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Chapter 7 7-6 ATP 4-90 18 June 2020 MAINTENANCE UNITS AND ORGANIZATIONS At the BCT level, several Army maintenance organizations are structured to provide maintenance management, capabilities, and support to meet operational requirements of the brigade. BSB FIELD MAINTENANCE COMPANY The role of the field maintenance company is to provide field-level maintenance support to the BCT and others transitioning through the BCT’s area of operations on a limited basis. It also provides reinforcing field-level maintenance support to the FSCs for low-density commodities including: communications, electronics, and armament equipment. The BSB usually employs the field maintenance company in the BSA. Field maintenance companies have equipment and personnel specific to maintaining BCT equipment. The field maintenance company is composed of a company headquarters and two platoons: a maintenance platoon and a platoon headquarters that includes the maintenance control section The field maintenance company can send limited support forward to support the FSC’s MCP. The field maintenance company also provides limited recovery and machine shop support to the battalion FSCs. Details of specific maintenance functions are found in ATP 4-33, Maintenance Operations. Company Headquarters The company commander provides C2 to all personnel assigned or attached to the company. The company commander manages task organization and employment of all maintenance and recovery assets. The commander is normally located in the BSA but will always be in a position to best command Soldiers and execute the mission. The commander provides information and advice concerning maintenance operations throughout the BSA to the BSB commander, SPO staff, and the brigade headquarters. The first sergeant is the company’s senior NCO and normally its most experienced Soldier. The first sergeant is the commander’s primary logistics and tactical advisor. The first sergeant collaborates with the commander and XO to plan, coordinate, and supervise all internal logistics activities that support the company’s mission. The first sergeant is located wherever the duties require. The XO is the primary internal logistics planner and coordinator. The XO and the company headquarters section operate the company CP. The XO’s duties include operational and internal logistics coordination with higher, adjacent, and supported units. Maintenance Platoon The field maintenance company’s maintenance platoon provides shop and on-site contact field-level maintenance support for the companies of the BSB, additional field-level maintenance support to the FSCs, and when able, general support to units traversing the BCT area of operations. The maintenance platoon typically provides reinforcing support to the FSCs for low-density equipment and support to the FMTs as needed. The field maintenance company’s maintenance platoon is comprised of a field maintenance section, ground support equipment repair section, communications and ground repair section, missile and electronic repair section, and an armament repair section. The platoon has a ground support equipment repair section that provides field-level maintenance on power generation, construction, quartermaster, and utilities equipment. The missile and electronic repair section provides field-level maintenance for radio, surveillance radars, special electronic devices, tube- launched, optically tracked, wireless-guided missile systems, wire system equipment, and thermal night sights. The armament repair section provides field-level maintenance for small arms, combat vehicle fire control systems, and turret-mounted weapons and mechanisms. The field maintenance section provides maintenance for automotive and track vehicles for the BSB’s internal vehicles. Maintenance Control Section and Platoon Headquarters The platoon is comprised of a headquarters section, maintenance control section, and a recovery section. Under the direction of the maintenance control officer, the maintenance control section directs, controls, and supervises the unit’s field-level maintenance mission and activities. The section maintains shop