Following the engagement, Staff Sergeant Miller led a small squad forward to conduct a battle damage assessment.

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For example, intelligence support, including battle damage assessment, can be provided from outside the theater of operations.

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Civilians may be mistakenly targeted as combatants and counted as such because there are no ground troops to conduct a battle damage assessment, interview witnesses or properly identify bodies.

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