TC 3-90.10 — Brigade Combat Team Cover, Concealment, And Camouflage
TC 3-90.10 governs the employment of cover, concealment, and camouflage across Soldiers, vehicles, formations, command posts, and operating environments.
- Publication number: TC 3-90.10
- Title: BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM COVER, CONCEALMENT, AND CAMOUFLAGE
- Date: 06/29/2026
- Proponent: T2COM
- Status: ACTIVE
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TC 3-90.10 addresses detection, signatures, survivability operations, electromagnetic warfare, and planning considerations. It also describes C3 applications in woodland, jungle, desert, arctic, maritime-land littoral, air-land littoral, and urban environments.
Topics covered
- Cover, concealment, and camouflage
- Detection fundamentals
- Survivability operations
- Command post protection
- Electromagnetic warfare
- Signature management
- Operating environments
Questions and answers
How does thorough decontamination support force reconstitution?
Thorough decontamination allows for a complete reconstitution of a contaminated force, and units should conduct it outside the range of enemy indirect fire and away from major avenues of approach. (paragraph 1-78)
What does planning for decontamination require?
Planning for decontamination requires dirty and clean lanes, a marshalling area, and a decontamination area. (paragraph 1-79)
What is survivability in military operations?
Survivability is a quality or capability of military forces that permits them to avoid or withstand hostile actions or environmental conditions while retaining the ability to fulfill their primary mission. (paragraph 4-3)
How thick must parapets and retaining walls be in deliberate fighting positions?
A Soldier constructs parapets retaining walls 39 inches (minimum) thick (length of M4 rifle [stock extended] or length of M7 rifle [stock extended/without suppressor] plus 6 inches) and 10 to 12 inches (length of a bayonet) to the front, flank, and rear. (paragraph 4-15)
How should command posts minimize visual detection?
Minimizing visual detection requires strict light discipline. (paragraph 5-36)