The CBRN Survey Team is a vital part of a CBRN Reconnaissance platoon. It is multi-faceted , it can assume all critical tasks and duties of the Reconnaissance platoon while having the same capabilities and principles. Even though it is a part of a larger piece of the puzzle it still provides an important task – to determine CBRN contaminated affected areas and levels, and simultaneous mark them as hazardous.
Since a survey team is essentially a reconnaissance element its description of what it entails will be described via the reconnaissance perspective. The reconnaissance unit has 5 critical tasks that it performs: detection, identification, marking, reporting and sampling. It also has 5 duties within its mission: search, survey, surveillance, sample, and reconnaissance. Its capabilities are timeliness, survivability, reliability, suitability and connectivity. The 6 principles are: maximizing the probability of detection; retaining freedom of action; orienting on the reconnaissance objective; reporting information rapidly and accurately; developing the situation rapidly; ensuring continuous reconnaissance and maximizing the capabilities of NBC reconnaissance units (FM 3-11.19, 2004, ps. I-1 through I-3). FM 3-11.19 clearly defines survey by stating that it “determines the location and size of the contamination.” Surveying is only a part of the overall reconnaissance duties and is performed when operation dictates.
In addition, the survey team possesses the same personnel and equipment as that of the CBRN reconnaissance platoon/squad or element. It can have as many personnel as needed but it has to be a minimum of two: one to provide security, the other to take readings. Common vehicles that they use are the ubiquitous HMMWV, ...
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...es and overall mission help the Commander make the most informative COA to accomplish the objective at hand.
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I have organized this paper into five distinct sections; mission, task organization, capabilities, limitations, and finally the conclusion. After the reading and comprehension of this paper, you should have gained a basic understanding of the Special Forces (SF) Chemical Reconnaissance Detachments (CRD). The following paper is mixed with Unclassified (UCI) and For Official Use Only (FOUO) information. FOUO is annotated at the beginning of all For Official Use Only information, the rest of the paper is UCI. If you wish to share this information paper with others, please at a minimum; confirm identity of the person prior to providing (FM 380-5, 2000). For further handling instructions please refer to FM 380-5, or contact me, I will gladly answer all questions.
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