The mission of light, air assault, and airborne infantry divisions is to close with and destroy the enemy as well as to control land areas, including population and resources. These divisions make optimum use of offensive, decentralized, irregular- type operations by highly trained small units. Infantry divisions are austere and capable of conducting independent operations for only 48 hours. They are experts in urban warfare, jungle warfare, and infiltration operations and can kill enemy armored vehicles on any battlefield. LIGHT INFANTRY DIVISION The organization of the light infantry division (Figure l-l) provides it the flexibility to accomplish global missions on different types of terrain and against a variety of enemy forces. It differs from other infantry divisions in both design and concept of employment.
DesignationFM 711002
EditionUndated
StatusSuperseded
Pages518
FunctionSmall Unit Tactics
EchelonDivision
CollectionRecent Archive