text: Reconnaissance and Security
  Figure 5-5. Information requirements
  5-63. An integrated collection plan that fully optimizes the use of all available United States,unified action
  partner,and host-nation collection capabilities assets is essential to persistent surveillance. Information from
  BCT reconnaissance and security forces, to include internal forward and engaged combat forces, can be
  integrated with intelligence obtained from information collection assets external to the BCT. In many
  situations,even negative reporting from operational forces may be valuable (for example,a lack of contact
  with adversary forces may be just as significant as positive contact). Likewise, special operations forces
  provide a unique manned and unmanned deep look capability,especially useful in areas where other sensors
  are not available or cannot provide situational awareness. Based on operational requirements,the BCT S-2,
  in coordination with the division assistant chief of staff, intelligence, identify the priority intelligence
  requirements and associated reporting criteria to focus special operations forces assets. The continuous
  real-time monitoring of the status,location,and reporting of intelligence platforms and sensors by the BCT
  S-2 and higher headquarters assistant chief of staff, intelligence provides real-time cross cueing (see
  paragraph 5-64) and a basis for re-tasking and time-sensitive decision-making. (SeeATP2-01 for additional
  information.)
  ASSET MANAGEMENT
  5-64. When allocating information collection assets, no single asset can answer every intelligence
  requirement,and there are rarely enough assets to cover every requirement. The BCT staff,and division and
  battalion staffs,use a mix of reconnaissance management methods,such as cueing,mixing,redundancy,and
  task organizing,in an attempt to use limited assets most effectively and collect the most critical information
  with the fewest assets as quickly as possible. While several technical systems can perform reconnaissance,
  most systems are considered surveillance platforms. Surveillance complements reconnaissance by cueing the
  commitment of reconnaissance assets against specific locations or specially targeted enemy units.
  5-65. Cueing is the integration of one or more types of reconnaissance or surveillance systems to provide
  information that directs follow-on collecting of more detailed information by another system(FM 3-90-2).
  Cueing helps to focus limited reconnaissance assets,especially limited ground reconnaissance assets,which
  can rarely examine every part of a large area closely. Electronic,thermal,visual,audio,and other technical