Surveillance and target acquisition

Surveillance and target acquisition (STA) is a military role assigned to units and/or their equipment.

It involves watching an area to see what changes (surveillance) and then the acquisition of targets based on that information.

The role of STA units is to locate, track, assess and where appropriate cue the attack for friendly artillery units.

It provides commanders with surveillance and targeting information across the battle space and is always linked by a robust command-and-control (C2) system to offensive support (OS) systems.

01.09.2004 - today

Special Observer Badge, worn by Soldiers of the HAC or 4/73 Battery RA who have passed STA Patrol Training and successfully completed a probationary period