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Chapter 4
Develop Initial Reconnaissance and Surveillance Synchronization Tools
4-50. Commanders use the reconnaissance and surveillance synchronization process to assess
reconnaissance and surveillance asset reporting and adjust reconnaissance and surveillance activities.
Reconnaissance and surveillance synchronization ensures the commander’s requirements drive
reconnaissance and surveillance activities and reporting in time to influence decisions and operations.
Synchronizing includes all assets the commander controls, assets made available from lateral units or
higher echelon units and organizations, requests for information, and intelligence reach to support
intelligence production and dissemination that answer the CCIRs. During reconnaissance and surveillance
synchronization, the G-2 (S-2)—
� Identifies requirements and intelligence gaps.
� Evaluates available assets (internal and external) to collect information.
� Determines gaps in the use of those assets.
� Recommends those reconnaissance and surveillance assets controlled by the organization to
collect on the IRs.
� Submits requests for information for adjacent and higher collection support.
� Submits information gathered during reconnaissance and surveillance synchronization to the G-3
(S-3) for integrating and developing the reconnaissance and surveillance plan.
4-51. During mission analysis, the staff identifies IRs to support situational understanding and continued
planning. Based on the commander’s guidance, the staff, led by the G-2 (S-2), determines the best way of
satisfying those requirements. In some instances, the G-2 (S-2) recommends the use of internal
reconnaissance or surveillance assets to collect information. In other instances, the G-2 (S-2) recommends a
request for information to the higher headquarters.
4-52. In many instances, a staff section within the headquarters can satisfy IRs by researching open
sources. Open sources include books, magazines, encyclopedias, Web sites, and tourist maps. Academic
sources, such as articles and university personnel, also provide critical information. Other open sources
discuss civil considerations, such as culture, language, history, current events, and actions of governments.
Teams of anthropologists and other social scientists attached to a headquarters rely heavily on open sources
to satisfy IRs. The knowledge management staff section can also assist them in accessing specific data.
4-53. The results of reconnaissance and surveillance synchronization conducted during mission analysis
leads to the creation of reconnaissance and surveillance synchronization tools. The intelligence staff section
continues to refine these synchronization tools throughout the MDMP for inclusion in Annex L
(Reconnaissance and Surveillance) of the plan or order.
Develop Initial Reconnaissance and Surveillance Plan
4-54. Reconnaissance and surveillance integration follows reconnaissance and surveillance
synchronization. The G-3 (S-3) leads the staff through reconnaissance and surveillance integration to task
available reconnaissance and surveillance assets to satisfy IRs identified in the initial reconnaissance and
surveillance synchronization matrix. Reconnaissance and surveillance integration consists of the following
tasks:
� Develop the reconnaissance and surveillance plan by developing—
� The reconnaissance and surveillance scheme of support.
� The reconnaissance and surveillance tasking matrix.
� The reconnaissance and surveillance overlay.
� Issue order (warning, operation, or fragmentary order).
4-55. The initial reconnaissance and surveillance plan is crucial to begin or adjust the collection effort to
help answer IRs identified during reconnaissance and surveillance synchronization. Reconnaissance and
surveillance assets are tasked or dispatched as soon as possible. The initial reconnaissance and surveillance
plan sets reconnaissance and surveillance in motion. Staff may issue it as part of a WARNO, a fragmentary
order, or an OPORD. Upon the completion of planning, the initial reconnaissance and surveillance plan
becomes Annex L (Reconnaissance and Surveillance) of the plan or order.
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