Procedure
The Class will now be conducted up to the place where the company commanders have been ordered to meet the battalion commander to receive orders for the relief of the 2nd battalion.
The Director: “This is the place where Major A directed the Company Commanders to rendezvous to receive the final orders for the relief of the 1st battalion. We assume that the troops have been halted along the line —— (indicate) where they have taken advantage of such cover as is available and are preparing individual cover where none is available.”
The Director will now distribute the sheets containing Situation No. 4.
The Problem
Situation No. 4:
You, Major A, have arrived at this point. You have had a conference with the commander of the 2nd battalion, made a reconnaissance of the position and determined the location of the units to be relieved.
The latter are as follows:
Company E occupies the right half of the sector with all three platoons on the firing line.
Company F occupies the left half of the sector with two platoons and a part of the third in the firing line and the remainder of the third as local support.