====== REDCON Levels ====== //(Borrowed from Wikipedia)// ===== Definition ===== In the U.S. military, the term REDCON is short for Readiness Condition and is used to refer to a unit's readiness to respond to and engage in combat operations. There are four REDCON levels, as described below in this excerpt from Army Field Manual 71-1. ==== REDCON-1 ==== Full alert; unit ready to move and fight. * WMD alarms and hot loop equipment stowed; OPs pulled in. * All personnel alert and mounted on vehicles; weapons manned. * Engines started. * Company team is ready to move immediately. ==== REDCON-1.5 ==== * WMD alarms and hot loop equipment stowed; OPs pulled in. * All personnel alert and mounted on vehicles; weapons manned. * Engines started. * Company team is ready to move immediately. ==== REDCON-2 ==== Full alert; unit ready to fight. * Equipment stowed (except hot loop and WMD alarms). * Precombat checks complete. * All personnel alert and mounted in vehicles; weapons manned. * (NOTE: Depending on the tactical situation and orders from the commander, dismounted OPs may remain in place.) * All (100 percent) digital and FM communications links operational. * Status reports submitted in accordance with task force SOP. * Company team is ready to move within 15 minutes of notification. ==== REDCON-3 ==== Reduced alert. * Fifty percent of the unit executes work and rest plans. * Remainder of the unit executes security plan. Based on the commander’s guidance and the enemy situation, some personnel executing the security plan may execute portions of the work plan. * Company team is ready to move within 30 minutes of notification. ==== REDCON-4 ==== Minimum alert. * OPs manned; one soldier per platoon designated to monitor radio and man turret weapons. * Digital and FM links with task force and other company teams maintained. * Company team is ready to move within one hour of notification. ===== Navigation ===== * Second Floor - ??? * [[:start|Ground Floor - Information]] * Basement - ??? * Sub-Basement 1 - ???