Dated 28 July 2015

ATP 3-90.15 provides guidance on site exploitation planning factors. This guidance ensures that information and materiel collected and persons found on-site are methodically assessed and transported to the appropriate facility, such as a technical exploitation facility, captured materiel exploitation center, or military police detainee collection point.

ATP 3-90.15 applies to the Active Army, Army National Guard/the Army National Guard of the United States, and United States Army Reserve unless otherwise stated. ATP 3-90.15 does not apply to site exploitation conducted by special operations forces.

Introduction

ATP 3-90.15 discusses how site exploitation is planned, resourced, and implemented, and how the resultant information or intelligence is disseminated to the lowest tactical level. Soldiers conduct site exploitation with political, military, economic, and social information, infrastructure, physical environment, or time sensitivity implications to the United States. Both hasty and deliberate site exploitation are considered throughout the operations process and are executed through the exercise of mission command.

ATP 3-90.15 has four chapters and seven appendixes.

Chapter 1 provides an introduction to site exploitation and includes the definition and description of site exploitation activities. Chapter 1 discusses tactical site exploitation and technical exploitation, site exploitation in the operational environment, and how site exploitation supports unified land operations.

Chapter 2 discusses tactical site exploitation planning considerations and the differences between hasty site exploitation and deliberate site exploitation. Chapter 2 also discusses site exploitation and the military decisionmaking process.

Chapter 3 focuses on preparations for tactical site exploitation to include importance of integrating enablers into tactical site exploitation.

Chapter 4 discusses considerations when executing tactical site exploitation. Chapter 4 also discusses techniques used during execution of tactical site exploitation.

Chapter 5 discusses site exploitation assessment techniques and measures for assessing effective site exploitation.

Appendix A provides a tactical site exploitation standing operating procedure.

Appendix B provides lists of what to include in tactical site exploitation kits.

Appendix C provides practical means and methods of evidence collection to support host-nation rule of law.

Appendix D provides sample weapons cache checklists for documenting weapons caches.

Appendix E discusses DOD forensics and the role of the forensic exploitation team.

Appendix F provides information about additional support obtained from government and military organizations when conducting site exploitation.

Appendix G describes an attack scene investigation and provides information on how to conduct an attack scene investigation.

This book is a "BIG" (the size of a regular piece of paper) size - Coil binding is used to allow for easy page flipping with no binding.

This website also has this book in "mini" size (half the size of a regular sheet of paper). A popular size to carry anywhere (briefcase, large pocket, purse) but the print is large enough for easy reading.

The Color covers are laminated for weather protection.