Fratricide

Question 1

What is situational awareness?

Answer 1

Situational awareness is the real-time accurate knowledge of one’s own location and orientation, as well as the locations of friendly forces, enemy forces, and noncombatants. It includes awareness of the METT-T conditions that affect the operation.

Question 2

What are the most frequent situational awareness breakdown categories?

Answer 2

Direct fire control, Navigation, Reporting, Crosstalk, Battle tracking, Weapon errors.

Question 3

What are the negative effects of fratricide?

Answer 3

1. Hesitation to conduct limited-visibility operations.
2. Loss of confidence in the unit’s leadership.
3. Increase of leader self-doubt. Hesitation to use supporting combat systems.
4. Over supervision of units. Loss of initiative.
5. Loss of aggressiveness during fire and maneuver.
6. Disrupted operations.
7. Needless loss of combat power.
8. General degradation of cohesion and morale.

Question 4

What types of control measures may be employed to prevent fratricide?

Answer 4

Indirect/Direct Fire Weapon Control Measure, Rehearsal, Graphics, Recognition of Combat Vehicles (ROCV).

Question 5

What problems can cause units to stray out of sector?

Answer 5

Navigation problems can cause units to stray out of sector, report wrong locations, become disoriented, or employ fire support weapons from the wrong location.

Question 6

What does crew training focus on?

Answer 6

Crew training focuses on collective situational awareness, particularly at night. It includes training and assessment of the crew’s ability to maintain awareness of the aircraft’s heading and location in relation to both friendly and enemy forces.

Question 7

May crewmembers use friendly affiliated graphic control measures/icons/symbols to mark enemy locations?

Answer 7

No.