Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com FM 34-54 Appendix C HANDLING AND EVACUATION This appendix covers the procedures for handling and evacuating routine CEM, as well as TECHINT CEM. Some basic guidelines and procedures on how to handle TECHINT interest items follow: CEM evacuation channels and handling procedures are usually the same as similar US end items. A captured tank generally will go to the same location as a US tank at the Class VII point. (Definitions for classes of supply are in the glossary.) The element requiring a specific type item is responsible for coordinating and tasking evacuation and handling.
As time permits, as much CEM should be collected from the battlefield and taken to the echelon's CEM points for disposition. The capturing unit always notifies higher command of capture and then safeguards the known or possible TECHINT item, if possible, until higher command provides disposition instructions. All echelons will establish CEM points and keep logistical and intelligence channels informed of their status. Special handling and evacuation procedures are often situation dependent and cannot always be included in SOPs and OPORDs. The plans, policies, and procedures for evacuating foreign materiel are prescribed by joint, unified, and theater headquarters.
These plans are based on DA and DOD policies and guidance. Each command echelon in theater must ensure that its plans comply with theater directives and the Joint TECHINT plan. The final disposition of CEM and associated technical documents rests with the theater commander. As stated before, the CMEC is responsible for coordinating the handling and evacuation of CEM of TECHINT value. Routine CEM evacuation guidance, such as raw material found in railroad yards, is best established in advance in the command's various OPORDs and SOPs. CEM should be policed off the battlefield to the prescribed collection points as soon as possible.
Special situations, as in the case of high priority TECHINT C-1 INTRODUCTION