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  the battlefield, it will allow no sanctuary to the enemy and determine the na-
  ture of the conflict. Engineer support can create opportunities for infiltration
  of small forces into unexpected locations, to inflict damage or to support IW.
  10-71. Rarely during adaptive operations would the OPFOR attempt the
  classic opposed water crossings it can use during regional operations.
  However, there may be times when the OPFOR must cross rivers in terri-
  tory occupied by the enemy. Even then, it would attempt an opposed crossing
  only if convinced of success and if the enemy did not believe the OPFOR
  would attempt the crossing. Such crossings would be integrated into the
  overall operation plan and the IW plan.
  10-72. More likely, however, is that the OPFOR would attempt to cross the
  river surreptitiously at night or during inclement weather. This would allow
  the OPFOR to infiltrate units—a few vehicles at a timeacross the river.
  The units would regroup at a designated area and continue operations. Engi-
  neer support for this may be only engineer reconnaissance of the river and
  routes. The situation may also call for the engineers to build (undetected) an
  underwater bridge out of sandbags, or to make rafts rigged to transport vehicles.
  10-73. The OPFOR may be required to breach enemy minefields. Although it
  may breach them in the more conventional manner described in FM 7-100.2,
  the OPFOR can also devise innovative methods the cross the minefield. One such
  method might be to manually clear a path through the minefield surreptitiously.
  Several paths could be cleared in this fashion. Then, at a time of the OPFOR’s
  own choosing, dismounted troops could infiltrate through the minefield and
  rendezvous at a designated location on the other side, undetected by the enemy.
  Support to Information Warfare
  10-74. The complete integration of engineer support to IW continues to be
  critical in adaptive operations. Deception is one of the basic elements of IW.
  Engineer support of the deception plan is vital for the deception to succeed.
  Engineers’ largest role in an integrated deception plan is that of constructing
  physical decoys (simulations in deception positions) enabling the enemy to
  see what he expects to see. These decoys cover a wide spectrum of types and
  must be introduced or allowed to be “discovered” in the same sequence in
  which a “real or existing” unit would emplace them. The general priority of
  engineer construction is from front to rear, beginning with the primary
  fighting positions, then the temporary and alternate positions. The time
  sequence in which these “appear” gives credibility to the deception.
  10-75. However, engineer support to IW is not limited to C3D measures. For
  example, engineers may support psychological warfare with activities to
  lower morale and instill a sense of tentativeness among enemy soldiers or to
  undermine confidence of “enemy-friendly” populations. This can be achieved
  simply by the ubiquitous use of booby traps and AP mines.