The 4" cyalume has a lighting duration of 6 hours:
- Whether for individual or collective lighting, the baton is used as Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
- Combatant marking and identification, Friend or Foe Identification (FFI)
- Route marking, marking of areas for medical triage or medical evacuations (MEDEVAC),
- Emergency lights in a field hospital,
- Vehicle convoy marking, route marking,
- Battlefield illumination, aid in advancing through smoke-filled areas,
- Regulatory marking of buildings, particularly during combat in urban areas.
- Marking of devices or people,
- Target marking,