text: Chapter 1
  Figure 1-10. Air Cavalry squadron
  AIR CAVALRY TROOP
  1-79. The primary mission of the ACT is to conduct reconnaissance and security operations. The ACT
  extends the aerial reconnaissance and security capabilities of the BCT with the use of long-range optics,
  organic UAS for manned unmanned teaming, and trained scouts. ACTs provide timely combat information
  concerning the enemy, terrain, and weather throughout the area of operation and early warning against enemy
  observation or attack. ACTs augment ground forces when conducting guard and cover operations. The ACT
  possesses strengths and limitations that must be clearly understood for their effects to be maximized.
  1-80. The ACT has the following capabilities:
  * High degree of maneuverability.
  * Increased lethality and ability to provide target acquisition.
  * Demonstrated flexibility in changing battlefield situations.
  * Adds depth in all reconnaissance and security missions.
  1-81. The ACT has the following limitations:
  * Limited operations in adverse weather or zero visibility conditions.
  * Limited, continuous 24-hour-a-day operations.
  * Limited situation time due to refueling and rearming requirements resulting in increased situation
  updates as aircraft rotate in and out of the area of operation.
  CAVALRY TROOPS
  1-82. Cavalry troops conduct reconnaissance and security missions throughout their area of operations. The
  Cavalry troops provide the BCT commander and staff with an all-weather information collection capability.
  Use of long-range optics, organic UAS, and trained scouts enable Cavalry troops to answer information
  requirements and create an accurate operational picture of the area of operations. That operational picture
  can focus on any mixture of the METT-TC (I) variables required by the BCT and Cavalry squadron commanders.
  1-83. The Cavalry troop’s operational picture forms a squadron common operational picture. The common
  operational picture allows commanders within and external to the BCT to assess the situation and develop
  their situational understanding of the correct courses of action. This discussion focuses on the Cavalry troops
  of the BCT organizational variants of the ABCT, the IBCT, and the SBCT.
  TROOP MISSIONS
  1-84. Regardless of organization, Cavalry troops conduct reconnaissance and security missions to support
  the information collection plan outlined in Annex L of the BCT’s operation order (OPORD). Cavalry troops