U.S. Army Reconnaissance and Surveillance Handbook

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• Publisher: Skyhorse
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN:
  9781626360990
• eBook ISBN:
  9781628735567
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Military & Maritime History
• Index: Technology & Engineering

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 Handboo k provides an insider's look into the world of Army intelligence.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Table of Contents
• PREFACE
• CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
• Collection Management Process
• Solutions to Common Errors in Reconnaissance and Surveillance Planning
• CHAPTER 2 RECONNAISSANCE AND SURVEILLANCE AND INTELLIGENCE PREPARATION OF THE BATTLEFIELD Terms
• Reconnaissance and Surveillance Principles
• Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield Process
• Reconnaissance and Surveillance Plan Development
• CHAPTER 3 ASSETS AND EQUIPMENT Assets and Equipment Organic to the Maneuver Battalion
• Assets and Personnel Normally Supporting the Maneuver Battalion
• Assets and Personnel Normally Supporting the Maneuver Brigade
• CHAPTER 4 PLANNING EFFECTIVE RECONNAISSANCE AND SURVEILLANCE
• Staff Officer Responsibilities
• Planning
• CHAPTER 5 METHODS OF TASKING RECONNAISSANCE AND SURVEILLANCE ASSETS
• CHAPTER 6 THE RECONNAISSANCE AND SURVEILLANCE OVERLAY
• CHAPTER 7 MONITORING THE RECONNAISSANCE AND SURVEILLANCE EFFORT Tracking Targets and Assets
• Evaluating How Your Assets Report
• Managing Priority Intelligence Requirements
• Modifying the Reconnaissance and Surveillance Plan
• Tasking Assets
• CHAPTER 8 AUGMENTING OR TASK ORGANIZING RECONNAISSANCE AND SURVEILLANCE MISSIONS Task Organized with Engineers and Artillery Forward Observers Attached to Reconnaissance Patrol
• Task Organized with Signal Assets, Observation Posts, and Forward Observers Attached to Extended Reconnaissance Patrol
• Scouts with Infantry
• D Company, Scout Platoon, and Ground Surveillance Radar Effort Augmented
• CHAPTER 9 RECONNAISSANCE AND SURVEILLANCE IN OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS Detailed Reconnaissance
• Surveillance of the Objective Ongoing Reconnaissance and Surveillance Planning
• CHAPTER 10 INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT TO COUNTERRECONNAISSANCE Staff Officers
• Mission Planning
• Reconnaissance Fundamentals
• Using Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield to Support Your Counterreconnaissance Effort
• Counterreconnaissance
• CHAPTER 11 RECONNAISSANCE AND SURVEILLANCE IN LOW-INTENSITY CONFLICT Factors
• Guerrilla/Insurgent Operations
• Upper Echelon Organization
• Equipment
• Forms of Guerrilla Combat
• Insurgent Map Symbols
• Movement Formations
• Tactical Command Basic Organization
• Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield Considerations
• Assets
• CHAPTER 12 ELECTRONIC WARFARE ASSET EMPLOYMENT Fundamentals
• Planning
• What Type of Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Assets Are Needed?
• APPENDIX A MANAGEMENT TOOLS FOR RECONNAISSANCE AND SURVEILLANCE OPERATIONS
• APPENDIX B EXAMPLE OF THE RECONNAISSANCE AND SURVEILLANCE PROCESS
• GLOSSARY
• REFERENCES
• INDEX