U.S. Army Reconnaissance and Surveillance Handbook

by U.S. Department of the Army

Overview

The official United States Army manual, U.S. Army Reconnaissance and Surveillance Handbook provides tactics, techniques, and procedures for reconnaissance and surveillance planning, mission management, and reporting.

Throughout history, military leaders have recognized the importance of reconnaissance and surveillance. Gaining and maintaining contact with the enemy is essential to win the battle, and U.S. military history contains many examples where our knowledge of the enemy, or lack of knowledge, directly led to victory or defeat.

The role of reconnaissance and surveillance has not diminished on the modern battlefield; if anything, it has become even more important. Battles at the combat training centers prove that a good reconnaissance and surveillance effort is critical to successful attacks. On the other hand, a poor reconnaissance and surveillance effort almost guarantees defeat for the commander. The message is clear: success on the battlefield begins with reconnaissance and surveillance.
This essential handbook covers:

• Surveillance
• Preparation
• Assets
• Equipment
• Planning
• Monitoring
• Organizing Missions
• Electronic warfare
• Counter-reconnaissance
• And more!

It also looks at the development of intelligence, employment considerations for reconnaissance, and defines the roles of various personnel in planning operations.
Intended for maneuver commanders and their staffs; intelligence staffs and collection managers; and other personnel involved in planning and reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance operations, and now available to everyone, U.S. Army Reconnaissance and Surveillance Handbook provides an insider’s look into the world of Army intelligence.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781628735567
Publisher:	Skyhorse
Publication date:	11/26/2013
Series:	US Army Survival
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

The  Department of the Army  (DA) is one of the three military departments within the  Department of Defense of the United States of America. Its mission is to fight and win our Nation’ s wars by providing prompt, sustained land dominance across the full range of military operations and spectrum of conflict in support of combatant commanders.

Table of Contents

Preface ix

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

Collection Management Process 3

Solutions to Common Errors in Reconnaissance and Surveillance Planning 4

Chapter 2 Reconnaissance and Surveillance and Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield 11

Terms 11

Reconnaissance and Surveillance Principles 13

Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield Process 18

Reconnaissance and Surveillance Plan Development 36

Chapter 3 Assets and Equipment 39

Assets and Equipment Organic to the Maneuver Battalion 39

Assets and Personnel Normally Supporting the Maneuver Battalion 44

Assets and Personnel Normally Supporting the Maneuver Brigade 54

Chapter 4 Planning Effective Reconnaissance and Surveillance 61

Staff Officer Responsibilities 63

Planning 64

Chapter 5 Methods of Tasking Reconnaissance and Surveillance Assets 67

Chapter 6 The Reconnaissance and Surveillance Overlay 71

Chapter 7 Monitoring the Reconnaissance and Surveillance Effort 77

Tracking Targets and Assets 77

Evaluating How Your Assets Report 78

Managing Priority Intelligence Requirements 80

Modifying the Reconnaissance and Surveillance Plan 82

Tasking Assets 84

Chapter 8 Augmenting or Task Organizing Reconnaissance And Surveillance Missions 87

Task Organized with Engineers and Artillery Forward Observers Attached to Reconnaissance Patrol 87

Task Organized with Signal Assets, Observation Posts, and Forward Observers Attached to Extended Reconnaissance Patrol 88

Scouts with Infantry 89

D Company, Scout Platoon, and Ground Surveillance Radar Effort Augmented 90

Chapter 9 Reconnaissance and Surveillance in Offensive Operations 93

Detailed Reconnaissance 93

Surveillance of the Objective 95

Ongoing Reconnaissance and Surveillance Planning 95

Chapter 10 Intelligence Support to Counterreconnaissance 97

Staff Officers 97

Mission Planning 100

Reconnaissance Fundamentals 103

Using Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield to Support Your Counterreconnaissance Effort 105

Counterreconnaissance 108

Chapter 11 Reconnaissance and Surveillance in Low-Intensity Conflict 115

Factors 115

Guerrilla/Insurgent Operations 117

Upper Echelon Organization 118

Equipment 123

Forms of Guerrilla Combat 128

Insurgent Map Symbols 133

Movement Formations 134

Tactical Command Basic Organization 138

Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield Considerations 141

Assets 147

Chapter 12 Electronic Warfare Asset Employment 153

Fundamentals 153

Planning 155

What Type of Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Assets Are Needed? 157

Appendix A Management Tools for Reconnaissance and Surveillance Operations 169

Appendix B Example of the Reconnaissance and Surveillance Process 191

Glossary 211

References 219

Index 221