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PRINCIPLES OF TACTICAL OPERATIONS

6TH RANGER BN: CABANATUAN POW RESCUE

PRINCIPLES OF TACTICAL OPERATIONS (DIRECT ACTION)

SURPRISE -TIMING -DECEPTION -ENEMY VULNRBLTY SPEED -RELATIVE - THRU ENTIRE MISSION PURPOSE - MISSION CLARITY - INTENT DISSEMINATION - COMMITMENT

EXECUTION

FRICTIONS OF WAR
MURPHYS LAW
SECURITY -OPSEC - TIMING AND LOCATION OF ATK REPETITION - REHEARSALS: ALL LEVELS; ALL TYPES

PREPARATION

SIMPLICITY - LIMIT OBJECTIVES - GOOD INTEL - INNOVATION

MORAL FACTORS -COURAGE -BOLDNESS -PERSEVERANCE -INTELLECT

PLANNING

RELATIVE SUPERIORITY (RS)

Relative Superiority (RS): A condition that exists when an attacking force, generally smaller, gains a decisive advantage over a larger or well defended enemy
- Achieved or lost at the pivotal moment in an engagement - Must be maintained through the end of mission - Difficult to regain if lost Area of vulnerability: function of mission completion. The longer it takes to achieve RS the larger the area of vulnerability and more susceptible to the frictions of war Point of vulnerability: point during mission when attacking forces reach the enemys first line of defenses.

RELATIVE SUPERIORITY GRAPH

RELATIVE SUPERIORITY ACHIEVED (UNITS IN ATK POSITIONS)

MISSION COMPLETE (MC)

% PROBABILITY OF MISSION SUCCESS

AREA OF VULNERABILITY

RELATIVE SUPERIORITY LINE (RS LINE)

KEY EVENTS OF MISSION (INFILTRATION)

POINT OF VULNERABILITY (PV)

TIME

FILM CLIP: THE GREAT RAID

CABANATUAN RAID STATISTICS

ALLIED FORCE STRENGTH 128 RANGERS, 2 TEAM OF ALAMO SCOUTS, AND 90 FILLIPINO GUERRILLAS (~150 Fillipino civilians assist mission with ox carts) TOTAL OF 375 ALLIED TROOPS AND SUPPORT JAPANESE FORCES CAMP GUARDS: 523 TROOPS APPROX 1 DIVISION OF JAPANESE TROOPS IN AREA (8000) CASUALTIES 1 RANGER, 1 SURGEON KIA 523 JAPANESE SOLDIERS KILLED 512 POWS RESCUED

THE GREAT RAID: TACTICAL ANALYSIS

Use the Principles of Tactical Operations and Relative Superiority to analyze the 6th Rangers Mission

SURPRISE
-TIMING? -DECEPTION? -ENEMY VULNRBLTY

SPEED

PURPOSE
- MISSION INTENT - DISSEMINATION - COMMITMENT

RELATIVE SUPERIORITY ACHIEVED MISSION COMPLETE (MC) AREA OF VULNERABILITY

SECURITY
-OPSEC - TIMING/ LOCATION OF ATK

REPETITION
- REHEARSALS

% MISSION SUCCESS

RELATIVE SUPERIORITY LINE (RS LINE)

SIMPLICITY
- OBJECTIVES - INTELLIGENCE - INNOVATION

KEY EVENTS OF MISSION (INFILTRATION,

POINT OF VULNERABILITY (PV)

TIME

CABANATUAN RAID: TACTICAL ANALYSIS

PLANNING: SIMPLICITY
- Limited OBJ; simple plan (infil, neutralize defenses, breach front gate, run up middle road and exfil POWs - Intelligence. The movie does not do justice to the Alamo Scouts and Filippino attachments. The Alamo Scouts were inserted over 24hours in advance - CAS: P-61s available as diversion and cover for exfiltration

SECURITY: Short mission timeline simplified this REPETITION: Rehearsals? SURPRISE: Undetected infiltration caused complete surprise on OBJ SPEED: Total time ~ 72 hours.
Once in position, time on target was ~ 30min

PURPOSE: clear mission, military & national honor at stake

NOTE: it should be mentioned that the 6th RGR BN was not a specialized unit; It was not designed as a POW rescue unit. However, it had undergone extensive commando style training.

CABANATUAN RAID RELATIVE SUPERIORITY GRAPH

RANGERS IN POSTION (RELATIVE SUPERIORITY ACHIEVED)

MISSION COMPLETE (MC)

AREA OF VULNERABILITY

% PROBABILITY OF MISSION SUCCESS

RANGERS EXTRACT WITH POWs

RS LINE CROSS RIZAL HIGHWAY (NEUTRAL SUPERIORITY LEVEL)

RANGERS MOVE INTO POSITION

POINT OF VULNERABILITY (PV)

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TIME (HOURS)

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