Posted on Mar 27, 2018
What are some good topics to include in an Army field notebook?
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To be more specific, it has laminated pages with space for dry erase notes, and so far includes OPORD/SMESC and WARNO shells, METT-TC, TLPs, OACOK, ASCOPE, SALUT, LACE, 9-line, as well as a patrol base checklist. In your experience, which are the most important, and how would you organize your field notebook? Thank you for your assistance.
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First it has to fit in the cargo pocket without rubbing your leg raw. For now anyway. When you commission, it will depend on your branch. I went Armor, so I changed mine to a knee board with two o-ring clips on the top like a legal note pad. Anyhow, you need the WARNO and the OPORD basics. The Ranger Handbook version is the best to have. Sector sketch card for a team, squad and platoon. TLP's. 9-line, SALUTE report (you left the E for equipment off), SALT report, LACE, NBC report, priorities of work. Beyond that, it's up to you. If you can't remember the acronyms, fine...put them in there, but honestly you should be able to know OAKOC, METT-TC and ASCOPE from memory. Those just take up space. I had a bunch of blank laminated pages in mine. It needs to be tailored to what you are doing. Flip through the Ranger Handbook, FM 7-8 and any other small unit tactics books. Take what you need that you can't memorize and take it with you. Every one is different. Just using the Ranger Handbook is fine, but it isn't tailored to what you need.
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Also, this will change again when you become a CPT. Again, I'm an armor officer, so mine changed to a map board with OPORD and WARNO and a couple of other tracking mechanisms on the wings. Had to do this as an XO as well. The things you need to track will change over time. By the time you are a senior captain, these things won't be useful any longer.
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Roger SGM Frazer. I have been carrying a TACSOP, which has more relevant ROTC tactics. I'll try both ways and see which works best. Thank you.
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