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Sustainment Operations 30 March 2022 ATP 3-09.24 5-11 enemy's medium artillery. The BSA entry points should be positioned away from the enemy's likely avenues of approach. 5-80. The FAB commander can create an alternate CP for sustainment should the administrative and logistics presence in the FAB main CP become too large. The BSB CP may be able to host the FAB sustainment cell if communications links are adequate. Locations For Support Areas 5-81. All support areas have many similarities, including: Cover and concealment (natural terrain or man-made structures). Room for dispersion. Level, firm ground to support vehicle traffic and sustainment operations. Suitable helicopter landing zone. Good road or trail networks. These include good routes in and out of the area (preferably separate routes going in and going out); access to lateral routes; routes positioned along or good access to the main supply route; and routes positioned away from likely enemy avenues of approach. Security Of Support Areas 5-82. Sustainment elements must organize and prepare to defend themselves against ground or air attacks. Often, they occupy areas that have been secured by maneuver units. The best defense is to avoid detection. The following activities help to ensure trains security: Use movement and positioning discipline, as well as noise and light discipline to prevent detection. Establish a perimeter defense. Establish observation posts and patrols. Position weapons (small arms, machine guns, and antitank weapons) for self-defense. Plan mutually supporting positions to dominate likely avenues of approach. Prepare a fire plan and make sector sketches. Identify sectors of fires. Emplace target reference points to control fires, and for use of indirect fires. Integrate available combat vehicles within the trains (such as vehicles awaiting maintenance or personnel) into the plan, and adjust the plan when vehicles depart. Conduct rehearsals. Establish rest plans. Identify an alarm or warning system that would enable rapid execution of the defense plan without further guidance; the alarm, warning system, and defense plan are usually included in the unit standard operating procedures. Designate a reaction force. Ensure the force is equipped to perform its mission. The ready reaction force must be rehearsed or briefed on unit assembly, friendly and threat forces recognition, and actions of contact. SUPPLY ROUTES 5-83. Main supply routes are routes designated which the bulk of sustainment traffic flows in support of operations. A main supply route is selected based on the terrain, friendly disposition, enemy situation, and scheme of maneuver. Alternate supply routes are planned in the event that a main supply route is interdicted by the enemy, or becomes too congested. In the event of operating in a CBRN environment. 5-84. The FAB CBRN officer or S-3 staff checks with their higher HQ to determine the location of clean and dirty routes to handle contaminated traffic. Alternate supply routes should meet the same criteria as the main supply route. Upon activation of a dirty route, all non-contaminated vehicles and personnel are encouraged to avoid this route. Contaminated vehicles will move to decontamination sites prior to rejoining non contaminated vehicles. Route considerations include: