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Visual Signaling Techniques:

(1) Hand and arm signals. (a) These are given while mounted - vehicle to vehicle, and dismounted - from ground to vehicle or ground to ground. Dismounted signals given from ground to vehicle are normally referred to as “Ground Guide” signals.

(b) These are used to communicate to either one element or to an entire unit.

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Visual Signaling Techniques:

(2) Flag signals. These are used in the same manner as hand and arm signals. (3) Ground to air signals. These are used to guide helicopter(s) to a landing point.

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2. Herringbone 1. Coil

3. Contact Left

4. Contact right

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5. Action Left

6. Action Right

7. Action Front (Right, Left, or Rear), Fight on Foot, or Assault fire (Dismounted Troops).

8. Air Attack

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9. Nuclear, Biological, or Chemical Attack

10. Traveling

11. Traveling overwatch

12.Bounding overwatch, cover my move

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13. Move to Left

14. Move to Right

15. Move Forward

16. Attention!

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17. I Am Ready, or Ready to Move, Are you Ready?

18. Mount

19. Disregard Previous Command or As You Were

20. I Do Not Understand

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21. Start Engine, or Prepare to Move

22. Halt or Stop

24. Advance or Move Out 22. Increase Speed

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25. Open Up

26. Close Up

28. Slow Down

27. Right or Left Turn

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29. Move in Reverse (For Stationary Vehicles

30. Close Distance Between Vehicles and Stop

31. Stop Engines

32. Dismount

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33. Neutral Steer (Track Vehicles)

34. Stop (Alternate Signal to Stop Track Vehicle).

35. Button Up or Unbutton

36. Message Acknowledged

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38. Mount 37. Use a Single Signal Flag

39. Dismount

40. Dismount and Assault

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41. Assemble or Close

42. Move Out

43. Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Hazard Present

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