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Historically, intelligence units were viewed as support elements—providers of maps and enemy locations to the "fighters." ATP 3-90.4 redefines the MI Brigade as a lethal asset. It integrates intelligence collection with the Army’s targeting cycle (F2C2EA—Find, Fix, Finish, Exploit, Analyze, Disseminate). The manual details how reconnaissance and surveillance units do not just observe the enemy but enable fires (artillery and airstrikes) to neutralize them.
Slows the enemy down within a specific area so they can be destroyed by fire.
A unique feature of ATP 3-90.4 is its integration of sustainment considerations. While the publication focuses primarily on operational procedures, it explicitly identifies several sustainment tasks necessary for success:
The official publication for , titled Combined Arms Mobility , provides doctrine on missions like breaching, gap crossing, and clearing operations. Accessing the PDF




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The classical scanning mode where the variation of a focal plane if any is pre-calculated with a focus map and later the motorized XY stage captures optimally focused images by translating across the region of the scanning.
Uses single 40X or 20X objective combined with a secondary overhead camera for capturing preview (thumbnail) of the full slide including the barcode area. atp 3-90.4 pdf
Whole slide imaging is preferred over other modes when exhaustive image capture is needed for deferred access. Slows the enemy down within a specific area
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An all powerful scanning mode where multiple images covering all focal planes are captured at every field. The end result is essentially a whole slide scan mixed with pre-captured Z-stack at every position. Accessing the PDF
Similar to WSI mode, Volume scanning uses a single 40X or 20X objective combined with a secondary overhead camera for capturing preview (thumbnail) of the full slide including the barcode area.
Volume scanning is preferred over WSI when exhaustive image capture is needed for slides with overlapping cells such as Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy slides, Pap smear slides etc.

Historically, intelligence units were viewed as support elements—providers of maps and enemy locations to the "fighters." ATP 3-90.4 redefines the MI Brigade as a lethal asset. It integrates intelligence collection with the Army’s targeting cycle (F2C2EA—Find, Fix, Finish, Exploit, Analyze, Disseminate). The manual details how reconnaissance and surveillance units do not just observe the enemy but enable fires (artillery and airstrikes) to neutralize them.
Slows the enemy down within a specific area so they can be destroyed by fire.
A unique feature of ATP 3-90.4 is its integration of sustainment considerations. While the publication focuses primarily on operational procedures, it explicitly identifies several sustainment tasks necessary for success:
The official publication for , titled Combined Arms Mobility , provides doctrine on missions like breaching, gap crossing, and clearing operations. Accessing the PDF