Assistant Section Leader

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Article Number:	7CAV-R-021
Scope:	7th Cavalry Assistant Section Leader - Duties and Responsibilities
Version:	Version 1.0
Effective Date:	23JUL20
Last Modified Date:	DDMMMYYYY
Approving Authority:	Regimental Commanding Officer
Point of Contact:	Regimental Chief of Staff

Note that in some infantry companies the Assistant Section Leader is known as the Assistant Squad Leader or Fireteam Leader.

Purpose

The purpose of this Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) is to provide the requirements for fulfilling the duties and responsibilities of an Assistant Section Leader in the 7th Cavalry Regiment.

Role and Responsibilities

The purpose of an ASL is to compliment the SL in ensuring the Section functions at full potential. The two should be in close communication with one another, and act as a team in ensuring that all responsibilities of section leadership are taken care of.

The Assistant Section Leader is responsible for assisting the Section Leader in his duties in running the section. The ASL assists the SL in ensuring that Roll Call is posted, troopers are accounted for and taken care of, and that Section Practices are ran to or above standard. ASL's will also assist in the creation of SP AAR's & taking attendance at SP.

Regarding Section Practices, the Assistant Section Leader will help devise and run practices alongside the Section Leader to the best of their ability.

An ASL should be able to, in lieu of a Section Leaders' absence, run the section in its entirety. Just as the SL should make the ASL aware of planned absences, the ASL is to inform the SL of their own absences ahead of time.

See Also

Section Leader
Standard Operating Procedures