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Brigade Support Battalion and the Operational Environment 18 June 2020 1-21 systems, if applicable. The ASB provides distribution of classes I, II, III (B), IV, V, and IX. It provides water storage and operates both MATP and supply support activity. Aviation Support Battalion Task Organization The ASB consists of four companies: headquarters and support company, distribution company, aviation support company (ASC), and a brigade signal company. The ASB is configured differently from other BSBs; the ASB does not have an assigned medical company but has a medical platoon that provides Role 1 medical care to the ASB and its units. Additionally, the forward support companies and aviation maintenance companies are organic to aviation brigade’s battalions and not the ASB. Headquarters and Support Company The HSC provides C2 for all elements of the ASB and plans sustainment for the brigade’s operations. The maintenance platoon supports the ASB’s assigned companies and aviation brigade headquarters. The maintenance platoon oversees the field maintenance activities throughout the company, performs the maintenance management and production control functions, and maintains the class IX stockage levels. The field maintenance section executes ground recovery operations for the ASB and brigade HHC and provides maintenance evacuation and small arms repair for the entire brigade. The medical platoon of the HSC provides medical support with a Role 1 medical treatment facility for the CAB. The platoon is organized into headquarters, treatment, and evacuation sections. The ASB treatment squad can provide limited augmentation to the medical sections in the brigade HHC and flight battalions who retain their own organic flight surgeons and medics in their organic medical treatment team. The medical platoon provides the following capabilities for the ASB. Tactical combat casualty care and acute trauma management for wounded and disease and non- battle injury patients. Sick call services. Ground ambulance evacuation from supported units. Mass casualty triage and management. Limited patient decontamination. ASB Distribution Company The distribution company supervises, directs, and manages the receipt, storage, and delivery of supply classes I, II, III, IV V, VI, IX, and water to the forward support companies and other brigade units. The distribution company provides retail aircraft and ground refueling. It establishes and operates a forward arming and refueling point (FARP). The petroleum and water platoon has a two-person quartermaster petroleum team assigned to provide aircraft petroleum quality assurance testing and technical assistance for handling, storing, sampling, identifying, and performing quality evaluation of petroleum products and their containers. The distribution company operates the SSA warehouse for class IX air and ground parts. It manages the demand supported authorized stockage list (ASL) and availability of aircraft repair parts. The distribution company receives inoperable equipment and coordinates transportation for the recovery and retrograde of ground and aviation equipment. Aviation Support Company The aviation support company (ASC) provides aviation field-level maintenance support for manned and unmanned aircraft systems. The ASC is structured to support aviation battalions that do not have an organic maintenance capability. The ASC performs battle damage assessment and repair and maintenance augmentation to aviation battalions when needed. The aviation support company’s structure provides it with the capabilities and capacity to perform component repairs not available to the CAB. However, neither the ASC nor any other organization in the CAB can perform sustainment-level maintenance. Sustainment-level maintenance personnel handle damaged or inoperable aircraft requiring time-consuming repair actions. See chapter 7 for more information on field-level and sustainment-level maintenance. ATP 4-90