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Chapter 3 134 ATP 5-0.2-1 07 December 2020 secured. Assembled commanders and their vehicles can draw enemy attention. Units must sanitize, secure, or destroy the sketch map after use. 3-56. This technique requires less terrain than a terrain-model rehearsal. A good site ensures participants can easily find it yet stay concealed from the enemy. An optimal location overlooks the terrain where the unit will execute the operation. Map Rehearsal 3-57. A map rehearsal is similar to a sketch-map rehearsal except the commander uses a map and operation overlay on the same scale used to plan the operation. The map rehearsal itself consumes the most time. A map rehearsal is normally the easiest technique to set up since it requires only maps and graphics for current operations. Units tailor a map rehearsal's operation overlay to the echelon conducting the rehearsal. Multi-echelon rehearsals using this technique are difficult. 3-58. This rehearsal can present OPSEC risks, if the area around the rehearsal site is not secured. Assembled commanders and their vehicles can draw enemy attention. This technique requires the least terrain of all rehearsals. A good site ensures participants can easily find it yet stay concealed from the enemy. An optimal location overlooks the terrain where the unit will execute the operation. Network Rehearsal 3-59. Units conduct network rehearsals over wide-area networks or local area networks. Commanders and staffs practice these rehearsals by talking through critical portions of the operation over communications networks in a sequence the commander establishes. The organization rehearses only critical parts of the operation. These rehearsals require all information systems needed to execute that portion of the operation. All participants require working information systems, the OPORD, and graphics. Command posts can rehearse battle tracking during network rehearsals. 3-60. This technique can be time efficient, if units provide clear SOPs. However, if the organization has unclear SOPs, has units not operating on the network, or has units without working communications, this technique can be time-consuming. 3-61. This technique lends itself to multi-echelon rehearsals. Participation is limited only by the commander's intent and the capabilities of the command's information systems. If a unit executes a network rehearsal from current unit locations, the OPSEC risk may increase. The enemy may monitor the increased volume of transmissions and potentially compromise information. To avoid compromise, organizations use different frequencies for the rehearsal and for the operation. Using wire systems is an option, but this does not exercise the network systems, which is the strong point of this technique. If a network rehearsal is executed from unit locations, terrain considerations are minimal. If a separate rehearsal area is required, considerations are similar to those of a reduced-force rehearsal. After the Rehearsal 3-62. After the rehearsal, the commander leads an after action review. The commander reviews lessons learned and makes the minimum required modifications to the existing plan (normally, a FRAGORD effects these changes). Changes should be refinements to the OPORD. Noncritical changes to the operation's execution may confuse subordinates and hinder synchronization of the plan. The commander issues any last minute instructions or reminders and reiterates the commander's intent. 3-63. Based on the commander's instructions, the staff make necessary changes to the OPORD, DST, and execution matrix based on rehearsal results. Subordinate commanders incorporate these changes into their units' OPORDs. The chief of staff (COS) or executive officer (XO) ensures the changes are briefed to all leaders or liaison officers who did not participate in the rehearsal. 3-64. A rehearsal provides the final opportunity for subordinates to identify and fix unresolved problems. The staff ensures that all participants understand any changes to the OPORD and that the recorder captures all coordination done at the rehearsal. All changes to the published OPORD are, in effect, verbal FRAGORDs. As soon as possible, the staff publishes these verbal FRAGORDs as a written FRAGORD that changes the OPORD.