1 APRIL 1985
INFANTRY BATTALION, AIR ASSAULT DIVISION
DESIGNATION: ----- BATTALION ----- INFANTRY (AIR ASSAULT)
1. MISSION. LOCATES THE ENEMY AND DESTROYS HIS FIGHTING
CAPABILITY USING ALL AVAILABLE MEANS. CLOSING AS
NECESSARY WITH THE ENEMY BY MEANS OF FIRE AND MANEUVER TO
DESTROY OR CAPTURE HIM, OR TO REPEL HIS ASSAULT BY THE USE
OF ALL AVAILABLE FIRE AND COUNTERATTACK.
2. ASSIGNMENT. ORGANIC TO AIR ASSAULT DIVISION, TOE 67.
3. CAPABILITIES. A. AT LEVEL 1, THIS UNIT:
(1) PROVIDES BASE OF FIRE AND MANEUVER ELEMENTS.
(2) SEIZES AND CONTROLS TERRAIN FOR LIMITED PERIODS
OF TIME.
(3) CONDUCTS INDEPENDENT OPERATIONS ON A LIMITED
SCALE.
(4) PROVIDES COMMUNICATIONS, INDIRECT FIRE SUPPORT,
AND HEAVY ANTITANK FIRE FOR ORGANIC AND ATTACHED UNITS.
(5) CONDUCTS PATROLLING OPERATIONS.
(6) PARTICIPATES IN MOTORIZED OPERATIONS WHEN
PROVIDED WITH SUFFICIENT TRANSPORTATION.
(7) CONDUCTS FREQUENT AIRMOBILE ASSAULTS.
(8) MANEUVERS IN ALL TYPES OF TERRAIN UNDER ALL
CLIMATIC CONDITIONS.
(9) PROVIDES ELEMENTS TO PERFORM ORGANIZATIONAL
MAINTENANCE ON ORGANIC EQUIPMENT.
(10) PROVIDES ADMINISTRATIVE AND LOGISTICAL SERVICES
TO ORGANIC ELEMENTS.
(11) PROVIDES ANTIARMOR PROTECTION.
B. THE COLUMNS UNDER LEVELS 2 AND 3 ADAPT THIS TABLE
FOR REDUCED OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES IN DECREMENTS OF 10%,
FROM APPROXIMATELY 90% FOR LEVEL 2 TO APPROXIMATELY 80%
FOR LEVEL 3.
C. THIS UNIT IS NOT ADAPTABLE TO TYPE B ORGANIZATION.
D. THE COLUMNS DESIGNATED BY LEVEL 1 THROUGH 3 ARE
DESIGNED TO RELATE TO THE CATEGORIES ESTABLISHED IN AR
220-1, UNIT STATUS REPORTING.
E. INDIVIDUALS OF THIS ORGANIZATION, EXCEPT MEDICAL
PERSONNEL, CAN ASSIST IN COORDINATED DEFENSE OF THE UNIT'S
AREA OR INSTALLATION.
F. THIS UNIT PERFORMS ORGANIZATIONAL MAINTENANCE ON
ORGANIC EQUIPMENT EXCEPT COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY (COMSEC)
EQUIPMENT.
G. THIS UNIT IS DEPENDENT UPON:
(1) APPROPRIATE ELEMENTS OF THE DIVISION OR CORPS FOR
MEDICAL, FINANCE, LEGAL, RELIGIOUS, PERSONNEL, AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND COMSEC REPAIR.
(2) US AIR FORCE TACTICAL AIR CONTROL PARTY (TACP)
FOR DIRECTING TACTICAL AIR SUPPORT.
(3) SUPPORTING ARTILLERY HEADQUARTERS AND
HEADQUARTERS SERVICE BATTERY FOR FIRE SUPPORT TEAMS (FIST)
TO PROVIDE OBSERVED FIRE SUPPORT AND FIRE COORDINATION
SUPPORT.
4. BASIS OF ALLOCATION. NINE PER AIR ASSAULT DIVISION,
TOE 67.
5. CATEGORY. THIS UNIT IS DESIGNATED A CATEGORY I UNIT.
(FOR UNIT CATEGORIES, SEE AR 310-25.)
6. MOBILITY. FOR MOBILITY OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL
COMPONENTS OF THIS UNIT, SEE SECTION I, GENERAL, OF THE
RESPECTIVE TABLES OF ORGANIZATION AND EQUIPMENT LISTED
AS PARAGRAPHS IN SECTION II OF THIS TABLE.
7. DOCTRINE. THE FOLLOWING DOCTRINAL PUBLICATIONS ARE
APPLICABLE TO THE OPERATION OF THIS UNIT:
FM 7-10, THE INFANTRY COMPANY
FM 7-20, THE INFANTRY BATTALION
FM 7-101, AIR ASSAULT BRIGADE OPERATIONS
FM 71-101, AIR ASSAULT DIVISION OPERATIONS
FM 100-5, OPERATIONS
FM 101-5, COMMAND AND CONTROL OF COMBAT OPERATIONS
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