Posted on Jul 10, 2020
What products did you use or did you wish you had as an Infantry PL?
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When I say "product" I do not necessarily mean something you can buy (though, if you found something you which helped you, please share). In Ranger School, we used many products - "Sleepy Ranger" cards, "Dorito" cards, home made platoon tracers, a Bravo Team Leader book which tracked all logistical information and so on and so forth. I'll attach a store bought sleepy ranger card for reference.
I didn't know if designing something like a "PL Book" - which would have something like 6 pages, each for tracking a different task such as mission basics, platoon status, commo and fires... so on and so forth. It would need to be 6X6 at most for each page, something you could put in a pocket, and most likely be printed on lum tape for easy night time use. Just wanted to reach out here and see if anyone was using anything similar, or not similar, to help themselves out.
I didn't know if designing something like a "PL Book" - which would have something like 6 pages, each for tracking a different task such as mission basics, platoon status, commo and fires... so on and so forth. It would need to be 6X6 at most for each page, something you could put in a pocket, and most likely be printed on lum tape for easy night time use. Just wanted to reach out here and see if anyone was using anything similar, or not similar, to help themselves out.
Infantryman
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11A: Infantry Officer
0302: Infantry Officer
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You need a few things...
First, you should create an I-Love-Me book. Your personal iPerms and all your civilian accomplishments in a neat and organized binder
Next, you should create a leaders book. Your leaders book is for everyday garrison. It should be neat and organized with a table of contents... in it you should have everything from your platoon administrative information... the short and long range training calander... CONOPs... important information from field manuals.... OPORD outline and any important trackers you use. Should be personalized what best fits you and the position you’re in. Remember you will not always be next to a computer so it’s good to have.
Now in reference to a field book... in the 173rd we were required to have one of these... you’re already on the right track with what you listed above. However, you probably need something larger that has more writing space on it being the PL. Mine was about the size of a little green issued notebook that could be placed in my side pocket of my IOTV.
Some things you should look at having in there... 1. anything and everything related to CFF, CAS and CCA... IE 9 lines and weapon system data. You need to know as much as you can about controlling these and their effects. We all I know how difficult it can be to remember all of this data. I can’t stress that enough.
2. Your platoon MAL
3. Commo Card
4. WPN system data (you should know this)
5. 9 line/ salute
6. OPORD outline
7. Basic ranger school stuff and space to write on illum tape
First, you should create an I-Love-Me book. Your personal iPerms and all your civilian accomplishments in a neat and organized binder
Next, you should create a leaders book. Your leaders book is for everyday garrison. It should be neat and organized with a table of contents... in it you should have everything from your platoon administrative information... the short and long range training calander... CONOPs... important information from field manuals.... OPORD outline and any important trackers you use. Should be personalized what best fits you and the position you’re in. Remember you will not always be next to a computer so it’s good to have.
Now in reference to a field book... in the 173rd we were required to have one of these... you’re already on the right track with what you listed above. However, you probably need something larger that has more writing space on it being the PL. Mine was about the size of a little green issued notebook that could be placed in my side pocket of my IOTV.
Some things you should look at having in there... 1. anything and everything related to CFF, CAS and CCA... IE 9 lines and weapon system data. You need to know as much as you can about controlling these and their effects. We all I know how difficult it can be to remember all of this data. I can’t stress that enough.
2. Your platoon MAL
3. Commo Card
4. WPN system data (you should know this)
5. 9 line/ salute
6. OPORD outline
7. Basic ranger school stuff and space to write on illum tape
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