text: Hide and Surveillance Sites
  SITE SELECTION
  G-18. When selecting a site, the leader should--
  • Consider LOS to target.
  • Ensure the site is in range of available observation equipment so that it can meet the reporting
  requirements.
  • Ensure the site has adequate overhead cover and concealment.
  • Ensure the site is located away from natural lines of drift, roads, trails, railroad tracks, and
  major waterways.
  • Ensure the site is defendable for at least a short time.
  • Ensure the site has primary and secondary (emergency or alternate) hasty exits.
  • Ensure the site has a concealed and serviceable entrance, and that Soldiers make little noise
  getting in and out of the hide site.
  • Ensure the site works within the factors of METT-TC relative to other site positions (hide,
  surveillance, and communication).
  • Ensure the site is located well away from any man-made objects.
  • Ensure the site is located downwind of inhabited areas.
  • Ensure the site uses, but is not dominated by, high ground.
  LEADER RECONNAISSANCE
  G-19. The team leader selects tentative sites during the planning phase. He physically reconnoiters (in a
  stay-behind); observes from aircraft; studies photographs, line-of-site data, soil and drainage data, or
  conducts a map reconnaissance. At a minimum, he selects primary and alternate hide and surveillance sites
  (thus, four sites in all). Before the team occupies the sites, the team leader physically reconnoiters the
  tentative sites chosen during planning. If necessary, he moves the site to a better location.
  OCCUPATION OF HIDE SITE
  G-20. The leader can occupy the hide site by any of several methods:
  FISHHOOK OR DOG-LEG METHOD
  G-21. The team occupies the hide site off the direction of march (Figure G-5).