5.2.4 Write an INCREP

The focus on this lesson is to learn military vocabulary and to practice writing in a military style. You and a classmate will write an INCREP together based on the scenario in the video below. 

1. Read the vocabulary list.

 Vocabulary

1. open ground (0:51) – terrain without objects or buildings that block line-of-sight or movement
2. gunfire (0:52) –  the repeated shooting of guns.
3. firing points (1:10) – The point from which a gun or other weapon is fired, especially in target shooting.
4. cover (1:20) – Shelter or protection, either natural or artificial.
5. intense fire (1:38) –  very much firing.
6. covering fire (1:45) – Fire used to protect troops when they are within range of enemy small arms.
7. shoot and scoot (2:05) – shooting a small number of rounds and leaving the firing
8. ambush (2:13) – To conduct as a surprise attack from concealed positions on a moving or temporarily halted enemy.
9. heavy busts (2:18) –
10. automatic fire (2:18) –
11. rocket-propelled grenades (2:22) – RPGs Soviet made, the rocket-propelled grenade launcher fires a rocket out of a tube. The launcher rests on the firer’s shoulder. The rocket is percussion fired and the gasses escape the nozzle at a high velocity. This causes the rocket to launch. Just as the rocket emerges from the tube, large fins spring out from the rocket. These fins along with a motor on the rocket allows the missile to travel a great distance.
12. firing back in kind (2:26) – In a reciprocal manner; in a similar way; in the same kind. (Idiomatic phrase)
13. assault (2:40) – A short, violent, but well-ordered attack against a local objective, such as a gun emplacement, a fort or a machine-gun nest.
14. killing ground (2:46) – An area exposed to concentrated fire or bombardment, leading to high numbers of casualties among soldiers operating there.
15. hold their ground (3:01) – for troops to keep the same positions and not retreat at all.
16. retreating (3:08) – withdraw from enemy forces as a result of their superior power or after a defeat.
17. pulled back (3:52) – to move backwards from the battle space
18. withdraw (4:04) – A planned operation in which a force in contact disengages from an enemy force.

2. Watch the video and listen carefully to the terms and words used. 

3. Write an INCREP about this scenario, using the format and acronyms you have learned in Unit 2. You can also click on the link to see a sample INCREP and refer back to 5.2.1 and 5.2.2 for more help on how to write in a neutral, military style.