FM-3-81 Maneuver Enhancement Brigade Download

Chapter 2 2-2 FM 3-81 09 November 2021 2-3. The planning and coordination of sustainment support, previously performed by the BSB SPO officer, will fall to the MEB S-4. The MEB staff is unique in its capabilities. No other brigade-level organization has such a large and complete organic staff with the capabilities that are required to conduct support area operations and DSCA. The MEB staff may need to be augmented with additional personnel from CA when CA units are task-organized under the MEB for command and control. 2-4. It will be a challenge for the MEB to integrate task-organized units and employ them as cohesive tactical formations the same way that units with organic subunits, leaders, and Soldiers can do. The trust and teamwork that are required to conduct close combat with combined arms formations (technical, functional, and maneuver) are difficult to develop quickly. The Army force generation collective-training events and continuous in-theater training will be essential to prepare the unit, develop trust and teamwork, and certify leaders. HEADQUARTERS SUPPORT COMPANY 2-5. The primary mission is to provide command and control capabilities and unit-level administrative support and sustainment support for all task-organized units enabling the MEB to support Army operations across the range of military operations. This is accomplished by core staff from the MEB HSC and their associated signal support (see figure 2-2). The brigade headquarters operates as a tactical and administrative headquarters within a specified and assigned AO. The brigade has the capability to deploy both a main command post and a tactical command post within its AO. Legend: AMD air missile defense CBRN chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear CEMA cyberspace electromagnetic activities CMD command CO company DISTRO distribution ENG engineer HQ headquarters LNO liaison officer LOG logistics MAINT maintenance MGT management OPS operations PBO property book officer PLT platoon PMO provost marshal office SASMO sustainment automation support management office SJA staff judge advocate S-1 battalion or brigade manpower and personnel staff officer S-2 battalion or brigade intelligence officer S-3 battalion or brigade operations staff officer S-4 battalion or brigade logistics staff officer S-5 battalion or brigade plans staff officer S-6 signal staff officer SPT support UMT unit ministry team Figure 2-2. HSC 2-6. The tactical command post contains a tailored portion of the MEB headquarters to control current operations. The tactical command post is established when the commander must be positioned away from the main command post location for an extended time period, when METT-TC factors do not permit the