text: Chapter 4
  (cid:122) Routine logistical reports and requests are sent digitally.
  (cid:122) Routine reports from subordinates to the BCT before and following combat are sent digitally.
  (cid:122) Orders,plans,and graphics should be done face-to-face,if possible. If theseproducts are digitally
  transmitted, they should be followed by frequency modulation voice call to alert recipients that
  critical information is being sent. The transmitting element should request a verbal
  acknowledgement of both receipt and understanding of the transmitted information by an
  appropriate Soldier,who usually is not the computer operator.
  (cid:122) Obstacle and CBRN 1 reports should be sent initially by voice followed by digital reports to
  generate a geo-referenced message portraying the obstacle or contaminated area across the
  network.
  Friendly Common Operational Picture
  4-283. The creation of the friendly COP is extensively automated,requiring minimal manipulation by CPs
  or platform operators. Each platform creates and transmits its own position location and receives the friendly
  locations,displayed as icons,of all the friendly elements in that platform’s wide area network. This does not
  necessarily mean that all friendly units in the general vicinity of that platform are displayed because some
  elements may not be in that platform’s network. For example,a combat vehicle in a BCT probably will not
  have information on an artillery unit in another division operating nearby because the two are in different
  networks. The COP provided by the JCR/JBC-P(a situational awareness and command and control system)
  transmitted to CPs across the BCT utilizes a separate satellite-based network to provide position location
  information. The BCT S-6 ensures the proper alignment and interoperability between the command and
  control applications and the networks the BCT utilizes. (See ATP6-02.53 for additional information on
  tactical radio networks.)
  4-284. Commanders must recognize limitations in the creation of the friendly COP which results from
  vehicles or units that are not equipped with the JCR. The following are two aspects to consider:
  (cid:122) Not all units will be equipped with all command and control system components, particularly
  multination partners and organizations. It is likely analog units or organizations—those operating
  in an area of operations without compatible digital-based command and control systems—will
  enter the BCT’s area of operations.
  (cid:122) Most dismounted Soldiers will not be equipped with a digital device that transmits information.
  4-285. The following are ways to overcome these limitations:
  (cid:122) A digitally equipped element tracks the location of specified dismounts and manually generates
  and maintains an associated friendly icon.
  (cid:122) The main CP tracks analog units operating within the area and generates associated friendly icons.
  The main CP must keep the analog equipped unit informed of other friendly units’locations and
  activities.
  (cid:122) Adigitally equipped platform acts as a liaison or escort for analog units moving or operating in
  the same area. Battalion and squadron,and higher elements must be informed of the association
  of the liaison officer icon with the analog unit.
  (cid:122) Do not use friendly positional information to clear fires because not all elements will be visible.
  Friendly positional information can be used to deny fires and can aid in the clearance process,but
  it cannot be the sole source for clearance of fires. This holds true for all Army command and
  control systems.
  Enemy Common Operational Picture
  4-286. The most difficult and critical aspect of creating the COP is creating the picture of the enemy. The
  enemy COP is the result of multiple inputs (for example,frequency modulation spot reports,UAS and Joint
  Surveillance Target Attack Radar System [JSTARS] reports, reports from JCR-equipped platforms in
  subordinate units,electronic or signalsintelligence feeds) and inputs from BCT information collection efforts
  through the BCT S-2. Enemy information generation is a complex process requiring automated intelligence
  all source inputs and detailed analysis from within the BCT.