Description This Field Manual provides a doctrinal framework on how Infantry Rifle platoons and squads fight.
FM 3-21.8 supersedes FM 7-8, Infantry Rifle Platoon and Squad, dated 22 April 1992 (with change 1, date.
Content discussions include principles, tactics, techniques, procedures, terms, and symbols that apply to small unit operations in the current operational environment (COE).
It also addresses Rifle Platoon and Squad non-combat operations across the spectrum of conflict.
Description This Field Manual provides a doctrinal framework on how Infantry Rifle platoons and squads fight