DOB OPERATIONS

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DOBOPERATIONS

AS OF 5 NOV 2000
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AGENDA

• PHASE 1
• Planning (Pre-Deployment, Tactical Employment,
  MDMP, OPORD Development, Miscellaneous)
• Contingencies
• Rehearsals (DOB Internal and External)
• PHASE 2 Insertion and Infiltration
• PHASE 3 Execution
• On-Going Actions
• Battle Tracking
• Communications and Messages
• Journal
• Security and Displacement
• LNO Duties and responsibilities
• PHASE 4 Exfiltration and Extraction
• PHASE 5 Recovery
• Debrief

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DOB PLANNING(Pre-Deployment)

• Think about Where Youre going
• Area Studies
• Road to War
• EPAs and ISOPREPs
• Packing Lists
• Survival Kits
• SERE Training
• OPLANs and CONPLANs
• Participate in Division / Higher Staff MDMP
• Assist G-2 in Nominating NAIs

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DOB PLANNING(Tactical Employment)

• Participate in Future OPs / DOC Plans Meetings
• Maintain Overall Friendly and Enemy Situation
  Awareness (INTSUMS, OPSUMS, BOS Huddles, etc..)
• Assist G-2 in Nominating and Refining NAIs
• Based off of Initial Detachment Analysis
  Utilizing Available Assets (ACE, Terrain Team,
  SWO, etc..)
• DOB/AOB Locations and Security
• Receive Mission Brief from G2/G3

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DOB PLANNING(Detachment MDMP)

• Detachment MDMP Focus Reduce the amount of
  information the TL has to read through and
  provide detailed guidance to prevent wasted time
• All BOS in the unit support MDMP (CDR, XO, 1SG,
  OPS NCO, Commo Chief, LNOs, Supply, Medic)
• Intel Drives Maneuver - Without a detailed and
  Complete IPB, the remainder of isolation will be
  in the reactionary mode
• Develop, war-game, and compare Scheme of Maneuver
  COAs (to provide TL with COA guidance)
• Coordinate Fire Support, Aviation, Re-supply,
  HNF, Air Force, SEAD (Lethal/Non-Lethal,
  Deception plan), Point of entry and exit cross
  FLOT, A2C2

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DOB PLANNING(OPORD Development)

• Prepare Operations Order
• Maintain OPSEC / Isolation Between Teams
• All BOS in the Unit Support MDMP and OPORD
  Development
• Five Paragraph Format
• Paragraph 1
• Detailed Briefing on Specific Area of Operations
• MCOO, VAPs, LOSs, Survival Considerations, WX
• Intelligence (SIT Template, MPCOA, MDCOA, Event
  Template, Civilians) focused on effects on the
  Teams Mission (AO and AI)
• Friendly Forces in and around AO and AI
  (deconflict and possible support)

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DOB PLANNING(OPORD Development)

• Paragraph 2 T, P, 5Ws

Operation SURVEIL RECON TGT AQ
BDA
Verify Evaluate Confirm Deny Report Measure
Mark Locate Detect Identify Pinpoint
Observe Locate Detect Determine Identify Evaluate
Confirm Deny Report
Locate Detect Determine Identify Confirm Deny Re
port Pinpoint
T A S K S
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DOB PLANNING(OPORD Development)

• Prepare Operations Order (Continued)
• Paragraph 3
• Intent - Purpose, Key tasks, End State
• Watch No Compromise
• Task and Purpose (LRS Task Vs. LRS Operation) to
  Teams and Supporting Units / Personnel
• Detailed COA Guidance and Wargaming / Comparison
  Criteria (Weighted Criteria?) on
• Insertion / Infiltration Scheme of Maneuver
  Reporting and Commo Exfiltration / Extraction
  ER Link-Up Resupply No Commo, etc.
• Pre-Coordinate Infiltration and Exfiltration
  (Primary and Alternate)
• Fires Establish Purpose, Priority, Restrictions,
  and CFF Procedures for Supporting Assets (By
  Phase?)

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DOB PLANNING(OPORD Development)

• Prepare Operations Order (Continued)
• Paragraph 3 (Continued)
• Refine / Clarify SOR
• Publish CCIR (PIR, FFIR, EEFI)
• Publish a Detailed Planning and Operational
  Timeline

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DOB PLANNING(OPORD Development)

• Prepare Operations Order (Continued)
• Paragraph 4
• EPWs
• Friendly and Enemy WIA and KIA
• Survival Information
• Medical Information - Status of Equip Locations
  of Medical Facilities
• Paragraph 5
• Location of DOB and AOB (Azimuths and Distances)
• Call Signs / Frequencies for all Supporting
  Assets (CSH, AVN, CAS, Artillery, etc.)
• ATO SPINS
• Annexes Commo, ER, Link-Up, etc..

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DOB PLANNING(Miscellaneous)

• Forward Requests For Information(RFIs) and Track
  Replies
• Assist Teams During MDMP (Play Red Hat During
  War-gaming)
• Receive Pre-mission Briefings (Mission Analysis,
  COA Decision Brief And Brief-Back)
• Gather Mission Planning Folder Team SOPs Team
  OPORD and Annexes and Team EPA and ISOPREP Cards
• Conduct Final Intel Update Prior to Station Time

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DOB Contingencies

• Emergency Extraction
• Downed Aircraft
• Evasion and Recovery
• Hot LZ / PZ
• Casualties (Insertion / Extraction)
• Emergency MEDEVAC
• Emergency Resupply
• No Commo and NC Resupply
• Link-up with or Passage Through Friendly Forces
• Displacement of DOB / AOB
• Indirect / Direct Fire on the DOB

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DOB Rehearsals(Internal/External)

• Emergency Extraction (Vehicle and Air)
• Call For Fire (CAS, NGF, FA, ATK AVN)
• Downed Aircraft
• Evasion and Recovery
• Emergency MEDEVAC
• Emergency resupply
• Link-up with or Passage Through Friendly Forces
• DOB Defensive Actions (Battle Drills)

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DOB Rehearsals(With Teams)

• Emergency Extraction (Vehicle and Air)
• Call For Fire (CAS, NGF, FA, ATK AVN)
• Downed Aircraft
• Evasion and Recovery
• Emergency resupply
• Link-up with or Passage Through Friendly Forces
• No Commo and NC Resupply
• Hot LZ / PZ

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DOB(Insertion)

• Incorporate EH-60, UAV, ATK AVN,C2 Bird, MEDEVAC,
  CSAR A/C and Force, etc..
• Lethal and Non-Lethal SEAD Platforms and Plan,
  Fires
• Communications and Reporting Enroute
• Contingency Plans ISO Insertion Downed A/C or
  Vehicle (Mechanical, ADA, Mines, etc..), Hot LZ,
  Loss of Commo (to DOB, To Team)
• Debrief of Insertion Assets
• Alternate Platform - Vehicle, HNF, Partisan,
  Water Craft
• Special Technique Support for Static Line,
  HALO/HAHO, FRIES, SPIES
• Roll Over Sites

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DOBONGOING ACTIONS

• Plan And Coordinate Future Missions (Current
  and Future OPs Cells)
• Coordinate Re-supply Of Committed Teams
• Coordinate Emergency Extraction
• Coordinate Other Required Support (Fire Support,
  CAS, UAV, QF, and Attack Aviation Station Times
  (ATO))
• Monitor Scheduled Communications Times, Log All
  Traffic And Forward Required Messages
• Continually Update Division On LRS Status
  (Positions, NFAs, Routes,etc..)

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DOBONGOING ACTIONS

• Coordinate For Friendly/HNF/SOF Link-up
• Send Updated Sit Reps (Paragraph 1) and Any Key
  Changes To LRS Teams Mission
• Conduct Detailed Battle-tracking
• Provide Services and Support to DOB Personnel and
  Teams
• Classes of Supply
• Maintenance
• Showers, Laundry, Mail
• Chaplain and Medical Services

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DOBBATTLETRACKING

• DOB Functions (Continuous From Planning Through
  Recovery
• Receive Information
• Distribute Information
• Analyze Information
• Integrate Resources
• Synchronize Resources
• Information Management
• Information Display Techniques (Charts,
  Standardized Map Boards and Overlays, Timelines,
  etc.)
• Message Handling (Message Flow, Tracking
  Receipt, Updating Displays, etc.)
• Battle Tracking (Team Status, Position Status,
  NFAs, SOR Status, Missed Commo Windows,
  Batteries, Water, etc.)

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DOBBATTLETRACKING

• DOB Shift Changes Brief
• Critical Seam In Battle-Tracking
• If Information is Going to be Misplaced, it
  Happens Between Shifts
• Good Logs, Display Boards, Coordination Tracking
  Boards and Shift Change Brief Prevent Loss of
  Critical Information
• Interface With Division
• DOB Must Have Continuous Situation Awareness of
  Both Enemy and Friendly Situation
• FOCUS What Affects the Teams and DOB and Routes
  Between
• Maintain Contact With G-2/3 OPs and Plans
• Attend Deep OPs Targeting MTGs

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TRACKING CHART
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COMMUNICATIONS

• Redundant Communication Systems
• All Communications Equipment and All Frequencies
  Must be Tested (at the appropriate time) Prior to
  Insertion
• Monitor The Guard Frequency 24 Hours Daily
• Uninterrupted Communications - The BRS Adjusts
  their Equip in the Event of No-Commo
• Collocate OPs Commo
• The AOB Must be Prepared to Deploy to Ensure
  Communications

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MESSAGES

• Strict Adherence to Message Formats is a Must
• Employ Message Formats (Angus, Boris, Cyril,
  Under, Etc.)
• Recommend the Same Reporting Format from SS to
  ACE
• All Messages Have Numbers
• Receive, Decode, and Disseminate Combat and
  Administrative Information from the Teams
• Information from Each Message is Posted to
  Appropriate Maps and Charts
• Post CCIR on Display Chart Track Which SOR has
  Been Obtained

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MESSAGES

• Intel Reports Are Forwarded From Teams To
  Appropriate Division Staff (Check On Divisions
  Distribution)
• Get on all Distribution Lists at Division
• Maintain a Journal for Each Team and a Detachment
  Master Journal
• All Outgoing Messages Originate From the TOC and
  are Recorded in the Journal
• Receipt of Each Message is Recorded in the Team
  and Master Journal
• Each Message is Filed in the Message File
  According to the Journal Entry

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JOURNAL

• Staff Journal is a Chronological Record of Events
  Pertaining to the Unit During a Given Period
• All Items are Cross-Referenced to the Journal
  Entries by Journal Item Number
• All Messages are Posted to the Journal with the
  Following Information
• Sender
• Title of message/description of event
• Time of receipt
• Journal item number and Message Number
• Action Taken
• Initials of the person Making the Entry

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DOB Actions For CONTINGENCIES

• On-duty Shift Maintains DOB OPs Off-Duty Shift
  Prepares to Execute Contingency OPs
• Possible Contingency Missions Emergency
  Extraction, Recovery Operations, Re-supply
  Operations, MEDEVAC, Call For Fire, etc.
• Ideally All Possible Mission Abort Criteria Have
  a Primary, Alternate, Contingency and Emergency
  Plan

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DOB SECURITY

• Personnel Access to the TOC and ISOFAC is
  Restricted and Controlled
• SOP Establishes Procedures for Control and
  Identification of Visitor (Accompanied/Unaccompani
  ed Access Roster)
• Recommend One Entrance to TOC and ISOFAC
• Employ Appropriate Security Measures for
  Safeguarding and Handling All Classified Material
  to Include a Rehearsed Emergency Destruction SOP
• Force Protection (Fighting Positions, NBC, Alert
  and Defensive Fires Plans, Units Left Right
  Signals, Escape Routes, Noise Light Discipline,
  Stand-To/Down, etc.)
• Life Support (Chow, Water, Ammo, Fuel, Field
  Sanitation)

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DISPLACEMENT

• When Directed to Displace, the On-duty Shift
  Continues to Operate the Off-duty Shift Breaks
  Down and Loads Equip
• The DOB Notifies the AOB of the Departure Time,
  Route and Proposed Relocation Site
• AOB Continues to Monitor While DOB Jumps
• When the DOB is Operational, the AOB Sends an
  Update
• If the DTAC Deploys, the Commander Can Move
  Forward with Minimum Personnel and use the TAC
  Commo Systems

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LNO DUTIES

• Deploy to BDE/BN to Facilitate Link-up,
  Deconflict Fires or Hand-off Critical
  Intelligence
• LNO Team Should Locate With the G2 ACE or, if
  sent to BDE, with the BDE ACT (Analysis Control
  Team)
• LNO Team Should Have Enough Personnel For 24 Hour
  Operations
• LNO Team Must Have Communications With The DOB
• LNO May Also Fly with Infil/exfil Aircraft, but
  Always Consider the Risk Involved
• Different Types of LNO (Team, BDE, Div, A/C)
• Have all Annexs, Debriefing Format, Teams Plans
• Be Proactive! Represent the Commander and Unit
  Well

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DOB(Extraction)

• Incorporate EH-60, UAV, ATK AVN,C2 Bird, MEDEVAC,
  CSAR A/C and Force, etc..
• Lethal and Non-Lethal SEAD Platforms and Plan
• Communications and reporting Enroute
• Fires
• Contingency Plans ISO Extraction Downed A/C or
  Vehicle (Mechanical, ADA, Mines, etc.), Hot LZ,
  Loss of Commo (to DOB, To Team)
• Debrief of Extraction Assets
• Alternate Platform - Vehicle, HNF, Partisan,
  Water Craft

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DEBRIEFING

• Develop and Use One Format
• Conduct Hot Debrief Immediately after Extraction
• Within Two Hours of Extraction, Conduct Detailed
  Debrief of Surveillance Team
• G-2 Personnel Conduct the Debrief if Available
• OPs Has Tracking Maps, Team MPF, Team Journal,
  Team Messages and Debrief Format On-hand
• Team Completes Written Debrief Format Before
  Starting Formal Debrief
• Commo NCO Debriefs RTOs
• Debrief Air Crews/ Drivers after
  Insertion/Extraction

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QUESTIONS?