FTX

1. Dry — move through all formations, no enemy.
2. Force-on-force — all formations with active OPFOR; SL reads each contact and runs the right drill.