text: Appendix G
  Hide and Surveillance Sites
  During surveillance, which is the LRS team's primary mission, the team leader
  reconnoiters, then selects positions for the surveillance and hide sites. Where to
  construct the positions depends on his METT-TC analysis conducted during the
  planning phase and his continued analysis once in the vicinity of the objective. The
  two sites communicate by wire, VHF, or messenger.
  Selected team members observe or surveil the objective from the surveillance site.
  Some members rotate between the hide and surveillance sites. Others run the team's
  HF or TACSAT directly from the hide site or from a separate location chosen
  specifically for conducting communications.
  SURFACE SITES
  G-1. The enemy situation may prohibit moving to a subsurface site, so camouflage must be done
  correctly during occupation of both sites and improved when circumstances allow (Figure G-1).
  Figure G-1. Two-man surface site using ghillie suits.
  ADVANTAGES OF SURFACE SITES
  • Simple construction.
  • Few materials.
  • Quick setup.
  • Little soil removal if any.
  • Optical standoff.
  • Quick escape.
  DISADVANTAGES OF SURFACE SITES
  • Little protection from small-arms fire.
  • No protection from indirect fires or CBRN hazards.
  • Risk of compromise by dogs, civilians, and enemy patrols.