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PROCESS CAPTURED MATERIEL

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PROCESS CAPTURED MATERIEL

THIS BLOCK OF INSTRUCTION IS

UNCLASSIFIED

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Captured Enemy Materiel (CEM):

Captured Enemy Documents (CED)

Captured Enemy Equipment (CEE)

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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

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Captured Enemy Equipment

All Types of Foreign Material Two Purposes:

• Military Application• Technical Intelligence

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CEM is the Property of the United States ! ! !

Safeguard & Protect from:• Looting• Cannibalization• Misuse• Souvenir Hunters• Destruction

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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

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Spot Report Format

S - Size A - Activity L - Location U - Unit T - Time E - Equipment

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CAPTURED DOCUMENT TAG

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_______________________________

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.

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TO BE AFFIXED TO CAPTURED ENEMY EQUIPMENT

DO NOT DISTURB

NOMENCLATURE: MT-140-ASERIAL NO: 1234567DATE/PLACE CAPTURED: 02 FEB 99CA 123456CAPTURING UNIT: 2 INF CO/2/3 REGTQUANTITY: ONE EACH____________________________________________BELOW FOR USE BY TECH INTEL UNITS ONLY____________________________________________ NOTICETHIS EQUIPMENT IS BEING HELD FOR:

ANALYSISUTILIZATIONDESTRUCTION

BY AUTHORITY OF THE JOINT U.S. FORCES COMMANDER.

______________________________________________SIGNATURE PRINTED NAME

______________________________________________UNIT DATE

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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

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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

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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

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DISPOSITION of CEM

Evacuate time senistive CEM through chain of command to S-2

Screen for intelligence or techinical value

Evacuate to the rear

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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.

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CAPTURED DOCUMENT LOG Format

UNIT 16 INF DIV (L) _____________________________________________________________________________ FILE RECEIVED DOCUMENT INCOMING TRANS- FORWARDING RECEIVED TIME & PLACE OFNO. DTG SERIAL NO. MISSION NO. UNIT BY CAPTURE (DTG)0001 111910Z US-AR-1910 NA 4TH BDE ROYCE 110719ZNC1234560002

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