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PROCESS CAPTURED MATERIEL. 301-371-1200. PROCESS CAPTURED MATERIEL. THIS BLOCK OF INSTRUCTION IS UNCLASSIFIED. Captured Enemy Materiel (CEM):. Captured Enemy Documents (CED) Captured Enemy Equipment (CEE). Captured Enemy Documents:. Recorded information, regardless of form
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PROCESS CAPTURED MATERIEL 301-371-1200
PROCESS CAPTURED MATERIEL THIS BLOCK OF INSTRUCTION IS UNCLASSIFIED
Captured Enemy Materiel (CEM): • Captured Enemy Documents (CED) • Captured Enemy Equipment (CEE)
Captured Enemy Documents: • Recorded information, regardless of form • Obtained from the enemy • Subsequently comes into the hands of a friendly force • Includes US or Allied documents that were once in the hands of the enemy • Found on the battlefield
Captured Enemy Equipment • All Types of Foreign Material • Two Purposes: • Military Application • Technical Intelligence
CEM is the Property of the United States ! ! ! • Safeguard & Protect from: • Looting • Cannibalization • Misuse • Souvenir Hunters • Destruction
Time Sensitive Information: • Significant Intelligence Information • Information critical to successfully accomplishing friendly courses of action • Includes: • Enemy Order of Battle • Enemy Maps, Overlays • Enemy Operation Orders • Enemy Signals, Codes • New Weapons or Equipment • Information indicating a significant change in the enemy’s capabilities or intentions
Spot Report Format • S - Size • A - Activity • L - Location • U - Unit • T - Time • E - Equipment
CAPTURED DOCUMENT TAG ________________________________ NATIONALITY OF CAPTURING FORCE (STANAG 1059) 1. DATE/TIME CAPTURED: 091756ZAPR99 2. PLACE CAPTURED: TA 123456 3. CAPTURING UNIT: ICO/2/3/4 REGT 4. IDENTITY OF SOURCE (IF APPLICABLE):_____________________ __________________________________________________________ 5. CIRCUMSTANCES OF CAPTURE:FOUND IN ABANDONED ENEMY CP.
TO BE AFFIXED TO CAPTURED ENEMY EQUIPMENT DO NOT DISTURB NOMENCLATURE: MT-140-A SERIAL NO: 1234567 DATE/PLACE CAPTURED: 02 FEB 99 CA 123456 CAPTURING UNIT: 2 INF CO/2/3 REGT QUANTITY: ONE EACH ____________________________________________ BELOW FOR USE BY TECH INTEL UNITS ONLY ____________________________________________ NOTICE THIS EQUIPMENT IS BEING HELD FOR: ANALYSIS UTILIZATION DESTRUCTION BY AUTHORITY OF THE JOINT U.S. FORCES COMMANDER. ______________________________________________ SIGNATURE PRINTED NAME ______________________________________________ UNIT DATE
Documents Associated with Equipment • Attach a Coversheet, marked “TECHDOC” to the CED • Coversheet should include: • Precise location • time • circumstances of capture • detailed description of the materiel • Treat all documents marked “TECHDOC” with the highest priority
Field Expedient Disposition Methods • Use field expedient methods of disposition in the absence of weather-resistant preprinted tags • Rations packing • Whatever paper materials are available
TAG, But Do Not Deface the Item • All markings already on the materiel should be preserved • TAG, so as not to damage or destroy the document or equipment • Never write on the document or equipment itself
DISPOSITION of CEM • Evacuate time senistive CEM through chain of command to S-2 • Screen for intelligence or techinical value • Evacuate to the rear
All Other CEM • Logistical assets (petroleum, supplies) are handled as similar US items • Some items require special handling: • Medical supplies can ONLY be used for EPWs, refugees, indigenous population--otherwise, leave in place unharmed • For other items (NBC materials, ordnance, special documents, such as maps, charts, air imagery) check unit SOP or operation order.
CAPTURED DOCUMENT LOG Format UNIT 16 INF DIV (L) _____________________________________________________________________________ FILE RECEIVED DOCUMENT INCOMING TRANS- FORWARDING RECEIVED TIME & PLACE OF NO. DTG SERIAL NO. MISSION NO. UNIT BY CAPTURE (DTG) 0001 111910Z US-AR-1910 NA 4TH BDE ROYCE 110719ZNC123456 0002