text: Team Operations
  SURVEILLANCE SITE
  4-103. During periods of activity on the objective, all personnel should be awake and alert to aid in
  security and recording. One person cannot record and conduct surveillance at the same time during
  periods of increased activity. The team keeps detailed surveillance logs, to include sketches of the
  objective. The more detailed the information and sketches are, the more successful the mission will be.
  When the team recognizes PIR, intelligence requirements, SIR, ISR tasks and RFIs, they send it to the
  hide site promptly for transmission to the COB or AOB either immediately (PIR) or during a scheduled
  communications window. They can use either secure or nonsecure means, depending upon the
  equipment or time available. The messages must be complete and well written to reduce time needed for
  corrections or clarification. (Chapter 6 provides examples of communication orders formats.) The team
  pays particular attention to the amount of movement, noise and light discipline, and the reduction of any
  reflection that may come from using optics. The team must pack any equipment not in use so that they
  can evacuate the site quickly. As with the hide site, the team must completely disseminate all information
  collected before they change shifts. If the team plans to perform a breakout drill, they send a message to
  the hide site first, if possible.
  LINKUP AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION
  4-104. When the decision is made to leave the objective, the team must perform a number of actions.
  The plan outlines the routes they will take, site breakdown procedures, and security during breakdown.
  After they break down the site, they thoroughly sterilize it to prevent the enemy from detecting their
  presence and knowing where to release tracker teams. The team must leave nothing behind that can give
  the enemy any information. They take extra care with their security. The team is in great danger from
  this point until the extraction is complete.
  4-105. While the surveillance team moves out, the hide site team breaks down and sterilizes the site.
  They follow the same procedures and precautions as described for the surveillance site.
  4-106. The team rehearses linkup procedures before the mission begins. During linkup, the team is at
  the greatest risk of fratricide. Everyone must understand all signals. Only one element may move into the
  linkup site at a time. Who moves first is decided during rehearsals. Communications and night vision
  capability assist in conducting linkups. After the linkup, the team disseminates all information gained in
  case they become separated again before extraction.
  CONTINGENCIES
  4-107. Due to the uncertainty of the situation, contingencies require plans, rapid response, and special
  procedures to ensure safety and readiness of personnel and equipment. The team must consider the
  following contingencies for the execution phase:
  • Actions on enemy contact during insertion.
  • Break in contact.
  • Actions taken by the team if separated during insertion.
  • Plan for priority of destruction of equipment.
  • Rally or rendezvous plan to cover team during foot infiltration to objective, while on the
  objective, and during exfiltration.
  • Plan for avoiding all known or suspected enemy forces, danger areas, or civilian
  concentrations.
  • Security during movement, halts, cache, communications, and during hide or surveillance site
  construction.
  • Cross-loading of equipment, sensitive items, and construction material.
  • Lack of a communications plan (team internal and external to the COB).