text: Appendix I
  Tracking and Countertracking
  The LRS teams must learn crucial tracking skills and techniques for use while in
  enemy territory. This allows them to provide immediate intelligence on the frequency
  and flow of enemy traffic on a trail. Tracking is also useful when a LRS team
  conducts a PR mission to retrieve a downed pilot.
  Good tracking skills enhance countertracking skills, and good countertracking skills
  assist in the success or failure of a mission by allowing the team to effectively evade
  anyone tracking them while in enemy territory.
  Both skill sets increase the Soldier's general awareness and reduces the chance of
  being caught off guard.
  CONCEPTS OF TRACKING
  I-1. To become a tracker, the LRS Soldier must develop and refine traits such as patience, persistence,
  acute observation, good memory, and attention to detail. These all help when tracking signs weaken and
  the tracker must rely on intuition. As he evaluates sign, he forms an opinion about the enemy's training,
  equipment, and morale. Six factors help the tracker form a picture of the enemy.
  DISPLACEMENT-TYPE SIGN
  I-2. "To displace" means "to move something from its original position." Thus, "displacement" means
  "the act of displacing" or "the signs or evidence that something has moved."
  Survey Area
  I-3. The tracker looks for displacement signs in a full 15-meter deep, 180-degree arc and up to the
  height of a tall man (Figure I-1). He evaluates all of the signs for trends and patterns.
  Figure I-1. Areas surveyed for indicators by tracker.
  Human Passage
  I-4. Some displacement type signs that indicate the likely presence of other humans include footprints;
  scraped and broken vegetation; bits of thread or clothing on the ground or on vegetation; limbs freshly