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Appendix K 342 ATP 5-0.2-1 07 December 2020 keep the receiving unit from wasting planning time answering requests for information. During the liaison tour, LNOs— Arrive at the designated location on time. Promote cooperation between the sending and receiving units. Accomplish their mission without becoming overly involved in the receiving unit's staff procedures or actions; however, they may assist higher echelon staffs in course of action (COA) development and analysis. Follow the receiving unit's communications procedures. Actively obtain information without interfering with the receiving unit's operations. Facilitate understanding of the sending unit's commander's intent. Help the sending unit's commander assess current and future operations. Remain informed of the sending unit's current situation and provide that information to the receiving unit's commander and staff. Quickly inform the sending unit of the receiving unit's upcoming missions, tasks, and orders. Ensure the sending unit has a copy of the receiving unit's standard operating procedure. Inform the receiving unit's commander, COS, or XO of the content of reports transmitted to the sending unit. Keep a record of their reports, listing everyone met (including each person's name, rank, duty position, and telephone number) as well as key staff members and their telephone numbers. Attempt to resolve issues within the receiving unit before involving the sending unit. Notify the sending unit promptly if unable to accomplish the liaison mission. Report their departure to the receiving unit's commander at the end of their mission. K-14. Once a deploying liaison team or detachment arrives and sets up communications at the receiving unit, it submits a liaison establishment report to the sending unit. This report informs the sending unit's command that the detachment is ready to conduct liaison, and it establishes exactly what systems are available. A redeploying team or detachment submits a liaison disestablishment report to the sending unit as its last action prior to disconnecting its digital devices. This report informs the command that the element is leaving the network and is no longer capable of conducting liaison at any level beyond unsecure voice (see unit standard operating procedures for the liaison establishment report and the liaison disestablishment report formats). K-15. LNOs promptly transmit the receiving unit's requests for information to the sending unit's commander or staff, as appropriate. Accuracy is important. Effective LNOs provide clear, concise, and complete information. If the accuracy of information is in doubt, they quote the source and include the source in the report. LNOs limit their remarks to mission-related observations.