SPMAGTF(X) MOUT Training Program of Instruction

Exploitation of Captured Documents and Material

INTRODUCTION

GAIN ATTENTION

PURPOSE

INDIVIDUAL TRAINING STANDARDS

MISSION PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

TERMINAL LEARNING OBJECTIVE

Without the aid of references and in accordance with FM 34-60 and FM 34-52, the student will properly acquire, control, and exploit captured documents and materials.

ENABLING LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Without the use of references and in accordance with this outline, the student will:

1. Define captured documents and material.
2. State the purpose for exploiting captured documents and material.
3. List the sources and types of captured documents and material.
4. State the procedures for accounting for captured documents and material.
5. State the proper handling and evacuation procedure for captured documents and material.
6. Explain the different categories given to captured documents and material and what is in each category.

METHOD AND MEDIA

The period of instruction will be taught by lecture and aided by a Powerpoint presentation.

TESTING

The period of instruction will be evaluated through practical application during situational training exercises.

TRANSITION

BODY

1. Definition: Captured enemy material is any piece of recorded information regardless of form. This material may include items of U.S. origin or those of our allies that enemy forces have acquired. Examples of the types of captured material are as follows:

a. Written Material
1) Typed
2) Hand written
3) Printed

b. Graphic
1) Drawn
2) Etched
3) Painted

c. Sound or voice recordings of any type

d. Imagery
1)Photographs
2) Videotapes
3) Movies

e. Computer storage material
1) Floppy discs
2) Hard drives
3) CDs

f. Maps

g. Other Material
1) Weapons and munitions
2) Optical instruments
3) Audio instruments

2. Purpose of obtaining captured material

a. Determine potential intelligence value
b. Extracting pertinent information
c. Reporting such information

3. Sources and types of captured material

a. Sources
1) Found on the battlefield; abandoned troop sites; on dead or wounded enemy personnel
2) Captured with prisoners and/or detainees

b. Types
1) Official, government or military origin
a) Maps and overlays
b) Field orders
c) Codes
d) Field manuals
e) Reports
2) Identity; ID cards, books, passports, drivers license.......
3) Personal; of private or commercial origin, letters, diaries, photographs.....

4. Accountability: A listing and record (chain of custody) of material must be established from the time of capture to the final destination. This procedure includes the use of capture tags, receipts, transmittals and log books.

5. Handling and evacuation

a. Capture tag: Each document or piece of equipment should be tagged by the capturing unit or Marine. Minimum information requirements are as follows:
1) Date time group (DTG) of capture.
2) The location of capture with a six digit grid and any other descriptive information needed. This is essential should it be necessary for other Marines to return to the exact location.
3) Circumstances of capture, this includes a detailed account of how the material was obtained. Include ID information from Enemy Prisoner of War (EPW) if the material was obtained from that particular EPW.
4) Capturing unit, this includes a complete unit identifier to include the identity of the Marine who first obtained the material.
5) Captured documents and material tag number.
6) All information must be written on the tag, NEVER on the captured document, equipment, or other material.
7) A separate tag must be prepared for each item of captured material.
8) Care should be taken to prevent further destruction of the material. An example is placing captured documents within a sealed plastic bag.

b. Evacuation: Any captured material should be evacuated via the chain of command and at the same time EPWs are evacuated.

c. Action: All belongings of EPWs are immediately searched by the capturing unit to prevent possible destruction, loss or damage of items that may be potentially valuable in obtaining critical information. All items taken from an EPW must be identified with the EPW they were taken from. Return personal essential items to the EPW after these items are searched. Examples include the EPWs helmet, flak jacket and gas mask.

d. There are three basic possible actions that may be taken when it comes to captured material from an EPW. 1) Confiscate: No intent of return; all documents except the ID are confiscated.
2) Impound: Taken at the time of capture with the intent of eventual return. An example is personal documents with potential military value such as a wallet containing photographs. Captured items such as these must be receipted for and a receipt given to the EPW.
3) Return: Taken at the time of capture, evacuated with the EPW and normally returned to the EPW at the permanent holding facility after processing.

6. Categories

a. Assignment of categories

1) Category A
a) Immediate Spot Report (SPOTREP) information. This information is reported before further screening is conducted.
b) This information contains significant, time-sensitive information which may be critical to friendly operations. Examples include the introduction of new enemy weapons systems, changes in enemy capabilities; or the introduction of nuclear, chemical or biological (NBC) weapons or agents.

2) Category B
a) Enemy cryptographic material.
b) Enemy communication security material.
c) This type of material is immediately classified at the SECRET level by the capturing unit. This is to reduce access to the material by those with no "need to know" and to reduce the risk of tipping to the enemy that this material has been captured in the first place.
d) This material may contain SPOTREP information and should be evacuated to Radio Battalion personnel immediately for analysis.

3) Category C
a) Contains no information that is time sensitive or requires a SPOTREP.
b) Contains information of general intelligence value.
c) Information still requires exploitation regardless of the content.

4) Category D
a) Contains information of no intelligence value.
b) This category can only be assigned after analysis and/or translation as appropriate.
c) Disposed of as directed.

b. Transmittal

1) When transmitting, include only one category of information per transmittal.
2) Complete information for transmittal includes:
a) Destination unit
b) Sending unit
c) Screened (yes/no)
d) DTGs - when received, prepared and when dispatched
e) Category
f) Numbered list of material

C. Evacuate

1) Priority evacuation
2) Translation/SPOTREP attached
3) Maintain accountability

QUESTIONS

SUMMARY

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