Scout Leaders Course
Jun 22nd, 2006
9:32 am
I will be in the beautiful FT Knox, KY for the next few weeks. I'll be going
through the Cavalry's Scout Leaders Course. Even though
I spent last summer at Knox going through OBC, the focus was more general:
training soldiers to be cavalry officers. This course is designed to refine the
cavalry leader's scouting ability.
What does a scout do? A scout's mission is Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition. In a doctrinal engagement, scouts are used to find the enemy and not necessarily destroy the enemy. Scouts generally are equipped with faster/lighter weapons and vehicles. This greater mobility is usually at the cost of firepower. But in a well oiled cavalry regiment, scouts are used to find the enemy and the heavy tanks (like the Abrams Main Battle Tank) destroy the enemy.
