text: Chapter 2
  operations. Each should work with his assigned team throughout the planning process and infiltration
  phase. Because he knows that teams’ mission, he can serve in place of any injured or incapacitated team
  member. After infiltration, if he is no longer needed on the team, he can help the operations section track
  the battle and exfiltrate, extract, debrief, and recover the LRS team. However, until the supported team's
  mission is complete, he should not be allowed to deploy on another LRS team mission until the supported
  LRS team’s mission is complete.
  COORDINATION
  2-68. Specific LNO duties include--
  • Internally, the LNO coordinates test fire areas; rehearsal areas; communication equipment test
  areas; and supply, medical, transportation requirements. He also helps destroy excess LRS team
  planning materials, and inventories and secures team equipment not needed for the mission.
  • Externally, the LNO coordinates with any outside unit or element. He normally has the
  authority to coordinate with all relevant staff agencies and sister service units.
  Section II. COMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTERS, AND INTELLIGENCE
  The LRS team is a valuable combat information collection asset assigned to the BFSB. Rapid and efficient
  information flow between the BFSB and the LRS TOC requires an efficient and timely dissemination link. This
  section first discusses communications in general as it applies to LRSU, and then discusses computers and
  intelligence.
  COMMUNICATIONS
  2-69. The rapid flow of information to the BFSB S-2 ISR fusion element is vital for decision-making,
  and directly affects the successful execution of operations. Once the BRS receives a message from a
  deployed LRS team, it is forwarded to the COB for decryption and analysis. The BRS at the COB uses
  organic wire lines or runners (when collocated) to relay team reports. If the BRS operator cannot collocate
  with the COB, he must send messages by secure UHF TACSAT, VHF or HF radio.
  2-70. The BRS at the COB must stay in constant communication with the AOB. If the BRS at the COB
  is destroyed or otherwise incapacitated, then the AOB assumes the mission of the COB, or collocate with
  them. The AOB battle tracks the entire mission. BRS-to-BRS communication systems include—
  • HF radio.
  • UHF TACSAT.
  • DSVT with facsimile.
  • VHF (needed if AOB must be collocated with COB).
  • Local and wide area networks (LAN and WAN).
  2-71. If a BRS collocates with a support unit that employs mobile subscriber equipment (MSE), the
  AOB uses the digital secure-voice terminal (DSVT) with facsimile.
  2-72. The COB and the AOB should also use a digitized, lightweight video-reconnaissance system that
  can receive imagery from the deployed teams via HF, UHF TACSAT, and VHF.
  2-73. When the COB receives a message from either BRS, it decrypts and analyzes it, and then, as
  quickly as possible, sends it to the BFSB S-2 ISR fusion element. They also send it to the R&S squadron
  S-2. As a minimum, the link from the COB to the BFSB S-2 ISR fusion element should include—
  • Secure VHF (computer, voice, or both).
  • DSVT with facsimile.
  • LAN.
  • Runner.