text: Team Operations
  CASUALTIES
  4-114. This includes the number of wounded or dead.
  EQUIPMENT DAMAGE OR SERVICEABILITY
  4-115. This lists destroyed and neutralized vehicles and weapon systems, and identifies which need
  repair or recovery.
  INSTALLATION DAMAGE OR SERVICEABILITY
  4-116. This identifies damage levels and relative serviceability of runways, roads, buildings, lighting,
  bridges, power and phone lines, and any repair and damage-control activities.
  MISSION PLANNING FACTORS
  4-117. In addition to normal planning factors, BDA missions include—
  • Task organization (forward observers or combat controllers).
  • Personnel markings.
  • Position markings.
  • Communications equipment and frequencies.
  • BDA criteria.
  • Special equipment such as lasers and thermals.
  • Pulse repetition codes.
  • Authentication codes.
  • Training in the use of special equipment.
  • Rehearsals and precombat inspections.
  • Withdrawal.
  CHARACTERISTICS
  4-118. Initial post-strike BDA reports are sent to the COB or AOB, who sends them to the controlling
  headquarters. The team is responsible for obtaining and reporting raw data about collateral, physical, and
  functional damage.
  WEAPON AND ORDNANCE MALFUNCTIONS
  4-119. Because the team observes and reports any observed battle damage, the team can also report the
  number and type of dud ordinance and any weapon malfunctions.
  REPORTS
  4-120. The team reports their BDA observations from the target area in either the SALUTER or
  INTREP format. They should include digital imagery, if available.
  DAMAGE TYPES AND LEVELS
  4-121. The team reports the extent of physical and functional damage sustained by each target.
  Physical damage assessments estimate the extent of physical damage resulting from the application of
  military force, that is, from munitions blasts, fragmentation, and the effects of fire. The team bases their
  assessment upon observed or interpreted damage.