ATP-4-90 Brigade Support Battalion Download
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Brigade Support Battalion and the Operational Environment 18 June 2020 1-5 This includes ensuring all commodities are replenished in preparation for upcoming operations, all sustainment units are positioned properly, units are reorganized for effectiveness, casualties are treated and evacuated, replacement personnel are integrated into units, and maintenance is conducted. BSB ORGANIZATION IN BRIGADE COMBAT TEAMS The BSB is organic to and provides sustainment support to a BCT. BSBs in IBCT, SBCT, and ABCT differ in terms of specific equipment and manning, reflecting the characteristics of the BCTs they support. Figure 1-1 depicts a typical BSB organization. Figure 1-1. Brigade support battalion task organization BSBs have the capability to operate a supply support activity (SSA), operate a modular ammunition transfer point (MATP), perform field-level maintenance support and distribution operations, as well as providing medical support. BSBs that contain a medical company provide Role 2 medical care to all units in the brigade. FSCs provide distribution, field feeding, and field-level maintenance support to their supported battalions. Other capabilities that BSBs provide include: Field-level maintenance support to the BSB and the brigade headquarters. Field feeding support to the BSB headquarters company, distribution company, field maintenance company, and medical company. The DSB assigned to a division can provide logistics capability not organic to the BSB or provide additional capacity to support the BSB. The DSB has an organic DSSB comprised of organic companies: a headquarters company, a composite supply company, a composite truck company, and a support maintenance company. The DSSB provides water treatment and storage, non-mobile petroleum storage, and troop transportation support to the BCT. HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY The BSB headquarters and headquarters company (HHC) consists of the command group, coordinating staff, and headquarters company. The BSB provides C2, administrative, and logistics support for all organic, assigned, and attached units. The staff executes planning and synchronization for all assigned and attached units in the BSB. The BSB can also provide C2 for all units that occupy the BSB base for security. It also provides support for non-BSB elements in the BSA. ATP 4-90