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  Figure 3-2. LRS mission development process.
  ADDITIONAL PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS
  3-16. Although LRS teams should not be held in reserve, the BFSB and R&S squadron should consider
  the need to conduct continuous operations. LRS teams need to recover from missions and staffs must
  anticipate needs for future operations. General guidelines for operational tempo are—1/3 of the teams
  conducting missions, 1/3 preparing for employment and 1/3 recovering, training and preparing to receive a
  new mission.
  3-17. As information is collected and reported from deployed teams, each organization above the LRSC
  analyzes it to determine if it met any intelligence requirements. This allows each organization to make an
  initial determination if it can or must task new LRS teams or reallocate other assets to collect required
  information or begin collection on other priorities.
  3-18. LRS teams generally require 24 to 48 hours for deliberate planning. Planning time can be reduced
  by well-written, understood, and rehearsed unit SOPs.
  HASTY PLANNING
  3-19. Sometimes, less than the recommended LRS team planning time of 24 to 48 hours is available.
  Although LRS teams are capable of employment on short notice, the potential benefit must be weighed
  against the risk associated with hasty planning and execution. At a minimum, the following information is
  needed for hasty planning and execution:
  • Mission statement, to include area or object to surveil, latest time information of value
  (LTIOV), and anticipated length of mission.
  • PIR, intelligence requirements, associated specific information requirements (SIR), ISR tasks,
  and RFIs.