text: Team Operations
  FOLLOW-UP DEBRIEF AND AFTER-ACTION REVIEW
  4-75. After individual debriefings, and not later than six hours after the team has recovered to the
  debriefing site, the LRS operations section assembles the LRS team and the staff for a follow-up
  debriefing and AAR. The commander may also attend. At this debriefing, the team leader summarizes
  the operation, focusing on the team's stated and implied missions. He also briefs unanticipated team or
  member activities such as actions to exploit a high-value source of information. Each staff section takes a
  turn questioning the team members. This debriefing gives the team members the chance to raise issues of
  support, communication, and coordination as well as any other perceived deficiencies in planning or
  execution. The commander provides any further guidance and releases the team to prepare their AAR
  and Report of Lessons Learned.
  AFTER-ACTION REVIEW AND REPORT OF LESSONS LEARNED
  4-76. The AAR identifies who, what, when, why, where, and how of the operation. It permanently
  records the team's major activities from planning to debriefing. As such, it serves as an extremely
  important template for comparison with past missions and planning of future missions. In his report, the
  team leader reflects on the operation and makes recommendations for the future. He organizes them
  IAW the WFF. He states what did and did not work, and identifies how the unit's existing TTP need to
  change.
  Section II. RECONNAISSANCE OPERATIONS
  The three forms of reconnaissance operations are area reconnaissance, zone reconnaissance and route
  reconnaissance. Reconnaissance missions greatly increase a team's vulnerability and chances of compromise.
  The team's mobility is generally limited to foot movement and the amount of equipment carried reduces the size
  of the area they can reconnoiter. Appendix J provides example formats for reconnaissance of bridges and
  routes.
  AREA RECONNAISSANCE
  4-77. Area reconnaissance is a form of reconnaissance operation. It is a directed effort to obtain
  detailed information concerning the terrain or enemy activity within a prescribed area (FM 1-02). The
  location may be given as a grid coordinate or an objective on an overlay. The team leader organizes the
  team to conduct the reconnaissance in one of two ways. Depending on the terrain and time, the team may
  either use single or multiple separate reconnaissance and security elements (Figure 4-3). Reconnaissance
  and security teams are normally used in any size reconnaissance patrol. When conducting reconnaissance
  missions in team-sized units, the leader can organize the team in any of several ways:
  • One two- to three-Soldier reconnaissance and security team conducts the reconnaissance. The
  rest of the team stays at the release point and establishes a hide site.
  • Two reconnaissance and security teams reconnoiter a separate portion of the objective, and then
  meet at a designated linkup point.
  • One reconnaissance and security team, followed closely by a security team, acting as a
  quick-reaction force.
  4-78. One or two Soldiers in a reconnaissance and security team can reconnoiter, while the rest of the
  element provides security. However, the number of Soldiers in a reconnaissance and security team
  varies, depending on the mission. Usually, three can provide both an adequate reconnaissance and the
  required security. The information used may vary according to the terrain. The most important planning
  consideration is that each member of the reconnaissance and security team knows the sector or area for
  which he is responsible.