Download or read book Brigade Combat Team FM 3 90 6 written by Department of the Army and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-11-06 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brigade Combat Team (BCT) is a modular organization that provides the division, land component commander (LCC), or joint task force (JTF) commander with close combat capabilities. BCTs are designed for operations encompassing the entire spectrum of conflict. They fight battles and engagements by employing the tactical advantages of a combined arms force structure. BCTs accomplish their missions by integrating the actions of maneuver battalions, field artillery, aviation, engineer, air and missile defense, close air support, and naval gunfire. The BCT's reconnaissance squadron and automated information systems give it information superiority over threat forces. These assets enable the BCT to gather large amounts of information, process it rapidly into intelligence, and disseminate it to decision-makers quickly. Field manual 3-90.6, “Brigade Combat Team,” provides the commander and staff of the Brigade Combat Team (BCT) and subordinate units with doctrine relevant to Army and joint operations. It applies to the Heavy Brigade Combat Team (HBCT), the Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT), and the Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT). The doctrine described in this manual applies across the full spectrum of military operations – offense, defense, stability or civil support. This publication: Provides BCTs with a framework in which they can operate as part of a division or independently as part of a joint task force; Provides doctrine for BCT commanders, staffs, and their subordinate commanders and leadersresponsible for conducting major activities performed during operations; Serves as an authoritative reference for personnel who Develop doctrine (fundamental principles and tactics, techniques, and procedures), materiel, and force structure, Develop institution and unit training, and Develop unit tactical standard operating procedures for BCT operations; Reflects and supports the Army operations doctrine found in FM 3-0, FM 5-0, and FM 6-0.

Download or read book Field Manual Fm 3 90 6 Brigade Combat Team September 2010 written by United States Government Us Army and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-04-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Field manual 3-90.6 provides the commander and staff of the Brigade Combat Team (BCT) and subordinate units with doctrine relevant to Army and joint operations. It applies to the Heavy Brigade Combat Team (HBCT), the Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT), and the Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT). The doctrine described in this manual applies across the full spectrum of military operations – offense, defense, stability or civil support.

Download or read book Field Manual Fm 3 96 Fm 3 90 6 Brigade Combat Team October 2015 written by United States Government Us Army and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-10-26 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Field Manual FM 3-96 (FM 3-90.6) Brigade Combat Team October 2015 provides doctrine for the brigade combat team (BCT). This publication describes relationships, organizational roles and functions, capabilities and limitations, and responsibilities within the BCT. Tactics, the employment and ordered arrangement of forces in relation to each other (CJCSM 5120.01), are discussed in this manual and are intended to be used as a guide. They are not prescriptive. FM 3-96 applies to the infantry brigade combat team, Stryker brigade combat team, and armored brigade combat team. This publication supersedes FM 3-90.6, Brigade Combat Team. To comprehend the doctrine contained in this publication, readers must first understand the principles of the Army profession and the Army ethic as described in ADP 1, The Army. Readers also must understand the principles of war, the nature of unified land operations, and the links between the operational and tactical levels of war described in JP 3-0, Joint Operations; ADP 3-0, and ADRP 3-0, Unified Land Operations; FM 3-94, Theater Army, Corps, and Division Operations, and ATP 3-91, Division Operations. In addition, readers should understand the fundamentals of the operations process found in ADP 5-0 and ADRP 5-0, The Operations Process, associated with offensive and defensive tasks contained in FM 3-90-1, Offense and Defense Volume 1, and reconnaissance, security, and tactical enabling tasks contained in FM 3-90-2, Reconnaissance Security and Tactical Enabling Tasks, Volume 2. The reader must comprehend how stability tasks described in ADP 3-07 and ADRP 3-07, Stability, carry over and affect offensive and defensive tasks and vice versa. Readers must understand how the operation process fundamentally relates to the Army's design methodology, military decisionmaking process, and troop-leading procedures and the principles of mission command as described in ADP 6-0 and ADRP 6-0, Mission Command, and FM 6-0, Command and Staff Organization and Operations. The principal audience for FM 3-96 is the commanders, staffs, officers, and noncommissioned officers of the brigade, battalions, and squadron within the BCT. The audience also includes the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command institutions and components, and the United States Army Special Operations Command. This publication serves as an authoritative reference for personnel developing doctrine, materiel and force structure, institutional and unit training, and standard operating procedures for the BCT.

Download or read book Training Circular Tc 3 90 6 Brigade Combat Team Collective Task Publication June 2011 written by United States Government US Army and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-09-16 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Training Circular TC 3-90.6 is a tool that commanders can use during training strategy development. The products in this TC are developed to support the brigade's full spectrum operations mission-essential task list training strategy. This training circular provides doctrinal guidance for commanders, staff, leaders, and Soldiers who plan, prepare, execute, and assess training of the brigade combat team. The primary target audience for this training circular is the Heavy, Infantry, and Stryker brigade combat team commander, staff, and other leaders. The secondary audience is training developers who develop training support materials for professional military education. This publication applies to the Active Army, the Army National Guard (ARNG)/Army National Guard of the United States (ARNGUS), and the United States Army Reserve (USAR) unless otherwise stated. Brigade combat teams (BCTs) conduct offensive, defensive, stability, and civil support operations. Their core mission is to close with the enemy by means of fire and maneuver, to destroy or capture enemy forces, or to repel enemy attacks by fire, close combat, and counterattack. The BCT can fight without augmentation, but it also can be tailored to meet the precise needs of its missions. Brigade combat teams conduct expeditionary deployment and integrate the efforts of the Army with military and civilian, joint, and multinational partners (Field Manual [FM] 3-90.6). To accomplish this and more, BCT commanders must train their units to standard. This training circular (TC) provides information on the Army approach to training and highlights several training considerations and enablers and, when implemented and used, can make training successful.

Download or read book Heavy Brigade Combat Team written by Department of the Army and published by . This book was released on 2005-03-15 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Field Manual-Interim (FMI) 3-90.6 provides tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP)for the tactical employment of the heavy brigade combat team (HBCT). This publication:* Provides the doctrinal guidance for commanders, staffs, and subordinate commanders and leaders of the currently transitioning organizations who are responsible for conducting (planning, preparing, executing, and assessing) operations in the HBCT.* Serves as an authoritative reference for personnel developing doctrine (fundamental principles and TTP) materiel and force structure, institution and unit training, and standing operating procedures (SOPs) for HBCT operations.This FMI addresses operations for HBCTs organized under the Army modular concept that governs the development of equipment, training, and structure for former divisional brigades. The procedures described herein are intended as a guide and are not to be considered inflexible. Each situation in combat must be resolved by an intelligent interpretation and application of the doctrine set forth herein. The guiding manual for this FMI has been FM 3-90.3, The Mounted Brigade Combat Team. FMI 3-90.6 is written for the HBCT commander, the HBCT battle staff, subordinate commanders, and all supporting units. The manual reflects and supports the Army operations doctrine as stated in FM 3-0, Operations. This is not intended as a standalone reference for HBCT operations; rather, it is intended to be used in conjunction with existing doctrine. This FMI is published to provide expedited delivery of doctrine urgently needed to execute transformation to modular organizations. It has not been placed through the standard development process but is authorized for implementation. FM 3-90.6 is under development and will supersede this FMI before its expiration date. Send comments on this FMI to the address below. The proponent will consider them for inclusion in FM 3- 90.6. The doctrine in this FMI is based on suggestions, insights, and observations developed from four separate 3d Infantry Division HBCT rotations at the Combat Training Centers (CTCs), conducted by Task Force Modularity Field Experimentation Project Team (FEPT), Joint and Army Experimentation Division (JAED), Futures Center (FC), TRADOC, during FY 2004. Each CTC rotation yielded valuable information concerning the HBCT operations. Additionally, Task Force Logistics contributed significant insights to the doctrine in this FMI. This FMI was written in conjunction with five other FMI relating to HBCT operations, including HBCT combined arms battalion operations; HBCT fires and effects operations; HBCT logistics; the HBCT brigade troops battalion operations; and the HBCT reconnaissance squadron operations. For the most part, these FMI include only TTP that have changed due to the new organization. These FMI include not only TTP that have changed due to the new organization but also a wide variety of TTP that, after implementing the new HBCT organization, remain relevant and provide the required contextual frameworks.

Download or read book Field Manual FM 3 96 Brigade Combat Team January 2021 written by United States Government Us Army and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-01-22 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This United States Army doctrine, Field Manual FM 3-96 Brigade Combat Team January 2021, provides doctrine for the brigade combat team (BCT). This manual describes how the BCT, as part of a joint team, shapes operational environments, prevents conflict, conducts large-scale ground combat, and consolidates gains against a peer threat. FM 3-96 describes relationships, organizational roles and functions, capabilities and limitations, and responsibilities within the BCT. Tactics, the employment, ordered arrangement, and directed actions of forces in relation to each other (ADP 3-90), are discussed in this manual and are intended to be used as a guide. They are not prescriptive. FM 3-96 applies to the three maneuver BCT types: Infantry, Stryker, and Armored. The principal audience for FM 3-96 is the commanders, staffs, officers, and noncommissioned officers of the brigade, battalions, and squadron within the BCT. The audience also includes the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command institutions and components, and the United States Army Special Operations Command. This manual serves as an authoritative reference for personnel developing doctrine, materiel and force structure, institutional and unit training, and standard operating procedures for the BCT. For lower maneuver echelon specific discussions, see the appropriate Army techniques publication for that organization. FM 3-96 applies to the Active Army, the Army National Guard/the Army National Guard of the United States, and the United States Army Reserve unless otherwise stated.

Download or read book The Brigade A History Its Organization and Employment in the US Army written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work provides an organizational history of the maneuver brigade and case studies of its employment throughout the various wars. Apart from the text, the appendices at the end of the work provide a ready reference to all brigade organizations used in the Army since 1917 and the history of the brigade colors.

Download or read book Police Intelligence Operations written by United States. Department of the Army and published by . This book was released on 2023-01-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Field Manual (FM) 3-19.50 is a new manual for the Military Police Corps in conducting police intelligence operations (PIO). It describes the doctrine relating to: * The fundamentals of PIO; * The legal documents and considerations affiliated with PIO; * The PIO process; * The relationship of PIO to the Army's intelligence process; * The introduction of police and prison structures, organized crime, legal systems, investigations, crime conducive conditions, and enforcement mechanisms and gaps (POLICE)-a tool to assess the criminal dimension and its influence on effects-based operations (EBO); * PIO in urban operations (UO) and on installations; and * The establishment of PIO networks and associated forums and fusion cells to affect gathering police information and criminal intelligence (CRIMINT).

Download or read book Engineer Operations Brigade Combat Team and Below written by Department Army and published by . This book was released on 2008-02-11 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The engineer support doctrine for the brigade combat team (BCT) is focused on tactical-level maneuvers. The engineer organizations organic to the BCT are optimized to perform combat engineering (primarily mobility with limited capabilities in countermobility and survivability) tasks with geospatial engineering support provided by the organic terrain teams. Additional engineering support (combat and general) comes from modular engineer organizations that are task-organized to the BCT or providing support from echelons above brigade (EAB) organizations. This manual is aligned with current BCT doctrine (see Field Manual [FM] 3-90.6) and describes engineer support for the heavy brigade combat team (HBCT), infantry brigade combat team (IBCT), and Stryker brigade combat team (SBCT). Although the armored cavalry regiment (ACR) and its engineer company is not specifically addressed, the basic principles of this manual also apply to those organizations.This manual combines, updates, and supersedes material from the following four tactical-level engineer manuals: - FM 3-34.221.- FM 5-7-30.- FM 5-71-2.- FM 5-71-3.This manual is built directly on the doctrine contained in the following manuals:- FM 3-0.- FM 3-07.- FM 3-34.- FM 3-90.- FM 3-90.5.- FM 3-90.6.- FM 3-90.61.- FM 4-0.- FM 5-0.- FM 6-0.Given the magnitude of doctrinal changes in recent years, becoming familiar with these FMs is essential to effectively using this manual. This manual applies across the spectrum of conflict, from peacetime engagement to major combat operations. It is focused at the tactical level of war and meets the tactical commander's engineer support requirements. It is the tactical engineer commander's guide regarding the aspects of operations in support of the BCT and intended for use by brigade and below commanders and supporting staff (augmenting unit commanders, staffs supporting brigade and below maneuver organizations).This manual serves as a reference document for engineer commanders, staff, leaders, training developers, and doctrine developers throughout the Army. It is a primary manual for instructional purposes within the U.S. Army Engineer School (USAES) and assists other Army branch schools in teaching the integration of engineer capabilities into Army operations, since engineer involvement is a given for nearly every military operation.This manual includes guidance on integrating organic and augmenting engineer forces into BCT tactical plans, orders production, and mission execution. It incorporates the use of essential tasks for mobility, countermobility, and survivability (M/CM/S) in BCT operations and highlights the organic and likely engineer augmentation to the BCT as it operates across the spectrum of conflict.

Download or read book Field Manual FM 3 98 Reconnaissance and Security Operations July 2015 written by United States Army and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-08-08 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication, Field Manual FM 3-98 Reconnaissance and Security Operations July 2015, provides doctrinal guidance and direction for Cavalry organizations, as well as reconnaissance and security organizations. This FM establishes the foundation for the development of tactics and procedures in subordinate doctrine publications. This publication applies across the range of military operations. While the main focus of this field manual is Cavalry formations within the units listed below, all maneuver formations must be able to conduct reconnaissance and security tasks. - Armored brigade combat team (ABCT) Cavalry squadron. - Infantry brigade combat team (IBCT) Cavalry squadron. - Stryker brigade combat team (SBCT) Cavalry squadron. - Battlefield surveillance brigade (BFSB) Cavalry squadron. - It is applicable to the- - Scout platoon of maneuver battalions. - Combat aviation brigade air squadron. The principal audiences for FM 3-98 are commanders, leaders, and staffs responsible for the planning, execution, or support of reconnaissance and security operations as well as instructors charged with teaching reconnaissance and security operations. Doctrine consists of fundamental principles that describe how to fight. At the tactical level, doctrine consists of authoritative principles concerning how to execute reconnaissance and security operations as part of Army and joint operations that require professional military judgment in their application. Importantly, our doctrine must describe how brigade combat teams (BCT) and subordinate units combine the capabilities of various arms into cohesive, combined arms, air-ground teams and provide a clear description of how to execute reconnaissance and security operations. This publication provides the commander and staff of Cavalry formations with doctrine relevant to Army and joint operations. This publication explains how effective reconnaissance and security operations generate depth, allow commanders reaction time and maneuver space, fight for information and collect information through stealth, protect against surprise, ease the forward movement of follow-on forces, and provide commanders with flexibility and adaptability. The doctrine described in this publication is applicable across unified land operations. The previous proponent manual for Cavalry Operations was FM 3-20.96, published 12 March 2010, which included operational considerations. This publication provides doctrinal guidance for all formations assigned to the ABCT, the IBCT, and SBCT. The following is a summary of each chapter in the manual: Chapter 1 addresses the role of Cavalry in unified land operations and Cavalry organizations. Chapter 2 discusses understanding the threat, potential threat groups and threat characteristics. Chapter 3 addresses the operational environment, shaping, engaging, and influencing outcomes, and consolidating gains. Chapter 4 highlights the updated concepts of mission command in relation to commander's reconnaissance and security guidance, the operations process and information collection. Chapter 5 begins with an overview, followed by a detailed discussion of the fundamentals of reconnaissance, forms of reconnaissance, and reconnaissance handover. Chapter 6 begins with an overview, followed with the fundamentals of security operations, counterreconnaissance, and the forms of security. Chapter 7 provides a short overview and then devotes a section to reconnaissance and security stability planning, stability principles and frameworks, and stability tasks. Chapter 8 describes sustainment for reconnaissance and security tasks, sustainment planning considerations for reconnaissance and security, sustainment considerations for reconnaissance and security and special sustainment consideration.

Download or read book Brigade Support Battalion written by Army Training Doctrine And Command and published by . This book was released on 2011-11 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Field manual (FM) describes how logistics operations take place in the Brigade Support Area of Operations. It is primarily focused on how the brigade support battalion (BSB) performs its mission, but it also addresses the roles and functions of other sustainment elements within the brigade combat team (BCT) as well as those organizations external to the BCT that provide logistics and individual Soldier support services. This field manual was written for BSB staff officers and non-commissioned officers. Knowing that many are assigned to battalion staffs prior to advanced formal education, this manual provides all a general idea of functions performed by each unit and staff section assigned to the BSB. Chapter 1 is a review of modular force logistics and the various types of brigade combat teams and support brigades. Chapter 2 explains the role of the BSB, including the headquarters company and staff, and briefly describes the role of the Aviation Support Battalion (ASB). Chapter 3 covers the organizational structure and function of the distribution company. Chapter 4 covers the role and organization of the field maintenance company. Chapter 5 provides detailed information on the brigade support medical company. Chapter 6 describes another key component of the brigade support battalion-the forward support company.

Download or read book Army Techniques Publication Atp 3 90 5 Fm 3 90 6 Combined Arms Battalion February 2016 written by United States Government US Army and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-09-30 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Army Techniques Publication ATP 3-90.5 FM 3-90.6 COMBINED ARMS BATTALION FEBRUARY 2016 While providing basic doctrinal principles, it attempts to refer tactical discussion out to the Brigade Combat Team Operations Field Manual (FM 3-90.6) and other appropriate manuals. This manual provides techniques and procedures appropriate for the CAB to effectively exercise the warfighting functions of mission command, movement and maneuver, intelligence, fires, sustainment, and protection, in the conduct of sustained combined arms and close combat operations.

Download or read book Army Tactics Techniques and Procedures ATTP 5 0 1 Commander and Staff Officer Guide September 2011 written by United States Government US Army and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-03-24 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Army tactics, techniques, and procedures (ATTP) reinforces the fundamentals of mission command established in field manual (FM) 3-0, Operations; FM 5-0, The Operations Process; and FM 6-0, Mission Command. Whereas the above manuals focus on the fundamentals of mission command, this manual provides commanders and staff officers with tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) essential for the exercise of mission command.This is a new Army publication. It includes many of the appendices currently found in FM 5-0 and FM 6-0 that addressed the "how to" of mission command. By consolidating this material into a single publication, Army leaders now have a single reference to assist them with TTP associated with planning, preparing for, executing, and continually assessing operations. This ATTP also enables the Army to better focus the material in future editions of FMs 5-0 and 6-0 on the fundamentals of the operations process and mission command, respectively.

Download or read book U S Army Reconnaissance and Surveillance Handbook written by Department of the Army and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout history, military leaders have recognized the importance of reconnaissance and surveillance. Gaining and maintaining contact with the enemy is essential to win the battle, and U.S. military history contains many examples where our knowledge of the enemy, or lack of knowledge, directly led to victory or defeat. The role of reconnaissance and surveillance has not diminished on the modern battlefield; if anything, it has become even more important. Battles at the combat training centers prove that a good reconnaissance and surveillance effort is critical to successful attacks. On the other hand, a poor reconnaissance and surveillance effort almost guarantees defeat for the commander. The message is clear: success on the battlefield begins with reconnaissance and surveillance. Direct from the United States Army, U.S. Army Reconnaissance and Surveillance Handbook provides tactics, techniques, and procedures for reconnaissance and surveillance planning, mission management, and reporting. It also covers the development of intelligence to support counter-reconnaissance operations, employment considerations for reconnaissance, and surveillance assets, and defines the roles of various personnel in planning operations. Intended for maneuver commanders and their staffs; intelligence staffs and collection managers; and other personnel involved in planning and reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance operations, and now available to everyone, U.S. Army Reconnaissance and Surveillance Handbook provides an insider’s look into the world of Army intelligence.

Download or read book Brigade Battle Staff Training System BDE BSTS Program Design critical Tasks written by Charles R. André and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This report is a research byproduct that documents the front-end analysis for development of the Brigade Battle Staff Training System (BDE-BSTS). BDE-BSTS, a set of functional area training packages for brigade-level staff officers, is a combination of text and computer-based instruction (CBI). Sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the BDE-BSTS was developed for use by the U.S. Army National Guard (ARNG). The prototype BSTS comprised 13 courses for training brigade staff officers in individual functional areas and those tasks required to prepare staffs for collective battle staff tasks. The glossary presents the working definitions of terms used in these programs. The BSTS program, sponsored under the DARPA program umbrella of Simulation in Training for Advanced Readiness (SIMITAR), is coordinated with three other programs: Simulation-Based Mounted Brigade Training Program (SIMBART), Simulation-Based Multiechelon Training for Armor Units (SIMUTA), and Combat Service Support (CSS) Training System Development for the National Guard."--DTIC.

Download or read book The Stryker Brigade Combat Team written by Alan J. Vick and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2002-12-24 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines alternative means to decrease the deployment time for the new Army medium-weight brigade, comparing air and sealift from the United States with air and fast (but short-range) sealift from forward bases or preposition sites. Historical experience and an assessment of U.S. regional interests are used to determine how much warning time the United States typically has before major force deployments and where it is most likely to deploy such forces

Download or read book Army Techniques Publication Atp 3 21 20 Infantry Battalion December 2017 written by United States Government US Army and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-04 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication, Army Techniques Publication ATP 3-21.20 Infantry Battalion December 2017, provides doctrine for the Infantry battalion of the Infantry brigade combat team (IBCT). ATP 3-21.20 describes relationships, organizational roles and functions, capabilities and limitations, and responsibilities within the Infantry battalion. Techniques, nonprescriptive ways or methods used to perform missions, functions, or tasks (CJCSM 5120.01), are discussed in this publication and are intended to be used as a guide. The techniques are not prescriptive. ATP 3-21.20 publication supersedes FM 3-21.20 and FM 3-21.12. Readers must first understand the principles of the Army profession and the Army ethic as described in ADRP 1 to comprehend the doctrine contained in this publication. Readers must understand the principles of joint operations, the nature of unified land operations, and the links between the operational and tactical levels of war described in JP 3-0, ADP 3-0, and ADRP 3-0; FM 3-94, ATP 3-91, and FM 3-96. In addition, readers should understand the fundamentals of the operations process found in ADP 5-0 and ADRP 5-0 associated with offensive and defensive tasks contained in FM 3-90-1 and reconnaissance, security, and tactical enabling tasks contained in FM 3-90-2. The reader must comprehend how stability tasks described in ADP 3-07 and ADRP 3-07 carry over and affect offensive and defensive tasks and vice versa. Readers must understand how the operation process fundamentally relates to the Army's design methodology, military decision-making process, troop-leading procedures, and the principles of mission command as described in ADP 6-0, ADRP 6-0, FM 6-0, and ATP 6-0.5. The principal audience for ATP 3-21.20 is the commanders, staff, officers, and noncommissioned officers within the Infantry battalion. The audience also includes the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command institutions and components, and the United States Army Special Operations Command. This publication serves as an authoritative reference for personnel developing doctrine, materiel and force structure, institutional and unit training, and standard operating procedures for the Infantry battalion.