ATP 3-20.97 Cavalry Troop – 2024 – BIG size

 

 

 

ATP 3-20.97 Cavalry Troop provides the doctrinal framework and tactical employment principles for Cavalry troops of the Cavalry squadrons in the Armored brigade combat team; the Infantry brigade combat team—mounted and dismounted—outside the continental United States (OCONUS); and the OCONUS Stryker brigade combat team.

 

To understand the doctrine of ATP 3-20.97, readers should review ADP 3-0 and the doctrinal principles in ADP 3-07, ADP 3-90, FM 3-55, FM 3-90, FM 3-98, and ATP 3-20.96. Readers should also understand offensive, defensive, and stability tasks, the operations process and its relation to the Army’s military decision-making process, and troop leading procedures as described in ADP 5-0. Finally, readers must understand the concepts associated with mission command as described in ADP 6-0.

ATP 3-20.97 provides the combined arms tactics that Cavalry troops use to conduct reconnaissance and appropriate security tasks. This publication is authoritative but requires judgment in application.

 

The following summarizes each chapter of ATP 3-20.97:

 

Chapter 1 provides information on the role of Cavalry troops in large-scale combat operations and provides a description of Cavalry troop organizations in each of the brigade combat teams (Armored, Infantry, and Stryker).

 

Chapter 2 handles the updated concepts of mission command and command and control in relation to the commander’s reconnaissance and security guidance, the operations process, and information collection.

 

Chapter 3 covers the basics of reconnaissance, including types of reconnaissance and reconnaissance handover.

 

 

Chapter 4 covers the fundamentals of security operations, the types of security operations, counterreconnaissance, and transition planning.

 

Chapter 5—

Addresses how the Cavalry unit plans and organizes for sustainment tasks.

Provides information on the different types of logistics packages and the operations, maintenance, field services, and Army Health System support available for the Cavalry troop during large-scale combat operations.

 

 

This book is a “BIG” size (the size of a regular sheet of paper). This website also has the popular “mini” (half the size of a regular sheet of paper).

The binding is with coil, allowing easy flipping of pages without jamming.

The color covers are laminated for weather protection with black and white inside printing.