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Chapter 1 1-8 ATP 4-90 18 June 2020 Figure 1-2. Brigade support battalion headquarters and staff S-1 Section The S-1 serves as the BSB’s principal staff officer for human resources and financial management support and other issues affecting the health, morale, and welfare of BSB Soldiers. S-1 responsibilities include personnel manning, casualty operations, personnel services, and personnel support. The S-1 is responsible for key personnel manning functions: personnel readiness management of the BSB, personnel accountability, personnel strength reporting, personnel retention, and personnel information management. Personnel accountability is a chain of command responsibility. It is the by-name management of the location and duty status of every person organic, assigned, or attached to the BSB. This information is reported to the S1. It is critical for determining the BSB personnel readiness status. Based on the accountability, the S-1 identifies personnel shortages, reports strength, and requisitions personnel replacements through the BCT S-1. The S-1 advises the BSB commander on personnel readiness status and informs the BSB commander if personnel status affects the BSB’s ability to execute sustainment missions. If heavy personnel casualties dictate a BSB reorganization, the S-1 coordinates with the S-3 to develop a plan to cross-level personnel within the BSB to meet mission requirements. Personnel services includes personnel action requests such as leaves and passes, personal emergency data or life insurance elections, pay-related actions, awards and decorations, promotions, grade reductions, and bars to reenlistment. Casualty operations include recording, reporting, verifying, estimating, and processing casualty information from the company level to the BCT S-1. It also includes providing necessary information to the mortuary affairs operations centers as appropriate. During large-scale combat operations, high casualty rates may require augmentation to the S1 casualty operations section. Personnel support functions include morale, welfare, and recreation activities and command interest programs, and legal services. The brigade S-1 supports the BSB S-1 by providing or coordinating human resource support beyond the capabilities of the BSB S-1. The S-1 is responsible for developing the BSB personnel support plan to ensure the support is adequate to accomplish the assigned mission. The S-1 develops paragraph 4.b, Personnel, for the BSB operation order. The S-1 prepares annex F, appendix 2 for the operations order including all tabs for attachment as required.