Principles Flashcards
(26 cards)
What are the 4 principles of survival?
Proper mindset
Situational Awareness
Skill Proficiency
Physical Fitness
What are the fundamentals of CQB
Speed,
Surprise,
Violence of Action
What are two types of stacks used on door?
Tight and Loose
Two types of door configurations
Open and closed doors
What are two types of entry techniques
Immediate and delayed
Purpose of immediate entry?
Used when quick entry is required to eliminate threats and rescue individuals i.e (active shooter, hostage)
Purpose of delayed entry?
Delayed entry used when time is available. Using maximum amounts of cover and concealment to clear room from the outside
Two types of clearing techniques
Deliberate and emergency
What is deliberate clearing
No short cuts, searching every room and clearing all danger areas
What is emergency clearing
Allows for shortcuts to move more quickly to address the threat
What are the two types of rooms
Center and corner fed
What are 6 steps of room entry?
Clear the doorway
Clear the corners
Dominate the room
Control occupants
Secure the room
Report status
What is back clearing
Team moves back through building to their exfil point, reclearing rooms along the way
Two types of hallway clearing methods
Clear and hold and clear on the move
What are pre-exit procedures
Account for personnel and stack up
Communicate with outside forces to let them know you are in building
Communicate exit plan (plug and flow)
Proper mindset, Situational Awareness, Skill Proficiency, Physical Fitness
“Pillars of Survival”
Speed, Surprise, and Violence of Action
“Fundamentals of CQB”
Four Pillars of Survival and Fundamentals of CQB
Principles of Building Clearing
3 primary considerations of Proper Mindset
- Never cutting corners
- Prepared to employ lethal force without hesitation
- Never quitting
Primary consideration of Situational Awareness
1.Leading cause of death or injury in combat
2. Awareness of the mission and the seriousness of the operation
Considerations of Skill Proficiency
- Skills should be simple, effective, and realistic to the mission being performed.
Considerations of Physical Fitness
- Becoming physically tired increases mental strain.
- Focus should be on becoming more functionally fit to match the anticipated efforts that need to be given.
Consideration of surpise
- Rapid execution, deception, and shock
- Instills maximum fear and confusion
Considerations of speed
- Capture and maintain the initiative
- Quickly but controlled, only as fast as you can accurately engage.
