text: Team Operations
  CAPABILITIES AND LIMITATIONS
  4-295. Planning factors for stability include intelligence, rules of engagement, multinational
  operations, OPSEC, demography, deception, technology, and COMSEC.
  INTELLIGENCE
  4-296. The nature of stability operations require detailed intelligence. LRS teams need this intelligence
  before they infiltrate. It should include the target location and description; enemy equipment and
  capabilities; any civilian personnel in the area; and a variety of terrain, weather, and other related facts.
  RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
  4-297. The commander must monitor the ROE to ensure that all teams know when and how to apply
  force to meet specific situations. He must avoid vague or wordy ROE. Each Soldier must understand the
  rules as they apply to him. LRS teams must adjust rapidly to changes in the ROE.
  MULTINATIONAL OPERATIONS
  4-298. LRSUs must be prepared to coordinate and work with the host country's military and
  paramilitary forces. Every situation is unique and depends on the extent of involvement of US forces and
  the nature of the operations. Chief considerations when planning multinational operations are C2,
  intelligence, operational procedures, and sustainment.
  OPERATIONS SECURITY
  4-299. OPSEC is critical for LRSU in stability operations. Due to the potential for other forces (US or
  host nation) to operate near LRS teams, LRS commanders must carefully coordinate to reduce the risk of
  fratricide. This requirement poses an equally dangerous risk to OPSEC for the teams.
  DEMOGRAPHY
  4-300. LRS commanders must study all aspects of the local population to understand the effect that it
  might have on teams operating in the area. He can obtain information from a variety of sources, to
  include area studies, intelligence staff agencies, local government, and the media.
  DECEPTION
  4-301. To reduce the risk to LRS teams, commanders should consider using deception, particularly
  during insertion of the teams. Establishing false landing zones and sending dummy radio transmissions
  are two techniques to deceive the enemy. Deception is limited only by the imagination, but leaders
  should consider and coordinate all means of insertion or extraction through the R&S squadron S-3.
  TECHNOLOGY
  4-302. Technology is a proven combat multiplier. Advanced optics, thermal sights, and remote sensors
  increase the capabilities of the LRS teams. Commanders must weigh the advantages against the inherent
  disadvantages. These include increased Soldier's load and the impact of emitting the various equipment
  signatures.
  COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY
  4-303. The threat of interception and direction finding exists in all levels of conflict. Foreign purchases
  of threat equipment and relatively inexpensive off-the-shelf technology have enabled many third world
  countries and indigenous forces to equip themselves with the ability to take advantage of poor
  COMSEC. LRS commanders and team leaders must take appropriate measures to enforce COMSEC
  procedures.