ATP-5-0-2-1 Staff Reference Guide Volume 1 Download

Sustainment Planning Factors 07 December 2020 ATP 5-0.2-1 251 Table G-4. Brigade support battalion components ATP 4-90 BSB distribution company components Capability HHC company Command and control, administrative, and logistics support for all organic, assigned, operational control (OPCON), and attached units to the BSB. Distribution company The BSB distribution company executes daily receipt, storage, and issue of CL I, II, III, IV, V, and IX supplies and transports cargo in general support of its brigade combat team in decisive action operations. Transportation platoon Transportation support. Distribution to FSC. Supply platoon SSA receives, stores, and issues CL I, II, III(P), IV, V, VII, IX, packaged water, and retrograde materiel. Fuel and water platoon Water storage and issue point for the BCT. CL III(B) distribution for the BCT. No CL III storage capacity. Field Maintenance Company Field-level maintenance support to the BSB and the BCT. Maintenance control platoon Directs, controls, and supervises the unit’s field-level maintenance mission and activities; maintains shop stock and bench stock for shop operations; performs maintenance management and production control functions for units operating within the BSA. Maintenance platoon Provides shop and onsite 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 through the BSA and its AO. Brigade Support Medical Company (BSMC) Army Health System (AHS) support to a brigade combat team; Role 1 and Role 2 in support of a brigade combat team and AHS support on an area basis to all BCT units without organic medical assets. Treatment platoon Receives, triages, treats, and determines the disposition of patients in the brigade AO; provides for advanced trauma management, tactical combat casualty care, general medicine, general dentistry, and physical therapy. In addition, the medical treatment platoon has limited radiology, medical laboratory, and patient holding capabilities. Evacuation platoon Performs ground evacuation and enroute patient care for supported units; employs ten evacuation teams, utilizing wheeled or tracked ambulances; provides organic and area evacuation capability. Behavioral health section Supports commanders in the prevention and control of combat and operational stress reaction through the brigade’s behavioral health activities. Preventative medicine section Provides preventative medical support to the BCT and area support when required. Brigade medical supply office (BMSO) Provides brigade level, Role 2, class VIII coordination, synchronization, and execution of medical logistics support for the BSMC and supported BCT. Forward Support Company X6 Provides direct support to maneuver, engineer, cavalry, fires, aviation, and maneuver enhancement battalions and special forces groups; provides field feeding, bulk fuel, general supply, ammunition, and field- level maintenance to its maneuver battalion. Field feeding section Conducts field feeding operations. Distribution platoon Consists of a platoon headquarters and four squads that can be task-organized to distribute CL II, III, IV, V, and VII supplies. Maintenance platoon Performs field-level maintenance, maintenance management, dispatching, and scheduled maintenance operations for their supported maneuver battalion and FSC vehicles and equipment. Note. A short ton is the equivalent of 2,000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) of weight (ATP 4-35). G-19. The FSC is organic to the BSB for regular BCTs and other select units. The FSC is the critical supply delivery and distribution manager for the BCT battalion. Each FSC is manned and equipped to transport, store, and distribute all classes of supply to supported units. The FSC receives, stores, issues, and distributes between 5,000–30,000 gallons of CL III (B) daily using the modular fuel system's (MFS's) tank rack module (TRM). It can distribute over 176 short tons of general cargo (CL I, II, IV, and IX) and Class V supplies daily.