1. PROCESS CAPTURED MATERIEL
PROCESS CAPTURED MATERIEL

2. PROCESS CAPTURED MATERIEL
THIS BLOCK OF INSTRUCTION IS
UNCLASSIFIED
PROCESS CAPTURED MATERIEL

3. Captured Enemy Materiel (CEM):
Captured Enemy Documents (CED)
Captured Enemy Equipment (CEE)

4. 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

5. Captured Enemy Equipment
All Types of Foreign Material
Two Purposes:
Military Application
Technical Intelligence

6. CEM is the Property of the United States ! ! !
Safeguard & Protect from:
Looting
Cannibalization
Misuse
Souvenir Hunters
Destruction

7. 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

8. Spot Report Format
S - Size
A - Activity
L - Location
U - Unit
T - Time
E - Equipment

9. ________________________________ NATIONALITY OF CAPTURING FORCE
CAPTURED DOCUMENT TAG
(STANAG 1059)
1. DATE/TIME CAPTURED: ZAPR99
4. IDENTITY OF SOURCE (IF APPLICABLE):_____________________
2. PLACE CAPTURED: TA
3. CAPTURING UNIT: ICO/2/3/4 REGT
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5. CIRCUMSTANCES OF CAPTURE: FOUND IN ABANDONED
ENEMY CP.

10. CAPTURED ENEMY EQUIPMENT
TO BE AFFIXED TO
CAPTURED ENEMY EQUIPMENT
DO NOT DISTURB
NOMENCLATURE: MT-140-A
SERIAL NO:
DATE/PLACE CAPTURED: 02 FEB 99 CA
CAPTURING UNIT: 2 INF CO/2/3 REGT
QUANTITY: ONE EACH
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BELOW FOR USE BY TECH INTEL UNITS ONLY
NOTICE
THIS EQUIPMENT IS BEING HELD FOR:
ANALYSIS
UTILIZATION
DESTRUCTION
BY AUTHORITY OF THE JOINT U.S. FORCES COMMANDER.
______________________________________________
SIGNATURE PRINTED NAME
UNIT DATE

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. DISPOSITION of CEM
Evacuate time senistive CEM through chain of command to S-2
Screen for intelligence or techinical value
Evacuate to the rear

15. Some items require special handling:
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.

16. CAPTURED DOCUMENT LOG Format
UNIT INF DIV (L)
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FILE RECEIVED DOCUMENT INCOMING TRANS- FORWARDING RECEIVED TIME & PLACE OF
NO DTG SERIAL NO. MISSION NO UNIT BY CAPTURE (DTG)
Z US-AR NA TH BDE ROYCE ZNC123456
0002

17. ANY QUESTIONS?