DTS (BASIC) - DTS TRAVEL DOCUMENTS (DTS 101) WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS.

DETECT The target detection process takes practice and skill to acquire potential threats successfully in various environments and visibility conditions. This process includes all actions to actively search, acquire, and locate potential targets. Identify Once a potential threat is detected and acquired, the firer accurately identifies the range to target, and effectively establishes the threat as friend, foe, or neutral. Target identification is a systematic process supporting the characterization of detected objects. Once identified as a hostile threat, crews classify the threat as most dangerous, dangerous, or least dangerous from their perspective. Decide The determination is made by the crew to engage or not. Soldiers and leaders use all the situational information at their disposal to ensure an appropriate level of response to the threat. Engage Engage is the specific application of military options or weapons to defeat, neutralize, or destroy the threat. Successful implementation of the weapons or military options at the disposal of the firer efficiently and effectively alters, disrupts, or halts the threat's DIDEA process, and ultimately eliminates the threat to friendly forces. ASSESS This step evaluates the weapons or options employed to defeat the threat or threats. It is the process the crew uses to determine if the applied weapons or options deliver the desired effect. SCAN AND SEARCH -core fundamentals a rapid sequence of various techniques to identify potential threats. Soldier scanning skills determine potential areas where threats are most likely to appear. ACQUIRE -core fundamentals a refinement of the initial scan and search based on irregularities in the environment. LOCATE -core fundamentals the ability to determine the general location of a threat in order to engage with accuracy or inform the crew or small unit leader of contact with a potential threa GOAL OF SCAN AND SEARCH? The goal of Scan and Search is deliberate detection of potential threats based on irregularities in the surrounding environment. This includes irregular shapes, colors, exhaust, heat sources, movement, or actions the Soldier views as being "out of place," as compared to the surrounding area. THE RAPID SCAN METHOD is used to detect obvious signs of enemy activity quickly. It is usually the first method used, whether moving or stationary. THE SLOW SCAN Slow Scan is best used by the leader or firer when in a defensive position or a short halt. HORIZONTAL SCAN can be used up to 20 degrees above the horizon by moving the eyes in short movements across the sky, working them up and across. Continue the scan pattern below the horizon to detect aircraft flying nap-of-the earth. VERTICAL SCAN the sky using the horizon as a starting point and prominent terrain features as points of reference. Move the eyes in short movements into the sky, then back down, continuing this movement across the terrain. DETAILED SEARCH can be used If no targets are detected using other scanning methods, crews should use the available optics (day and night) to make a careful, deliberate search while stationary or moving. This method is used to search small areas or suspected avenues of approach in detail. ESTIMATION OF UPPER SCAN AND SEARCH LIMITS When scanning the sky for aircraft, Soldiers may miss high flying aircraft if they limit their target acquisition efforts to areas near the horizon. Conversely, Soldiers are likely to miss low-flying aircraft if they expand the upper limits of their acquisition efforts too high above the horizon. The correct upper limit is 20 degrees. COLLECTIVE SEARCH TECHNIQUES Three basic techniques are used to search as a collective small unit or crew. Each member is assigned a specific sector (area) to apply their scan methods. The combined sectors may overlap, be divided, or specify a distance from the friendly force to focus their efforts. Units may combine all three techniques into their threat detection routines. OVERLAPPING SECTORS Soldiers and leaders ensure the sectors they scan overlap those that have already been scanned or overlap those of other Soldiers that are scanning. DIVIDED SECTOR Soldiers divide the sector between them. One Soldier scans one half of the sector, and another scans the other half, ensuring the entire sector area is overlapped at the center of the sector. NEAR TO FAR sector search can be conducted from vehicles when at a halt or during slow movement. It is primarily used in urban terrain or on routes of march. ACQUIRE Target acquisition is the discovery of any object in the operational environment such as personnel, vehicles, equipment, or objects of potential military significance. Target signatures Target signatures are categorized by threat type to describe their key characteristics using sight, sound, and smell. The target signature categories are Personnel, Obstacles or Mines, Vehicles, Antitank, Artillery, and Aircraft (POVA3) format Target location is the determination of where a target is in your operational environment in relation to the shooter, small unit, crew, or element. Once a target is located, the target location is rapidly and efficiently communicated to the rest of the unit. Within this section, the various methods of determining a threat's location are provided in three groups; common, graphic control measures, and system. Common Methods that are basic tools all Soldiers are familiar with. For example, maps, grid coordinates, flags, unit markings, and other means of communication. Clock Clock method is commonly used to locate the targets for the Soldier which can then be relayed to other element in the formation. Twelve o'clock is based on the direction of personnel or vehicle movement while traveling, or the hull orientation (front of vehicle) when stationary. Grid method is the least desired technique because of the length of times it takes to guide the firer onto target. Orientation refers to the direction of fire or point used to assign responsibility for a particular area on the battlefield that is covered by direct fire. Examples of orientation are Cardinal direction based on true north, Tracer On Target (TOT), and IR laser pointer or similar equipment. Graphic Control Measure (GCM) is a symbol used on maps and displays to regulate forces and warfighting functions. These symbols provide various means to convey target locations based on the graphic control measures that are used during a mission. System: This includes digital mapping systems, situational understanding, and mission command systems that have integrated location subsystems. Targeting information may be provided by an external system or input from various on-vehicle systems.