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Command and Staff Roles 07 December 2020 ATP 5-0.2-1 355 G-5/S-5 Plans Officer Duties and Responsibilities M-28. The G-5/S-5 is the principal staff officer for planning operations for the mid- to long-range planning horizons at the division echelon and higher. In the absence of a G-5 or S-5, the operations officer becomes responsible for the planning effort. M-29. The commander generally needs to know the following from the G-5/S-5: Status of planning. Status of current planning efforts. Status on plans, orders, branches, and sequels. M-30. A basic list of doctrinal resources available to the G-5/S-5 includes— FM 3-04, Army Aviation, April 2020. FM 3-90-1, Offense and Defense, Volume 1, March 2013. FM 3-90-2, Reconnaissance, Security, and Tactical Enabling Tasks, Volume 2, March 2013. ATP 3-06, Urban Operations, December 2017. ATP 3-07.5, Stability Techniques, August 2012. ATP 3-11.50, Battlefield Obscuration, May 2014. ATP 3-37.2, Antiterrorism, June 2014. ATP 3-90.4/MCWP 3-17.8, Combined Arms Mobility, March 2016. ATP 3-90.8, Combined Arms Countermobility Operations, September 2014. ATP 5-0.1, Army Design Methodology, July 2015. G-6/S-6 Signal Officer Duties and Responsibilities M-31. The G-6/S-6 is the principal staff officer for all matters concerning network operations (jointly comprising DOD information network operations and applicable portions of defensive cyberspace operations), network transport, information services, and spectrum management operations within a unit's area of operations (AO). When planning a communications system, the commander should be guided by the types and amounts of equipment available. Consider all communications-electronic assets available throughout the command. This includes equipment in signal units in addition to communications-electronic equipment and personnel assigned to the command. M-32. The commander generally needs to know the following from the G-6/S-6: Communications-electronic status. Communication resources available. Communication support available (mobile subscriber equipment coverage). Special additional training requirements. Modifications in signal operation instructions. Frequency changes and alternate means of communications. Anti-jamming plan. Retransmission capability. Operational communications-electronic dead space and the plan to mitigate it. M-33. A basic list of doctrinal resources available to the G-6/S-6 includes— FM 3-12, Cyberspace and Electronic Warfare Operations, April 2017. FM 6-02, Signal Support to Operations, September 2019. ATP 6-02.71, Techniques for Department of Defense Information Network Operations, April 2019. ATP 6-02.72/MCRP 3-30B.3 [MCRP 3-40.3A]/NTTP 6-02.2/AFTTP 3-2.18, Multi-Service Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Tactical Radios, May 2017.