text: Stability
  6-30. The engineer companies of the BEB can execute some stability tasks identified in reconnaissance and
  security operations as an organic unit throughout all phases of stability operations. If required by the
  commander, the BEB can conduct route and area reconnaissance, area security, patrols, limited raids,
  assessment and restoration of services and leader engagements.
  6-31. Geospatial engineering teams can provide detailed products about the topography of a geographic area.
  Geospatial teams produce intelligence by analyzing images and geospatial data of terrain and various objects
  within a unit’s area of operations. These products can be analyzed and provided to Cavalry units to narrow
  the reconnaissance focus to specific objectives rather than a broad area.
  CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL, AND NUCLEAR
  6-32. Each squadron has an organic CBRN reconnaissance and surveillance platoon that can execute
  CBRN-specific reconnaissance and surveillance tasks. The platoon supports route, zone, and area
  reconnaissance operations and can assess key infrastructure regarding CBRN hazards. The CBRN
  reconnaissance and surveillance platoon assesses possible threat locations and confirms or denies the
  presence of CBRN threats and hazards to assist with security operations.
  INTELLIGENCE
  6-33. Commanders must be involved and knowledgeable of the information collection efforts to narrow the
  reconnaissance focus and shape the operational environment. Planning for stability tasks is quite complicated,
  and planners need to balance resources, capabilities, and activities. BCT staffs analyze the significance of
  various activities over time to maximize their efforts to provide stability.
  6-34. Commanders often require detailed intelligence and IPB products to determine how to conduct
  operations, influence the local population, and mitigate sources of instability. The identification and analysis
  of actors, terrain and weather, and civil considerations are critical to determining the most effective missions,
  tasks, and locations for stability tasks. A lack of knowledge concerning the enemy threat, local politics,
  customs, culture, and differentiating between local combatants often leads to actions that can result in
  unintended and disadvantageous consequences. To achieve this understanding, the BCT commander attaches
  collection assets to the Cavalry squadron.
  6-35. During stability tasks, the disclosure of military information to host-nation personnel and agencies
  requires consideration. The BCT S-2 must ensure the BCT has the required amount of foreign disclosure
  officers. A foreign disclosure officer may approve the disclosure of classified and controlled, unclassified
  military information to foreign representatives based on the policies, directives, and laws that govern the
  national disclosure policy and the release of classified information. The officer provides this service to the
  command and staff and to assigned, attached, and supporting unified action partners.
  6-36. Stability tasks occur in and between the local populations, thus human contact with the local population
  has greater emphasis and importance. Observations and experiences of Soldiers, who often work with the
  local population, provide depth and context to information collected through reconnaissance and security operations.
  Remote Sensors
  6-37. The BCT uses remote sensors to perform such tasks as perimeter defense, surveillance, environmental
  monitoring (including radiological and nuclear), and target acquisition. Remote sensors are not a military
  intelligence collection asset; however, they provide information that the BCT uses to cue military intelligence
  collection assets to activity. The BCT should consider remote sensors when preparing the information
  collection plan. Soldiers or robotic vehicles hand-emplace them either inside or outside buildings or
  structures. Their optimal employment is in areas where major movement is restricted to a few key lines of
  communications, and the traffic pattern of military and civilian activity can be easily discriminated. Remote
  sensor missions are ideally suited to support relatively stable situations, such as long-term defensive or
  security operations, where the time and resources are available to develop an extensive sensor network
  throughout the area of operations.
  6-38. The employment of sensors in open terrain or heavily congested urban concentrations requires detailed
  planning to ensure the sensor network can provide the desired information in those environments. For