text: Appendix A
  ISOLATED SOLDIER GUIDANCE [ISG]
  REPORT NUMBER: I010
  GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: Use to transmit commanders’ guidance known as isolated Soldier guidance (ISG).
  Commanders at every echelon establish ISG for all operations. ISG provides instructions and directives to the
  Soldier and element that enable them to evade, survive, communicate, organize, resist, escape, and recover across
  the conflict continuum. This report is similar to NATO isolated Soldier guidance (ISG) STANAG 2020, NATO
  ATP-105. Reference: FM 3-50.
  LINE 1 – DATE AND TIME _____________________________________________ (Message DTG)
  LINE 2 – UNIT ______________________________________________________________ (Unit)
  LINE 3 – ISOLATION CRITERIA _____________________________________________ (Serves as a trigger that enables the
  execution of ISG. It tells the
  Soldier/element the circumstances under
  which to execute the ISG and begin
  evasion movement. It should be direct,
  easy to interpret, and few in number)
  LINE 4 – KEY ACTION, LOOCCAATION, WHAT TO DO ____________ (List the actions, associated location, and
  what the isolated person will do.
  Recovery is the final action for this line)
  LINE 5 – COMMUNICATE _________________________________ (Includes specific instructions, including
  the use of challenge and password,
  word/number of the day; extracts from
  the ATO/SPINS; radios and beacons;
  electronic, audio and visual signals;
  overhead platforms; technical and non-
  technical means, etc. It is capable in both
  day and night operations and uses the
  “PACE” (primary, alternate,
  contingency, emergency) methodology
  as the basis for the communications
  plan)
  LINE 6 – LINKUP _________________________________________ (Linkup procedures are a set of
  predetermined, easily understood, and
  simple to execute instructions between
  the isolated person and recovery/friendly
  force. The instructions provide clear,
  concise detailed guidance that define the
  actions the isolated personnel will take to
  identify themselves to the
  recovery/friendly force. ISG is
  transmitted to the recovery/friendly
  force to ensure reciprocal understanding
  of linkup procedures between isolated
  personnel and the recovery/friendly
  force in the event isolated personnel and
  the recovery/friendly force are not from
  the same unit)
  LINE 7 – NARRATIVE _____________________________________ (Free text for additional clarification
  required for report clarification)
  LINE 8 – NARRATIVE _____________________________________ (Report authentication)
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