Ten minutes earlier, the Delta Company Commander, Captain John Hunter, had just received an en route mission update and was now briefing his jump Tactical Operations Center (TOC). As the lead element of the 82 nd Airborne Division, upon landing, Delta Company will fan out and secure road and key terrain blocking positions to isolate the drop zone from enemy counter-attacks to enable the main body of Alpha, Bravo and Charlie Companies to drop and secure their initial assault objectives and this is usually the airhead itself - a runway for non-airborne forces to land. In the back of their vehicles several days worth of ammunition, food and water with space to carry a nine-man infantry squad around the battlefield. 50 caliber and 40mm heavy machine guns and TOW Improved Target Acquisition System (ITAS) anti-tank or assault "bunker busting" missiles. Flying ahead of them in another serial of C-130s are their mounts: M113A4 Gavin light tracked armored fighting vehicles armed to the teeth with. The Jumpmaster shouts a time warning to the tactically cross-loaded Paratroopers sitting in rows inside the mighty C-130 Hercules 'chuted up for a night combat jump. LVAD = Low Velocity Air Drop from 600-1200 feet Army Airborne should Power Project by Parachute Airdrop In other words, they move as cavalry-but fight as infantry.
It Maneuvers A Battalion: " Dragoons": Light Mechanized Delta Anti-Tank Company Moves Alpha, Bravo and Charlie Companies Under ArmorĪ dragoon is a Soldier trained to fight on foot, but transport himself on horseback (or motor-driven vehicles).
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