text: Chapter 6
  • Changing access time for entry points.
  • Changing access procedures at random.
  • Changing the way personnel are searched on a random basis.
  • Observing surrounding areas with UAS or JLENS at random times.
  Armor Protection
  6-23. Vehicle and personnel armor protection saves lives and makes it more difficult for an insurgent
  to conduct a lethal attack. However, the added weight will cause vehicles, especially the engine, to wear
  out much faster than normal. Individual body armor also contributes substantial weight to the Soldier
  and degrades his maneuverability and endurance.
  Hardening
  • Hardening vehicles or static sites—Increases protection.
  • Makes an insurgent attack more difficult.
  • Uses natural or man-made materials to protect personnel, equipment, or facilities.
  (cid:131) Concrete or expedient barriers.
  (cid:131) Sandbags, walls, shields, berms, or some other type of physical protection.
  • Protects resources from blast, direct and indirect fire, heat, radiation, or electronic warfare.
  • Concrete and expedient barriers.
  • Is intended to defeat or negate the effects of an attack.
  Combat Identification
  6-24. CID is the process of attaining an accurate characterization of detected objects in the OE sufficient
  to support an engagement decision (JP 3-0). These objects, all of which are potential targets, must be
  quickly discriminated as friendly, enemy, or neutral. This is necessary to ensure that enemy forces can be
  destroyed, friendly entities can be identified and prevented from becoming fratricide victims, and neutral
  entities can be identified to prevent collateral damage. Common combat identification techniques include
  the use of—
  • Glint tape.
  • Infrared lights and strobes.
  • Heat sources.
  • VS-17 panels.
  • Flares.
  COUNTERINSURGENCY BASES
  6-25. US counterinsurgency forces operate within a Host Nation and must have a base from which
  to operate. Typically, bases try to secure the population and isolate the insurgency from its support. A base
  is a locality where operations are projected or supported (JP 1-02). All bases must be securable
  and defendable. Bases vary in accordance with the size of the unit occupying the base and the mission
  of the units using the base. All types of bases require clear command relationships. In counterinsurgencies,
  forward operating bases (FOBs), combat outposts, and patrol bases are three types of bases.
  FORWARD OPERATING BASES
  6-26. Normally, each AO has at least one FOB. The size of the area, its physical characteristics, and the
  number and size of the units operating within the area often require additional operating bases. The FOBs
  established by a brigade or battalion are often semipermanent and provide deployed units with command,
  control, and communications facilities; sustainment; personnel systems support; staging areas;
  and intelligence activities. They provide units with relatively secure locations from which to plan
  and prepare for operations. During counterinsurgency operations, they also aid in limiting insurgent
  mobility nearby, and providing security to the local population.