Communicate Using Visual Signaling Techniques (Mounted)

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Communicate Using Visual Signaling Techniques
(Mounted) 071-326-0608
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Introduction
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Visual Signaling Techniques

• (1) Hand and arm signals.
• (a) These are given while mounted - vehicle to
  vehicle, and dismounted - from ground to vehicle
  or ground to ground. Dismounted signals given
  from ground to vehicle are normally referred to
  as Ground Guide signals.
• (b) These are used to communicate to either one
  element or to an entire unit.\

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Visual Signaling Techniques

• (2) Flag signals. These are used in the same
  manner as hand and arm signals.
• (3) Pyrotechnic signals. These are used, either
  mounted or dismounted, to communicate to an
  entire unit.
• (4) Ground to air signals. These are used to
  guide helicopter(s) to a landing point.

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Dismounted Visual Signals

• (1) Day ground guide signals.
• (a) START ENGINES or PREPARE TO MOVE
• (b) STOP ENGINE
• (c) HALT or STOP
• (e) MOVE FORWARD
• (f) MOVE IN REVERSE (Backup)
• (g) CHANGE DIRECTION

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Dismounted Visual Signals

• (h) NEUTRAL STEER (Tracked Vehicles)
• (i) INCREASE SPEED
• (j) LIGHTS ON - Point index finger of both hands
  toward eyes.
• (k) LIGHTS OFF
• (l) CLOSE DISTANCE BETWEEN VEHICLES AND STOP
• (m) RAISE RAMP
• (n) LOWER RAMP

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Night ground guide signals

• Night ground guide signals are used during
  periods of darkness or limited visibility.
  Objects such as a flashlight with a filtered lens
  or a chemlight are normally used to give signals.
  Never use a bright light - it will give your
  position to the enemy.

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Night ground guide signals

• (a) START ENGINE
• (b) HALT, STOP (moving vehicles), or STOP ENGINE
  (stationary vehicles)
• (c) INCREASE SPEED
• (d) TURN
• (e) MOVE IN REVERSE (for vehicles which are not
  moving) or SLOW DOWN (for vehicles which are
  moving)

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Rear ground guides

• Rear ground guides are always used when a
  vehicle is moving in reverse or neutral steering.
• (b) The rear ground guide is in command of
  moving the vehicle when it is moving in reverse
  and will give his visual signals according to the
  direction he wants the front of the vehicle to
  move.

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Rear ground guides

• (c) The front ground guide is responsible for
  relaying the signals given by the rear ground
  guide to the driver of the vehicle.
• (d) When the rear ground guide is giving a
  command the front ground guide will create a
  mirror image of the rear ground guides signals.
  For example, when the rear ground guide is giving
  the command Move in Reverse - Change Direction
  Left

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Mounted Visual Signals

• (1) Mounted visual signals are used to control
  movement and give warning to either an entire
  unit or a platoon size or larger element within
  the unit.
• (2) Track commanders execute the signals to
  communicate messages between vehicles.
• (3) When an action or movement is to be executed
  by less than the total unit, the signaler will
  point, if necessary, toward the elements of a
  unit as an alert that a signal will follow.
  However, when a movement or action is to be
  executed by the entire unit the proper signal
  should be preceded by the signal Attention.

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Mounted Visual Signals

• (4) Signals are performed by hand and arm
  signals or by the use of flags.
• (5) Hand and arm signals to direct combat
  formations.

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Mounted Visual Signals

• (a) COIL
• (b) HERRINGBONE
• (a) CONTACT LEFT
• (b) CONTACT RIGHT
• (c) ACTION LEFT
• (d) ACTION RIGHT
• (g) AIR ATTACK
• (h) NBC ATTACK

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Hand and arm signals to initiate movement
techniques.

• (a) TRAVELING
• (b) TRAVELING OVERWATCH
• (c) BOUNDING OVERWATCH or COVER MY MOVE
• (d) MOVE TO LEFT
• (e) MOVE TO RIGHT

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Hand and arm signals to control vehicle

• (a) ATTENTION
• (b) I AM READY or READY TO MOVE. ARE YOU READY?
  
• (c) MOUNT
• (d) DISMOUNT or TAKE A PRONE POSITION
• (e) DISREGARD PREVIOUS COMMAND or AS YOU WERE

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Hand and arm signals to control vehicle

• (f) I DO NOT UNDERSTAND
• (g) ADVANCE or MOVE OUT
• (h) OPEN UP
• (i) CLOSE UP
• (j) RIGHT/LEFT TURN -
• (k) BUTTON UP
• (l) UNBUTTON
• (m) MESSAGE ACKNOWLEDGED

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Flag signals

• Flag signals are used to communicate messages
  between vehicles over distances which are to
  great to use standard hand and arm signals. The
  use of flags must be strictly monitored to
  prevent the enemy from detecting your position.

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Flag signals

• (a) MOUNT - With the
• (b) DISMOUNT
• (c) DISMOUNT AND ASSAULT
• (d) ASSEMBLE or CLOSE.
• (e) MOVE OUT
• (f) NBC HAZARD PRESENT.

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