CHARTS AND MAPS The types of charts and maps required within the company CP vary according to the mission and the company commander. All boards and maps must be visible to all personnel in the company CP. This arrangement enables all personnel standing watch in the company CP to visualize current situations and to help them to respond to any incoming messages quickly and accurately.

NOTE: Also posted in the company CP is a clipboard that serves as an incoming/ outgoing message reading file.

AREA MAP Unlike the COC, there is only one map to maintain in the company CP. This map displays the "big picture" of the companies with emphasis on each

company's fire plan and area of responsibility. The area map includes the following:

1. Friendly troop positions in the company's area of responsibility

2. Detailed company fire plan that includes claymore mines, tactical entanglements, listening and observation posts, and early warning devices such as trip flares.

3. On call targets with the designator of the target established by the COC

4. Current location of the COC 5. Location and status of patrols or convoys 6. Landing zone (LZ) locations 7. NBC corridors/ fallouts 8. Overlay of known enemy positions

CHARTS The charts posted in the CP give personnel a quick picture of the current situation. Items that need to be displayed on charts are not limited but should at least include the following:

Company strength Report status of reports sent and in process Equipment status Call signs and frequencies Convoy status Food/ water/ ammo status of the company Enemy equipment/ weapons Weather and astronomical data NBC corridors/ fallouts Challenge and passwords including the alternative for the next 24 hours

Current MOPP level

COMMUNICATION PLAN Like the COC, a company communication plan needs to be prepared. Communication is essential for the company commander to pass information between the troops and the COC. An uncomplicated, reliable, flexible, and responsive communication plan will enable the company commander to carry out operational plans generated from the COC effectively.

The communication officer is responsible for the units overall communication plans. The company commanders work with the communication officer for the development of a company communication plan and communication assets needed by the companies. The company commander should include in the plan communication requirements for the company and a communication network.

COMMUNICATION REQUIREMENTS Communication requirements within the company CP vary according to the mission, but the communication equipment used to fulfill the requirements is the sane. Communication equipment includes the following:

1. AN/ PRC-77 or AN/ PRC-119A: Radios used to communicate with the COC, the convoys, the forward observers, the listening posts, and the patrols.

2. TA-312/ PT (Field Phone): A direct phone line to the COC, to the platoon commanders, and from the platoon commanders to the troops manning the lines. Usually a TA-312/ PT is run from the platoon commander's fighting position to the squad leader's fighting position or a crew-served weapon fighting position on the lines.

3. SB-22/ PT: The switchboard used to connect numerous TA-312s.

COMMUNICATION NETWORK A communication network is established similar to the one covered in chapter 1. The platoon commander should also submit a platoon wire net and radio net plan. The network should have a graphical display of all communication wire linkups and radio nets monitored by the company and platoons,

NOTE: Figures 2-1 and 2-2 are wire and radio plans pertaining to an ideal situation. The one you will be tasked to design should be tailored according to the assets available, the local terrain, and the area of responsibility assigned to the company.

Figure 2-1.- Company CP wire plan.

Figure 2-2.- Company CP radio plan. 2-4 28
The company commander should receive a copy of the Communication Electronic Operating Instruction (CEOI) to find out the radio nets the company is required to monitor. The contents of a CEOI are discussed in chapter 1. There are normally only two frequency nets that a company CP is required to monitor:

1. Battalion Command Net One: Establish communication from the companies to the COC for administrative and logistics issues.

2. Battalion Tactical Net Two: Establish communication from the companies to the COC for tactical purposes. Used for various reports, such as SPOT, SALUTE, AMMUNITION, CAUSALITY, and SITREPS.