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Appendix D D-4 FM 3-81 09 November 2021 CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL, AND NUCLEAR D-3. Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear operations include the employment of capabilities that assess, protect against, and mitigate the entire range of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear incidents to enable freedom of action (FM 3-11). CBRN capabilities support operations across the range of military operations by assessing CBRN threats and hazards, providing protection against CBRN hazards, mitigating CBRN incidents, and providing hazard awareness and understanding. The CBRN functions of assess, protect, and mitigate share a common fundamental purpose that fits within the protection warfighting function to achieve or contribute to support area operations. Table D-3 provides an overview of CBRN units, planning requirements, and capabilities at the battalion level and below that may be task-organized to the support area designated land owner or a tenant unit of the corps or division support area. For additional information on CBRN operations, see FM 3-11. Table D-3. CBRN mission planning and capabilities Organization Capabilities CBRN brigade • Provide command and control for the operation of the brigade and up to five CBRN battalions. • Provide staff planning and sustainment coordination with the CBRN staff within division, corps, or theater Army sector. • Operate a tactical command post and a main command post. • Allocate units and resources in support of CBRN reconnaissance, detection, decontamination, and chemical weapons of mass destruction operations throughout the theater of operation. CBRN battalion • Command and control and supervision of personnel assigned to the CBRN battalion and up to six CBRN/CBRNE companies. • Operate a battalion main command post. • Conduct staff planning and sustainment coordination with the CBRN staff within the brigade, division, corps, or theater army sector. • Allocate task organized units and resources in support of CBRN reconnaissance, surveillance, decontamination, biological detection, and CWMD operations to the theater army area, corps, division, and brigade areas of operation. Legend: CBRN chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear CBRNE chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosives CWMD countering weapons of mass destruction CIVIL AFFAIRS D-4. CA forces execute CA core competencies and functions. The CA branch provides three core competencies nested within CA operations–CA activities, military government operations, and CA supported activities. CA functions are structured under each competency, organizing tasks and systems (people, organizations, information, and processes) into executable capabilities to create the desired effects. CA core competencies form the basis for training, organizing, equipping, and employing CA forces. The core competencies nest within the commander’s overall responsibility for planning and executing civil-military operations. The following are CA operations core competencies and their nested functions: CA activities. Civil affairs activities are activities specifically planned, executed, and assessed by civil affairs forces that support the commander in order to synchronize, coordinate, and integrate indigenous populations and institutions, unified action partners, and interagency (FM 3-57). CA activities provide unique capabilities to the commander. CA activities consist of the following functions: Civil reconnaissance. Civil engagement. Civil information management.