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Appendix K 340 ATP 5-0.2-1 07 December 2020 guaranteeing a consistent, accurate flow of information; however, continuous operations may require a liaison team or liaison detachment. K-5. The professional capabilities and personal characteristics of an effective LNO encourage confidence and cooperation with the commander and staff of the receiving unit. Effective LNOs— Know the sending unit's mission; current and future operations; logistics status; organization; disposition; capabilities; and TTP. Appreciate and understand the receiving unit's TTP; organization; capabilities; mission; doctrine; staff procedures; and customs. Are familiar with the— Requirements for and purpose of liaison. Liaison system and its reports, documents, and records. Liaison team training. Observe the established channels of command and staff functions. Are tactful. Possess familiarity with local culture and language and, if possible, have advanced regional expertise. LIAISON ELEMENTS K-6. Commanders organize liaison elements based on mission variables and echelon of command. Division, corps, and theater army headquarters are authorized two command liaison teams. Common ways to organize liaison elements include, but are not limited to- A single LNO. A liaison team consisting of one or two LNOs, or an LNO and a liaison non-commissioned officer in charge, clerical personnel, and communications personnel along with their equipment. Couriers (messengers) responsible for the secure physical transmission and delivery of documents and other materials. A digital liaison detachment comprising several teams with expertise and equipment in specialized areas, such as intelligence, operations, fire support, air defense, and sustainment. DIGITAL LIAISON DETACHMENTS K-7. Digital liaison detachments provide Army commanders with units to liaison with major subordinate or parallel headquarters. Digital liaison detachments consist of staff officers with a broad range of expertise who are capable of analyzing a situation, facilitating coordination between multinational forces, and assisting in cross-boundary information flow and operational support. These 30-Soldier teams are essential not only for routine liaison, but also for advising and assisting multinational partners in planning and operations at intermediate tactical levels. These detachments can operate as a single entity for liaison with a major multinational headquarters or provide two smaller teams for digital connectivity and liaison with smaller multinational headquarters. Commanders can also tailor digital liaison detachments to match a given mission. The digital liaison detachment allocation is five per committed theater Army and one per corps and division serving as a joint task force headquarters or as approved by the Department of the Army. LIAISON PRACTICES K-8. When possible, liaison is reciprocal among higher, lower, supporting, supported, and adjacent organizations. Each organization sends a liaison element to the other. When U.S. forces are placed under control of a different nation's headquarters and vice versa or when brigade-sized and larger formations from different nations are adjacent, liaison activities should be reciprocal. When not reciprocal, the following practices apply to liaison (where applicable): Higher-echelon units establish liaison with lower echelons. In contiguous operations, units on the left establish liaison with units on their right. In contiguous operations, units of the same echelon establish liaison with those to their front.