C403 Flashcards
7 Fundamentals of Reconnaissance:
Ensure continuous reconnaissance.
Do not keep reconnaissance assets in reserve.
Orient (focus) on the reconnaissance objectives.
Report information rapidly and accurately.
Retain freedom of maneuver.
Gain and maintain enemy contact.
Develop the situation rapidly.
5 Fundamentals of Security:
Provide early and accurate warning.
Provide reaction time and maneuver space.
Orient on the force or facility to be secured.
Perform continuous reconnaissance.
Maintain enemy contact.
What is a Mission undertaken to –
Obtain, by visual observation or other detection methods, information about the activities and resources of the enemy. And
Secure data concerning the meteorological, hydrographic, or geographic characteristics of a particular area.
Reconnaissance
What is an Operations undertaken to –
Provide early and accurate warning of enemy operations.
Provide the force being protected with time and maneuver space within which to react to the enemy. And
Develop the situation to allow the commander to effectively use the protected force
Security
________ operations orient on the protected force or facility, while _________ is enemy and terrain oriented,
security
reconnaissance
security operations cannot be divorced from reconnaissance missions as one of the fundamentals of security is to ______ ___________ ___________.
perform continuous reconnaissance
What are the elements of Commander’s Recon and Security Planning Guidance?
Focus.
Tempo.
Engagement/disengagement criteria, both lethal and nonlethal.
Displacement criteria.
Counterrecon is a tactical mission task. (T/F)
True
What recon guidance explains what to fight (size and type), engagement criteria, actions on contact, bypass criteria, recon handover criteria, passage of lines, priority of fires, FSCMs, weapons control status.
Engagement/Disengagement Guidance
______ ________ is the deliberate transfer of responsibility for whatever recon is looking at, to ensure continuous recon.
Recon handover
Who executes recon and security in BCTs?
- Cav SQDN
- Maneuver BN
- EN BN
What is a key limitation of UAS?
Weather.
__________ (Mixing, Cueing, Redundancy) This method improves the chance the recon element collects the required info and provides depth should one element become compromised.
Redundancy
This Recon method (Mixing, Cueing, Redundancy) increases the probability of collection and tends to provide more complete information.
Mixing
Is zone or Area recon over a smaller area?
Area is smaller.
