TOPIC: Personal Awareness.
DISCUSSION: The single most proactive anti-terrorism measure is individual awareness--by soldiers on guard, while moving individually, and while operating as a unit. When combined with appropriate physical security measures, individual awareness and actions will defeat the terrorist plans.
LESSON(s): The following procedures have proven effective in operations other than war where a significant terrorist threat exists:
- Soldiers must look for things out of place, for example, packages left unattended, the same car parked near the front gate for an extended period of time, or the same person standing on a street corner daily.
- Reinforce individual security awareness by reminding soldiers to report suspicious activities and out-of-place objects.
- Use tactical versus an administrative posture when moving off-post as a unit or during individual travel.
- Limit the access to information about planned events, to include personnel movements and recreational activities.
- Employ security measures in unpredictable, random fashion, including security checks outside perimeters.
- Maintain an adequate rapid response force.
- Ensure soldiers understand the ROE.
- Commanders must promote ROE awareness.
- Impose substantial limitations on off-post travel.
- Employ helicopters during hours of darkness to conduct random patrols along perimeters.
- Ensure soldiers remain alert, do not establish a routine, and keep a low profile.
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