This was developed for the Center for Initial Military Training, FT Eustis, Va. Video: A visualization depicting the Soldier’s Manual of Common Tasks (STP 21-1-SMCT) task Move as a Member of a Team (07). The stances with speeds and keybinds are as follows: Stance To keep an approprioate interval, it is cruical to be in the right stance to not be too slow or too fast. If there is no dedicated rear-security element, they share responsibility for observation to the rear with the other trail elements. If acting as a rear-security element, they observe to the rear Observe in the direction that they are offset from the lead element
Maintain appropriate interval and offset from the leading element prevent gaps from developingĬommunicate with the leading element to let them know if they're going too fast or too slow