Army Infantry Room Clearing

This publication supersedes tc 90 1 1 april 2002.

Army infantry room clearing.

The window or door. The squad is operating as part of a larger force. The ultimate military archive covers events. Approved for public release.

10th mountain doing what we do in the shoot house. Surgical operations rely on room clearing techniques that borrow from both along with highly developed shooting and very specific intelligence. As a former infantry instructor and sniper nco. The squad secures a room by killing capturing or forcing the enemy s withdrawal from the room.

90 1 tc 90 1 headquarters department of the army. Enter a building and clear a room squad 7 4 d109. If you do not know what that is watch the video below. The squad is moving at night and receives enemy fires from a building.

Tc 90 1 i training circular no. Clear a room third soldier enters. Soldiers of the 1st battalion 5th infantry regiment 1st brigade combat team 25th infantry division fire 60mm mortars. The squad gains a foothold in the building.

Again all three categories of urban operations require soldiers to enter and clear buildings. The art of clearing a room looks simple on the surface but peel back the many important layers of the maneuver and you ll soon realize just how tough the act can be. The platoon leader moves into the building with the trail fire team of the squad that secured a foothold and directs the squad leader to clear the next room with the trail fire team. Fort benning home of the mcoe maneuver center of excellence team of soldiers families and civilians from the best army in the world.

Fundamentally the tactic s main principle is to get as many guns into the room and in as little time as possible to rapidly overwhelm the opponents inside. Thankfully once you understand the basics the operation starts to feel like second nature and muscle memory kicks into gear. Video shows gopro pov helmet cam footage of us army building clearing exercise during a military demonstration.