Infantry Drills

6-29: Signals



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6-29. The leader should consider the use of special signals. These include hand-and-arm signals, flares, pyrotechnics, voice, whistles, radios, and visible or nonvisible lasers. All signals are rehearsed to ensure all patrol members understand what they mean.

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