Lesson 5

Question 1

How do you conduct a basic search?

Answer 1

GOD BEE 🐝

Get information
Orientate
Discuss
Brief
Execute
Evaluate

Question 2

How may you get information (or who from)?

Answer 2

ATO/RSTA 
J2 
8 line
JTAC update 
Aircraft handover

Question 3

How do you ‘orientate’?

Answer 3

Identify key features
Funnel navigation (big to small)
Standard unit of measurement (football pitch)

Question 4

What may you cover in the discuss/brief?

Answer 4

Elements of important information (EII)
Aircraft positioning
Weather
Counter detection

Question 5

What are the two scan techniques (and be able to draw them)

Answer 5

Rolling box

Raster Search

Question 6

What is rolling box scan technique?

Answer 6

Searching a small area
Target stays in the corner of your screen (but in the middle of entire target area)
4 boxes which overlap in middle, move from box to box

Question 7

What is Raster Scan technique?

Answer 7

Searching large open areas
Takes a long time
Integrity vs speed
Easy to become disorientated

Look like a snake 🐍

Question 8

What acronym do we use to ‘think like the enemy’?

Answer 8

CLEWS

cover 
Line of sight
Escape 
Weapons
Spotters

Question 9

What acronym do we use for counter IED?

Answer 9

IRCAGE

IR - use IR sensor, may give evidence of earth disturbance

C - choke points/channelling, may be forced to go in

A - aiming markers, look for Pile of Stones etc

G - ground disturbance, may show a different thermal temp

E- environmental - routes avoided by locals, known IED activity