text: Hide and Surveillance Sites
  ACTIONS IN HIDE SITE
  G-23. The team maintains security at all times. Soldiers are positioned either back-to-back or
  feet-to-feet, using all-round security.
  • The team waits 15 minutes before moving or unpacking equipment--a listening halt. They do
  not lean against small trees or vegetation. They place Claymores at least in the four cardinal
  directions.
  • If communication is to be conducted from the hide site, they construct the antenna before
  daylight. They only raise it off the ground once they are ready to establish communication.
  • Wear their load-carrying equipment at all times and camouflage all around the position.
  • The best time to rotate teams is at dusk and dawn. The surveillance team takes their rucksacks
  or assault packs. The team rests during the day.
  PRIORITY OF WORK
  G-24. Except for security, work priorities vary based on METT-TC. The team has security, alert, guard
  and rest, evacuation, rendezvous, scheduling, maintenance, hygiene, and meal plans.
  • Conduct stand-to starting before first light and continue until after full light. Conduct stand-to
  again starting before dark and continue until after dark. Vary start times to avoid patterns.
  Conduct stand-to at anytime a heightened level of enemy activity is expected.
  • Maintain equipment, radios, weapons, and camouflage.
  • Perform personal hygiene and preventive medicine. Conduct isometric exercises.
  SITE STERILIZATION
  G-25. Before departing hide and surveillance locations, team members must ensure sites and routes have
  been sterilized.
  • Carry out all foreign debris.
  If possible, avoid burying waste and trash. Animals will uncover it and expose it to enemy
  patrols. If it must be buried, enclose it in sealed containers or cover the scent with CS or lime,
  then bury it at least 18 inches deep.
  • Sterilize the sites with displaced earth. Bury the overhead materials in the site itself.
  • Camouflages the area by blending the site with local surroundings.
  • As team members withdraw from the site, ensure routes are camouflaged to prevent detection.