Opposing Force Tactics

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  1. Strategic and Operational Framework: This chapter outlines the national-level organization, national security strategy, strategic campaigns, and operational designs, including types of offensive and defensive actions (Page 1-1).

  2. Command and Control: This section focuses on the principles of command and control, tactical-level organizations, and command posts (Page 2-1).

  3. Offense: This chapter details the purpose, planning, preparation, and execution of offensive actions (Page 3-1).

  4. Defense: This part covers the purpose, planning, preparation, and execution of defensive actions (Page 4-1).

  5. Battle Drills: This chapter discusses the purpose and various types of battle drills, including actions on contact and fire and maneuver (Page 5-1).

  6. Other Combined Arms Actions: This section includes actions of the disruption force, counterreconnaissance, antilanding actions, and urban combat (Page 6-1).

  7. Information Warfare: This chapter focuses on tactical-level information warfare and its elements (Page 7-1).

  8. Reconnaissance: This part covers combined arms missions, concepts, assets, and reconnaissance planning (Page 8-1).

  9. Indirect Fire Support: This chapter discusses fire support concepts, weapons, command and control, and fire support planning (Page 9-1).

  10. Aviation: This section includes command and control, airspace management, missions, planning, and flight tactics (Page 10-1).

  11. Air Defense: This chapter covers air defense systems, command and control, air surveillance, and tactical assets (Page 11-1).

  12. Engineer Support: This part discusses adaptive engineer support, missions, tasks, mobility, countermobility, and survivability (Page 12-1).

  13. CBRN and Smoke: This chapter focuses on weapons of mass destruction, preparedness, chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear warfare (Page 13-1).

  14. Logistics: This section covers strategic and operational logistics support, tactical staff responsibilities, logistics missions, and support of combat actions (Page 14-1).

  15. Special-Purpose Forces and Commandos: This chapter discusses command and control, missions, organization for combat, and tactics (Page 15-1).

  16. Marksmen and Snipers: This part focuses on similarities and differences between marksmen and snipers, antimaterial roles, and information warfare (Page 16-1).

The document serves as a comprehensive guide to various military tactics, strategies, and operations, providing a detailed understanding of different aspects of warfare.