Tank and mechanized infantry companies and company teams can fight and win engagements on any part of the battlefield in a conventional, nuclear, or chemical environment. The company team is normally task organized by the battalion task force commander, based on his estimate of the situation, to perform a variety of tactical missions as part of task force operations. In filling this combat role, the company team integrates with combat, combat support (CS), and combat service support (CSS) elements. Company teams are capable of deploying in an 18-hour deployment sequence as part of the Army's force projection mandate. (NOTE: For a more detailed discussion of deployment operations and force projection operations, refer to FM 100-5.) They also can conduct stability and support operations as part of a joint task force or multinational force.
DesignationFM 71-1
EditionJan 1998
StatusSuperseded
Pages462
FunctionSmall Unit Tactics
CollectionRecent Archive
Public domain (U.S. Government work)