ACLC Flashcards
What are the fundamentals of reconnaissance?
Gain/maintain enemy contact
Orient on the reconnaissance Objective
Report all information accurately and timely
Retain the freedom to maneuver
Develop the situation
Do not leave reconnaissance assets in reserve
Ensure continuous reconnaissance
What are the fundamentals of security?
Maintain enemy contact Orient on the area/force being secured Provide early/accurate warning Provide reaction time/maneuver space Provide continuous reconnaissance
What are the forms of reconnaissance? Describe each.
Zone - directed effort to obtain detailed information on all routes, terrain, and enemy forces within a defined boundary.
Area - focuses on obtaining detailed information about the terrain or enemy activity in a prescribed area.
Route - obtain detailed information about a specified route and all the terrain from which the enemy could influence movement.
Recon in Force - attempting to determine the enemy capabilities and disposition by use of force.
Special Reconnaissance - reconnaissance and surveillance actions conducted as a special operation in hostile, denied, or politically sensitive environments.
What are the forms of security? Describe each.
Screen - provide early warning to the main body.
Guard - protect the main body by fighting to gain time while also observing and preventing enemy ground observation of and direct fire against the main body
Cover - BDE level, force oriented mission that protects the division or corps main body from detection or engagement by enemy forces attempting to delay or disrupt friendly operations.
Area - Protect friendly forces, installations, routes, and actions within a specified area.
Local - local measures that prevents or interdicts enemy efforts. Priority of work.
What is the Commander’s Reconnaissance Guidance?
Focus
Tempo
Engagement/disengagement criteria
Displacement criteria
What are the two categories that determine the tempo of reconnaissance?
The level of detail and covertness required
When someone defines the temp of reconnaissance, what are the possible ways to describe this?
Rapid - a few key tasks, only pieces of information/tasks.
Deliberate - slow, detailed, broad based operation in which the unit conducts a number of tasks.
Stealthy - undetected, time consuming, often dismounted operations that minimize chance of contact with the threat.
Forceful - primarily mounted, fast paced operations. Unit is prepared to be engaged and is not as concerned about being observed.
What are the four ways the focus of reconnaissance can be defined?
Threat, infrastructure, terrain/weather, society
What are the three ways the focus of security can be defined?
Threat, terrain, friendly
How do you define the tempo of security?
Short (less than 12 hours) or long (greater than 12 hours)
What are the two reconnaissance techniques?
Reconnaissance push - CDR has a thorough understanding of the OE. They “push” assets to confirm, deny, or validate pre-mission planning.
Reconnaissance pull - CDR is uncertain of the composition/disposition. Assets are trying to “pull” the CDR into a COA.
What are the three methods of reconnaissance management?
Cueing - one or more types of reconnaissance systems that directs follow-on collection by another system.
Mixing - two or more different assets on an intelligence requirement.
Redundancy - two or more like assets on the same reconnaissance asset.
What are the forms of contact?
Direct Indirect NBC/CBRN-E Obstacles Civilian Air Visual EW
What is an RHO?
The process of transferring information and responsibility from one element to another to facilitate observation of a specific target, enemy, or an NAI/TAI.
What are the Priority Intelligence Requirements?
Intelligence requirements the CDR needs to know about threat, enemy, or adversary or about the OE.
