7. Discuss formation of advance guard. Each man now consider himself as being Captain E. 8. Discuss formation of outpost: Primary dispositions; number of supports; why support on main road; boundaries of support front; location of supports; location of reserve; covering posting of outguards. 9. Final solution of problem: Preliminaries; order of Captain E; five paragraph order; why first platoon forms one support. 10. Have members of class write out order. Collect solutions and redistribute them. Distribute copies of Captain E’s order. Read and discuss solutions. * * * * * Procedure The class is now conducted to the point on the road where the advance party is supposed to be halted. _The Director_: “We are now at the point where the first platoon, which is the advance party of the advance guard, is halted. Lieutenant M has joined his platoon and is ready to proceed with the execution of the task allotted to him.” The Problem =Situation No. 2=: You, Lieutenant M, have joined your platoon here. The platoon has been designated to form support No. 1. The Captain’s order was as follows: “Lieutenant M, with the first platoon will form support No. 1, which, posted on the road at ——, will cover the front from —— (inclusive) to —— (inclusive).” _Required_: Carry out your mission. Procedure The Director reads Situation No. 2 aloud and explains that each member of the class should now consider himself to be Lieutenant M, commanding the first platoon, designated to form support No. 1. Solution _The Director_: “Lieutenant Hunt, how would you go about carrying out your mission?” _Lieutenant Hunt_: “I would first size up the situation and arrive at a decision as to what I am going to do and how I am going to do it.” _The Director_: “How is security provided for during the time that the outpost is being posted?” _Lieutenant Hunt_: “By sending out some troops to cover the posting of the outguards. This is sometimes provided for by the outpost commander detailing a unit for the purpose of covering all the outguards and then withdrawing to the reserve. The alternative is to have each support cover the posting of its own outguards. The latter system has been adopted in this problem, and we will have to provide our own covering troops.” _The Director_: “What troops would you detail for this duty?” _Lieutenant Hunt_: “I would send out the first section (less the squad on duty as point) under the section commander. I would have the point withdraw to the support as soon as the covering troops have taken over the duty of security.” _The Director_: “That seems to be a reasonable solution. Into what parts is an outpost support divided, Lieutenant Barry?”