Index - 5 completion, 7–3 considerations, 7–20, 14–1 initial, 7–3, planning considerations, 14–1 plant edibility, 14–9 plants, poisonous, 14–9, 16–7 platoon bounding overwatch, 6–2, 6–3 (illus) 6–4 (illus) leader, 1–2 (illus), 6–6 ORP, 7–4, 7–19, 7–20 (illus) sergeant, 1–2 (illus), 1–3, 1–4 (illus), platter charge, 5–5, 5–6 (illus) point ambush, 7–10, 7–12 pointer stars, 14–6 (illus) poisonous plants, 16–7 (illus) polar, 3–8 (illus) Polaris, 14–6 (illus) poncho lean–to, 14–21 (illus) raft, 13–4 preparation actions during, 1–6 mission, 7–22 site, 14–21 primary routes, 7–3 principal direction of fire, 10–2, B–5 (illus) principles, 7–1 of leadership, 1–1 priorities of work, 7–21 priority intelligence requirements (PIR), 2–13 prisoners, 2–6 probable line of deployment (PLD), 7–13 processing fish or game, 14–15 protection, 9–4 (illus) Prusik knots, 9–13 (illus) purpose, location, observer, trigger, communication, resources (PLOT–CR), 3–5 (illus) pursuit, 12–2 R radiating element, 4–10, 4–12 (illus) radio, 4–1 AN/PRC 119F, 4–4 frequencies, 4–4 (illus) operator, 1–7 transmitter, 4–7 raid, 7–15 assessment, 7–17 (illus) boards, A–12 (illus) through A––15, (illus), A–19 (illus) rally point, 6–7, 7–4, 7–19 rappel seat, 9–10 (illus), 9–18, 9–22 (illus) site selection, 9–25 rappelling, 9–22 (illus) rate of fire, 10–1 (illus) reach, 13–9 react to ambush, 8–9, 8–12, 11–6 (illus), 11–7 (illus) contact, 8–1, A–2 (illus) far ambush, A–4 (illus) indirect fire, 8–28, A–1 (illus) near ambush, A–3 (illus) reconnaissance, 7–1, 7–5 through 7–9 method comparison, 7–9 recovery operations, 11–11 (illus) rehearsal, 2–4, 12–6 area, 2–26 coordination checklist, 2–26 stream crossing, 13–1 release point, 6–5 rendezvous point, 6–5 repairs, 4–6 reports, 2–5 rerouted figure 8 knot, 9–11 (illus) rescue equipment, 9–2 respect to ground, 10–3, 10–4 (illus) to gun, 10–7 (illus) to target, 10–4, 10–5, 10–6 (illus) responsibilities, 1–2, 6–6 rest/sleep plan, 7–22 restated mission, 2–2 resupply, 7–22 reverse planning, air assaults, 15–1 ring charge, 5–12 (illus) risk, 3–2 estimate distances (RED), 3–3 (illus) river, 13–8 Rogers’ Rangers, inside front cover rope bridge, 9–17, 13–1 installations, 9–15, 9– 16 ropes, 9–3 round–turn with two half hitches knot, 9–8(illus) route of march, 6–5 routes, 7–3, 7–4 (illus) 14–1 rubber boats, 13–6 ruler, B–8 (illus) rules of engagement, 2–13, 8–18 running passwords, 7–3 S safe distances, minimum, 5–8 (illus) safety, 5–3, 15–9 SALUTE format, 2–5 sandbar, 13–9 sanitation, 6–6 search, 7–23 and attack, 7–23 and rescue numeric encryption grid (SARNEG), 14–2 team, 7–2 searching fire, 10–7 seat–hip rappel, 9–10, 9–18 (illus) security, 1–4, 6–4, 6–6, 6–7, 7–1, 9–1, 12–4 continuous, 7–22 element, 7–3, 7–5, 7–9, 7–14, 7–16 measures, 7–5, 7–21 squad, 6–6 semipermanent protection, 9–5 (illus) shadow tip, 14–3, 14–4 (illus) shelters, 14–19, 14–20, 14–21 (illus) shift from a known point, 3–6 shock, 16–1 tube, 5–3 short count, 13–6 halt, 6–7 –range surveillance, 7–8 (illus) signals, 15–9 simplicity, 12–4 site assessment, mountain, 15–13 selection, 7–18, 7–20, 9–25 situation.report (SITREP), 1–2