Army Basic Leader Course (BLC) - Warfighter Exam Review Part 5
This deck covers key concepts and procedures related to room searches, booby trap clearance, evidence collection, and tactical maneuvers in combat situations as part of the Army Basic Leader Course.
When restraining the detainee’s hands with disposable restraints, how tight should the restraints be?
The disposable restraints should be tight enough to secure the detainee's hands, but loose enough to allow one finger between the disposable restraints and the detainee's wrist to ensure that the disposable restraints do not restrict the detainee's circulation.
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When restraining the detainee’s hands with disposable restraints, how tight should the restraints be?
The disposable restraints should be tight enough to secure the detainee's hands, but loose enough to allow one finger between the disposable restra...
If you find a weapon at any point during the search, what actions should you take?
Loudly announce the weapon found so that the guard and interpreter can clearly hear (for example, gun, knife, or razor). Remain in firm contact wit...
What categories do you use to segregate detainees?
a. Rank (officers, NCOs, and enlisted).
b. Sex.
c. Civilians from military.
d. Nationalities and ideology (if possible).
e....
What are the five steps used when guarding detainees?
Ensure that you check your weapons’ functionality, load it, and prepare it for use, if needed.
Position yourself and stay alert.
Ensure...
What more compelling methods are available to silence uncooperative detainees?
(1) Segregating uncooperative detainees away from other detainees.
(2) Applying a muffle.
From where should you obtain first aid supplies?
From the detainees, if available.
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
When restraining the detainee’s hands with disposable restraints, how tight should the restraints be? | The disposable restraints should be tight enough to secure the detainee's hands, but loose enough to allow one finger between the disposable restraints and the detainee's wrist to ensure that the disposable restraints do not restrict the detainee's circulation. |
If you find a weapon at any point during the search, what actions should you take? | Loudly announce the weapon found so that the guard and interpreter can clearly hear (for example, gun, knife, or razor). Remain in firm contact with the detainee as you remove the weapon from its hiding place. Stand up with the weapon, being careful not to walk between the guard and the detainee, and place the weapon a safe distance away within the view of the guard. Return to the detainee and continue searching. |
What categories do you use to segregate detainees? | a. Rank (officers, NCOs, and enlisted). b. Sex. c. Civilians from military. d. Nationalities and ideology (if possible). e. Captives who surrendered willingly or deserted from those who resisted. f. Captives who are not readily identifiable as belonging to one of the above groups. |
What are the five steps used when guarding detainees? | Ensure that you check your weapons’ functionality, load it, and prepare it for use, if needed. Position yourself and stay alert. Ensure that detainees remain silent. Ensure that detainees remain segregated. Safeguard the detainees. Respond to escape attempts. |
What more compelling methods are available to silence uncooperative detainees? | (1) Segregating uncooperative detainees away from other detainees. (2) Applying a muffle. |
From where should you obtain first aid supplies? | From the detainees, if available. |
Who are the personnel that make up the search team? | The searcher, the guard, and an interpreter if available |
When can you confiscate currency from detainees? | Only on the express order of a commissioned officer (for example, through an OPORD, FRAGO, or verbal order) per AR 190-8. |
What is medical evacuation (MEDEVAC)? | The movement of casualties using medical assets while providing en route medical care. |
What is casualty evacuation? | The movement of casualties by nonmedical assets without specialized trauma care. |
You don’t have a protractor, so you must use the first technique of orienting your mat with a compass. You have aligned the straight edge of the compass along a north-south grid line of the map. What is your next step? | Rotate the map and compass until the magnetic arrow is below the fixed black index line on the compass |
Once the compass shows that the magnetic arrow is below the fixed black index line on the compass, and the declination diagram shows a westerly magnetic north, what is your next step to orient your map? | Rotate the map and compass together to the right until the compass reading is equal to the G-M angle given in the declination diagram. |
If you must rotate your map to the left because you have an easterly G-M angle, what should the reading on your compass be if you properly oriented your map? | 360 degrees minus the declination angle, e.g., a map with 10 degrees easterly G-M angle, the compass should read 350 degrees. |
How would you define azimuth? | An azimuth is a horizontal angle that you measure clockwise from a north base line. |
What is another (more accurate) measurement that you can use for determining azimuths? | Mils |
What Instruments do you use in map reading to determine both mils and degree measurements? | Military protractor |
How does the Army define true north? | It is a line from any position on the earth’s surface to the North Pole All lines of longitude are true north lines Usually represented by a star |
How does the Army define magnetic north? | The direction to the north magnetic pole The north seeking needle of a lensatic compass points to this location Used in the field when using a magnetic compass Usually symbolized by a line ending with half of an arrowhead |
How does the Army define grid north? | The north established by using the vertical grid lines on a map. The map may symbolize grid north by the letters “GN” or the letter “Y.” |
What are some examples of steering marks? | Uniquely shaped trees, rocks, hilltops, posts, towers, and buildings—anything that you could easily identify. |
You cannot find a steering mark to your font, what can you do to guide you until you can find a steering mark? | Use a back azimuth using some recognizable feature behind you. |
What is the advantage of selecting a steering mark that is the furthest away? | It allows you to travel farther with fewer references to the compass |
What are advantages of dead reckoning? | It’s easy to teach and learn, and it can be highly accurate way of moving, if done carefully over short distances. |
What do you call the landmarks that you select to travel toward when using dead reckoning? | Steering marks |
Once you know your pace count for 100 meters, what methods can you use to keep count of how far you travel? | Tie knot in a string or lacing, place a pebble in your pocket for every 100 meters of distance traveled, or make marks in a notebook |
When you detour around an object, and you are turning to the right, do you add or subtract 90 degrees to your traveling azimuth? | Add 90 degrees. |