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Chapter 4 4-14 ATP 4-90 18 June 2020 BSB maintains supplies uploaded for rapid mobility. For all transportation requirements beyond the BSB’s capability, the SPO requests additional support from the sustainment brigade. Upon receipt of the warning order, BSB units initiate action in preparation to displace. Units load equipment according to their unit SOP and internal load plans. The BSB units also begin reducing perimeter concertina wire and defenses. The BSMC evacuates patients in the holding area instead of moving those patients forward on the battlefield with the displaced Role 2 medical treatment facility. The field maintenance company may also increase evacuation of non-mission capable equipment. Field trains assets should arrange to resupply units with fuel, water, food, ammunition, and repair parts as much as possible before BSB units close supply points. Field trains usually move after the main body of the BSB displaces. The remaining elements of the BSB will cease any support operation not already stopped after the departure of the maneuver battalions’ field trains. The BSB will upload remaining materiel and move to the new BSB location with permission of the CP. The BSB’s main CP then transfers control to the tactical CP at the new BSB location, breaks down its equipment, and displaces. The trail party closes out any remaining operations, ensures the old BSA site is clear of anything of intelligence value to the enemy, and moves to the new BSB site. The trail party includes maintenance elements to repair or recover disabled vehicles from the rest of the BSB and BCT elements moving to the new location. The trail party may also need to pick up guides or markers along the route.