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Chapter 2 2-22 FM 3-81 09 November 2021 Table 2-3. CBRN mission planning and capabilities Organization Mission Planning Capabilities CBRN battalion One per 2-6 CBRN/CBRNE Companies • Command and control and supervision of personnel assigned to the CBRN battalion and up to six CBRN/CBRNE companies. • Operation of a battalion main command post. • Staff planning and sustainment coordination with the CBRN staff within the brigade, division, Corps, or Theater Army sector. • Assessment of task-organized unit capabilities, utilization, and impacts on plans and operations to the brigade, division, corps, and Theater Army AO. CBRN company (hazard response) • 1 per BCT • 1 per division • Company HQ: Command and control and supervision of personnel assigned to the company. Staff planning, sustainment coordination and assessment of task-organized unit. Capabilities, utilization, and impacts on plans and operations with CBRN staff within brigade, division, corps, or theater Army sector. Allocation of task-organized units and resources in support of CBRN reconnaissance, surveillance, decontamination and WMD elimination operations throughout the theater of operations. • 1 per BCT • 1 per division • Reconnaissance and Surveillance Platoon: Detects and identifies CBRN hazards. Provides early warning of contamination for supported units. Ability to locate, identify, marks and report contaminated areas and identify bypass routes. Collection and coordination for evacuation of CBRN environmental samples. Assesses hazards in support of site exploitation or CBRN response. Limited conventional reconnaissance when not in a CBRN contaminated environment. • Hazard Assessment Platoon X2: Detects and identifies CBRN hazards. Ability to locate, identify, mark and report contaminated areas. • Assess sites to confirm/deny presence of CBRN material. • Equipment and personnel decontamination.