Battle Drill 6: Enter and Clear a Room

What ATP covers Battle drill 6

ATP 3-21.8 app J

Step 2 b

All Soldiers engage enemy combatants with precision aimed fire and identify non combatants to avoid collateral damage

8 Fundamentals of Room Clearing

Dominate Eliminate Control the Living Search the Dead Search Room Search Living Communication Exfiltrate

What does EPW stand for?

Enemy Prisoner of War

Communicate

Ensure you communicate your status to other team members. Do not talk unless you absolutely have to. Maintain the element of surprise as long as the situation allows

Through the door

Enter room and immediately get out of fatal funnel

Violence of Action is achieved

Gaining and maintaining physical and psychological momentum. IE use of flashbangs breaching doors aggressive gunfire etc

What is ATP 3-21.8

Infantry Platoon and Squad

What does LCC stand for

Last Cover and Concealed Position

Run your Wall

Move down the wall until you get to point of dominance

Check your Corner

Once through the door clear your corner

Number 4 Man

Pulls rear security Usually a AR

Number Three Man

Pulls security to the flank Usually designated Breach man (TTP's may Vary)

What is the SSE team responsible for?

SSE teams are responsible for exploiting the site of any thing that may be of value to friendly forces. IE maps money cell phones weapons letters po=ic etc

Scan your sector

Scan eye level high and low looking for any threats or booby traps. Ensure your are looking above the optic to avoid tunnel vision

What does SSE stand for?

Sensitive Site Exploitation

3 Principles of CQB

Speed Surprise Violence of Action

What does TQ stand for?

Tactical Questioning

Step 2

The clearing team enters and clear the room. The first two Soldiers enters almost simultaneously and clear the opposing corners.

5 Room Clearing Principles

Through the Door Check your Corner Run your Wall Scan your Sector Communicate

Room Clearing

To rapidly or methodically seize control of a room, or series of rooms, and all of its inhabitants; both hostile and non hostile by eliminating the threat, dominating the room, and controlling the room and situation

Number two man

Usually the TL Controls number one man pulls security to 12 o clock assess for next room assess surroundings for threats

Number One Man

assess door check for booby traps keeps barrel and eyes on the door at all times

If hinges can be seen that is a key indicator that

it is an outward opening door

Step 3

mark room in accordance with SOP an exit in accordance with squad TTP

What is the rule of thumb to the individual Soldiers' speed while room clearing?

move only as fast as you can accurately engage

Speed is achieved

through a well designed plan and solid tactics to gain proximity to the objective with an undetected approach, with the use of multiple entry points to flood the target site

Surprise is achieved

to complete all offensive action before the party being engaged is able to react and set up a defense. USE STEALTH

Step 1

unit leader occupies a position to best control the security and clearing teams

When Soldier encounter any Military age man on the OBJ, Soldier will

cuff and isolate