ATP 3-20.98 – Scout Platoon – 2019 – Mini size

 

ATP 3-20.98 Scout Platoon provides framework and tactical employment principles and techniques for scout platoons of the Cavalry troops in the Armored brigade combat team; the Infantry brigade combat team, mounted and dismounted; the Stryker brigade combat team. ATP 3-20.98 also applies to the scout platoons of the combined arms battalion, the Infantry battalion, and the Stryker Infantry battalion.

The principal audiences for ATP 3-20.98 are platoon leaders, platoon sergeants, section sergeants, and squad leaders. It also applies to Cavalry troop and squadron commanders and staff and maneuver battalion commanders and staff responsible for the planning, execution, or support of reconnaissance and security operations as well as instructors charged with teaching reconnaissance and security operations.

 

The following summarizes each chapter of ATP 3-20.98:

 

• Chapter 1 discusses the role, operational environment and threat profiles that a scout platoon encounters while conducting It describes leader’s duties and responsibilities. The chapter also describes the organization, equipment, capabilities, and limitations found in each type of brigade combat team scout platoon.

 

• Chapter 2 discusses troop leading procedures, mission command principles and planning for the scout

 

• Chapter 3 discusses the fundamentals and basics of reconnaissance, forms of reconnaissance, passage of lines, and reconnaissance

 

• Chapter 4 is an overview of security It discusses the fundamentals of security, the forms of security, and the considerations when conducting security tasks such as observation post planning, occupation, and engagement area development.

 

• Chapter 5 discusses the basic scout skills required to successfully conduct reconnaissance and security tasks during decisive

 

• Chapter 6 discusses the augmentation of combat forces that provide the scout platoon enablers, which enhance reconnaissance and security

 

• Chapter 7 discusses how the scout platoon plans and conducts Chapter 7 also discusses the different types of logistics and the operations, maintenance, field services, and Army Health Support system available for the scout platoon.

 

This book is a “Mini” (half the size of a piece of paper).

A popular size to carry anywhere (briefcase, large pocket, purse) but the print is large enough for easy reading.  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.

(A BIG size version (8 1/2 inch by 11 inch, the same size as a regular sheet of paper) is on this website too)