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  * Refining the plan.
  * Briefing the troops.
  * Pre-combat checks.
  * Pre-combat inspections.
  * Moving logistics and medical support forward.
  * Conducting rehearsals.
  * Promoting adequate rest for both leaders and Soldiers.
  * Positioning the force for subsequent action.
  5-35. Leaders at all levels conduct a reconnaissance of the actual terrain when this does not compromise
  OPSEC or result in excessive risk. In some areas, geospatial intelligence databases can enable leaders to
  conduct a virtual reconnaissance when a physical reconnaissance is not practical. Leaders should also
  reconnoiter the terrain at night when preparing for a limited-visibility attack.
  5-36. A thorough reconnaissance of the objective, its foreground, and other enemy positions is a critical part
  of attack preparation. Units exploit all available information collection assets to provide commanders
  necessary information. This includes requesting joint surveillance feeds of enemy movements from higher
  echelons or imagery of enemy obstacles.
  5-37. Reconnaissance forces infiltrate through the enemy disruption zone to conduct a zone or area
  reconnaissance. They can employ precision munitions and conventional indirect fires to destroy detected
  enemy outposts while remaining undetected. They locate and attempt to infiltrate the enemy’s main defensive
  positions to confirm enemy unit dispositions. When properly task-organized, units may also give forces
  conducting reconnaissance the mission to conduct covert breaches in the enemy force’s obstacle complexes
  to facilitate rapid movement of their parent units’ decisive or shaping operations.
  5-38. Units exercise and refine their schemes of maneuver and fires during rehearsals. These rehearsals are
  an important part of ensuring their plans’ coordination and synchronization. Commanders review the
  anticipated battle sequence with subordinate leaders to ensure all units understand the plan, the relationship
  between fire and movement, and the synchronization of critical events as part of their rehearsal process.
  Sample critical events to focus on at rehearsals include—
  * Execution triggers.
  * Moving from assembly areas to individual unit LDs.
  * Maneuvering from the LD to the PLD.
  * Occupying support by fire positions.
  * Conducting a breach or gap crossing (as appropriate).
  * Assaulting the objective.
  * Consolidating on the objective.
  * Exploiting success or pursuing a withdrawing enemy.
  * Actions of echelon reserves.
  Units must also conduct separate, stand-alone warfighting function rehearsals such as sustainment, fires, and
  C2 as necessary. The rehearsals should account any adverse conditions that are possible which would provide
  time to identify and prepare them to cope with problems. These rehearsals include battle drills, such as
  breaching minefields at lower tactical echelons.
  5-39. From their assembly areas, attacking units move to their attack positions. (See figure 5-2 on page 5-8.)
  Units move from assembly areas to the attack positions in the same way as for any other tactical movement.
  The number of columns each unit employs in its movement depends on the availability of suitable routes and
  the friendly and enemy situation. The tactical situation and the order in which commanders want subordinate
  units to arrive at their attack positions governs the march formation. The LD facilitates the simultaneous
  initiation of the attack at the prescribed time by all attacking units.