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  publish refined reconnaissance guidance in the OPORD and updated Annex L to provide all ground
  reconnaissance forces with detailed and specific information. The commander’s reconnaissance guidance
  and how it is issued to the Cavalry squadron is not prescriptive; however, it is critical that the BCT establishes
  some form of guidance for the Cavalry squadron that enables them to focus on what the BCT needs to know
  about enemy, terrain, and the decisions to be made. A dialogue between the BCT commander and the Cavalry
  squadron commander will suffice as long as the result of the dialogue is a mutual understanding of the overall
  commander’s intent. For more information on the commander’s dialogue, refer to paragraphs 3-66 through
  3-68 of this chapter. The commander’s reconnaissance guidance consists of three elements—
  * Focus.
  * Reconnaissance tempo.
  * Engagement criteria and disengagement criteria, both lethal and nonlethal.
  Focus
  3-42. Reconnaissance focus defines the Cavalry organization’s area of emphasis and has four categories:
  threat, civil, terrain, and weather effects. The higher commander’s intent serves as the basis for establishing
  the focus for reconnaissance tasks. The Cavalry organization uses focus to narrow the scope of tasks in order
  to get the most important information to develop the situation for future operations. Like many elements
  within the commander’s reconnaissance guidance, the focus can change during different operation phases.
  3-43. Commanders orient their reconnaissance assets by identifying a reconnaissance objective in the area
  of operations. The reconnaissance objective is the most important result desired from that specific
  reconnaissance effort. The reconnaissance objective could be a terrain feature, geographic area, enemy force,
  or other mission or operational variable about which the commander wants to obtain additional information.
  For example, if the reconnaissance operation is threat focused, then the reconnaissance objective could be a
  specific type of equipment, or an entire system, such as an integrated air defense system. The reconnaissance
  objective clarifies the intent of the reconnaissance effort by specifying the most important result to obtain
  from the reconnaissance effort. Every reconnaissance mission specifies a reconnaissance objective. The
  commander assigns a reconnaissance objective based on PIRs resulting from the IPB process, which should
  directly support the end state as defined in the commander’s intent. The reconnaissance objective can be
  information about a specific geographic location (such as the cross-country trafficability of a specific area),
  a specific enemy or adversary activity to be confirmed or denied, or a specific enemy or adversary unit to
  be located and tracked. When the reconnaissance unit does not have enough time to complete all the tasks
  associated with a specific form of reconnaissance, it uses the reconnaissance objective to guide it in
  setting priorities.
  3-44. Additionally, a reconnaissance objective may include gaining an awareness of how the local society
  affects military operations. Cavalry organizations may have to conduct reconnaissance to gather information
  on the size, location, composition, and political temperament of the society. Such reconnaissance focuses on
  developing an understanding of the cultural and human factors that affect friendly as well as adversarial
  perceptions and operations, such as religion, ethnicity, language, and political or tribal organizations. Civil
  considerations also address infrastructure—the systems that support the inhabitants, economy, and
  government of a specific area. Areas, structures, capabilities, organizations, people, and events compose the
  civil considerations potentially included as a component of reconnaissance focus. Regardless of its focus on
  terrain, the enemy, or civil considerations, the reconnaissance objective clarifies the intent of the
  reconnaissance effort by stating the most important result of the reconnaissance effort.
  Reconnaissance Tempo
  3-45. The reconnaissance tempo is the level of detail and level of aggressiveness required to accomplish
  reconnaissance operations. The level of detail is conveyed using the terms “rapid” and “deliberate” to
  establish the necessary number of tasks required, based on the amount of time available, in a reconnaissance
  operation to sufficiently answer the supported commander’s PIR. The level of aggressiveness addresses the
  necessity to avoid either detection or engagement and is conveyed through the terms “forceful” and
  “stealthy”. Commanders analyze the mission variables of METT-TC (I) to assist them in determining the
  best reconnaissance tempo for a specific type of reconnaissance.