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Chapter 2 2-4 FM 3-81 09 November 2021 S-2 SECTION 2-13. The brigade intelligence staff officer (S-2) section provides intelligence support to the commander and the current operations staff. It collects, receives, identifies, and analyzes intelligence documents, reports, and related information; prepares intelligence summaries; and maintains enemy order-of-battle information. This section advises and provides updates to the commander and staff on enemy and battlefield situations; performs planning functions for the brigade to SPO; and develops immediate, intermediate, and long-range plans for the brigade and subordinate units. The S-2 section also provides the consolidated and coordinated staff estimates and related products required for the development of OPLANs/OPORDs within the command. S-3 SECTION 2-14. The S-3 section provides staff oversight for all matters concerning training, operations, and plans. With the commander’s approval, it prepares unit training guidance, develops the brigade mission-essential task list, determines and allocates training resources and land requirements, and obtains and allocates resources and personnel for both internal and external schools. It develops scenarios for forward training requirements and disseminates future operations and execution information to higher, lower, adjacent, supported, and supporting units. It develops standard operating procedures and OPORDs and writes fragmentary orders for both short-range and mid-range planning horizons. It provides command and control capabilities by establishing the tactical operations center and coordinating efforts of the staff and subordinate units. It also provides the commander and staff different courses of action (COAs) in critical functional areas through the advice of subject matter experts. The main command post operations airspace management section includes airspace control, electronic warfare system operator staff, and tactical airspace integration system operator staff to provide the MEB the ability to control Army airspace within its assigned AO. The S-3 section consists of the— S-3 operations section. The S-3 operations section provides knowledge management capabilities to the commander and staff. It determines the commander’s critical information requirements and maintains operational information and force status. It assesses the operational situation, prepares plans and orders (including the integration of special technical operations into plans and operations), and establishes or revises standard operating procedures. AMD cell. The AMD cell provides planning, integration, and synchronization of aerial operations and the ability to conduct airspace management within its assigned AO throughout the range of military operations. It serves as the principal advisory body on aerial operations to the commander and current operations staff, focusing on integrating and synchronizing air missions to support the commander’s intent and scheme of maneuver. It is responsible for the planning, integration, and synchronization of airspace command and control information, AMD and Army aviation augmentation, intelligence preparation of the battlespace (IPB) information, the use and integration of sensors, and clearance of fires with the fire support element. As required, it provides staff estimates and related documents used in the development of OPLANs/OPORDs. Area operations cell. The area operations cell provides specialized planning, integration, and synchronization of tactical activities within the MEB assigned AO. Within the assigned AO, the focus of operations is normally on civilian-military operations, area security, terrain management, movement control, clearance of fires, and employment of the TCF. The area operations section provides the MEB commander specialized planning, coordination, and integration recommendations for all units assigned to, attached to, or transiting the brigade AO. The area operations section supports staffing of the tactical command post as directed by the commander. Liaison office cell. The liaison office cell provides personnel to represent the MEB commander at the headquarters of other commands, allied force headquarters, host-nation governments, or other U.S. government agencies as directed to coordinate and promote cooperation between two or more organizations. It assists in the development and refinement of OPLANs/OPORDs and staff estimates as required to effectively represent the commander’s intent and plan of actions. It can task-organize to provide multiple liaison teams. Teams may be required to perform liaison missions with allied, coalition, host-nation, or other governmental and nongovernmental agencies as necessary and directed by the appropriate authority.