text: Chapter 5
  COLLECTION EFFORT
  5-60. Surveillance is one of the four tasks of the information collection effort to assist in answering
  requirements. Although surveillance platforms, devices, and assets change with technology, the general
  principles behind surveillance do not. When the BCT commander and staff systematically integrate the
  passive collection of information through surveillance, it enhances reconnaissance and security operations
  throughout the area of operations. The observation and data gained through surveillance contributes
  simultaneously to a greater understanding of the adversary or threat,while also increasing the protection of
  friendly forces, yielding time and space to react to the enemy. Weather, temperature, meteorological data,
  atmospherics, and other factors can hinder or increase visual effects in surveillance. The commander and
  staff account for these considerations when planning and integrating assets capable of observation.
  COLLECTION INTEGRATION,SYNCHRONIZATION,ANDCOLLABORATION
  5-61. While reconnaissance missions are specifically conducted to obtain information about the threat or the
  operational environment, surveillance missions consist of the systematic observation of places, persons, or
  things. To ensure these two types of missions are fully integrated into the overall collection effort,the BCT
  S-2 and S-3 staffs must continuously collaborate to synchronize the employment of assigned and allocable
  platforms and sensors against specified collection targets. The S-2,in coordination with the S-3,ensures raw
  data is routed to the appropriate processing and exploitation system so that it may be converted into useable
  information and disseminated to the user in a timely fashion. The S-2 is responsible for identifying potential
  collection targets and prioritizing anticipated collection requirements that are then used to drive surveillance
  and reconnaissance mission planning. The S-3 deconflicts the physical employment of the various platforms
  with other operations to be conducted within the land,air,and maritime domains.
  5-62. Decision points (see chapter 4) are events or locations where decisions are required during mission
  execution. Decision points relate information requirements to identified critical events and are linked to NAIs
  and TAIs. Priorities for the apportionment and allocation of collection capabilities to subordinates are
  typically based on a decision point and the CCIRs (priority intelligence requirements and friendly force
  information requirements) and EEFIsupporting a decision point (see figure 5-5). The S-3 recommends to the
  commander the apportionment of platforms to subordinate echelons toinform their planning efforts and in
  collaboration with the S-2 makes recommendations regarding their allocation during execution. Adaptive
  collection planning by the S-2 and continuous collaboration between the S-2 and S-3 staffs during
  development of the information collection plan provides for the effective management and optimal
  employment of all available platforms, sensors, and associated intelligence processing, exploitation, and
  dissemination capabilities (see paragraph 4-156).
  Note. Processing, exploitation, and dissemination is not exclusive to military intelligence
  organizations; other branches employ sensor collection capabilities. Intelligence processing,
  exploitation, and dissemination is the way the intelligence warfighting function processes
  collected data and information, performs an initial analysis (exploitation), and provides
  information in a useable form for further analysis or combat information (see chapter 2) to
  commanders and staffs. (SeeADP 2-0 for additional information.)