text: Chapter 5
  Laager Sites
  5-148. A laager site is a secure vehicle encampment. Mounted teams should use this site to maintain
  vehicles, rest crews, plan missions, and hide during daylight.
  Types
  5-149. The two types of laager sites are short duration (occupied for only one period of daylight) or long
  duration (occupied for longer than one period of daylight). During route planning, select tentative primary
  and alternate laager sites on the primary and alternate routes. The team should arrive in the general area of
  the laager sites about two hours before begin morning nautical twilight (BMNT). This allows time for a
  proper reconnaissance and emplacement and camouflage of the vehicles before first light. Upon reaching a
  tentative laager site, or before first light, the ATV element or a dismounted element can reconnoiter it.
  Once the site is selected, the assistant team leader enters the site on foot and directs incoming vehicles into
  position. As each vehicle moves into position, its members receive their areas of responsibility. After the
  team is in place, it conducts a listening period to determine if there is any activity in the area.
  Tasks
  5-150. After the listening period, tasks (in order of priority) are—
  • Security.
  • Launch a dismounted patrol to erase signs of vehicles into the laager site out to a predetermined
  distance set by unit SOP.
  • Camouflage one vehicle, or one vehicle per section, at a time. The others provide security.
  • Confirm sectors of fire and prepare range cards.
  • Emplace early warning devices or claymores.
  • Establish observation posts (OPs) or listening posts (LPs), if necessary.
  • Establish field telephone communications to each vehicle.
  • Reduce security, refuel, perform maintenance, and attend to personal hygiene.
  Description
  5-151. The laager site need not resemble a circle. The terrain and vegetation play a role in locating each
  vehicle. All vehicles may be placed in the perimeter if necessary. When conducting detachment operations,
  the detachment sergeant’s vehicle (number 2), is normally located in the center of the laager site. This
  formation resembles a triangle and allows a greater arc of fire if attacked. When selecting and preparing a
  LRS team’s laager site, the priority is concealment, remaining undetected, and if compromised, breaking
  contact rapidly (Figure 5-18).
  Occupation
  5-152. The LRS team may have to occupy the laager site for more than one period of daylight. Such an
  occupation is most common when it needs to wait for more advantageous weather or light conditions
  before moving, has deployed a dismounted element on a mission and must remain in the area, or is in a
  situation where repairs to equipment must be made before resuming the mission. When occupied for more
  than one period of daylight, additional tasks include—
  • Enhancing early warning measures.
  • Improving continuously defensive positions (to include defensive minefields as necessary).
  • Conducting reconnaissance and establishing surveillance of the area.
  • Upon vacating the laager site, the team sterilizes the site as much as possible to deny the enemy
  intelligence on its operations.
  • Continuing to enhance concealment of the site, even if doing so reduces its potential
  evacuation routes.