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Organic and Task-Organized Structure 09 November 2021 FM 3-81 2-27 Protection. Preservation of the effectiveness and survivability of mission-related military and nonmilitary personnel, equipment, facilities, information, and infrastructure. Disposal. Final disposition of explosive ordnance and components, which may include detonation or a controlled burn. 2-36. Table 2-5 provides an overview of EOD units, planning requirements, and capabilities at the company level that may be task-organized to the MEB. For additional information on EOD operations see ATP 4-32.3 and FM 4-30. Table 2-5. EOD mission planning and capabilities Organization Mission Planning Capabilities EOD company 1 per MEB • Direct EOD support to designated brigade or area EOD general support to designated multifunctional brigade. • Planning and execution cell in addition to providing company level oversight and execution of administrative and logistics support for up to five EOD platoons. • Neutralize hazards resulting from domestic or foreign conventional, nuclear, chemical biological ordnance, and improvised explosive devices. EOD platoon 1-3 per explosive ordnance company • Command and control for activities conducted by response teams. • Receipt, prioritization, and dispatch of EOD response teams. • Teams organized to neutralize hazards resulting from domestic or foreign conventional, nuclear, chemical biological ordnance, and improvised explosive devices. • Limited ability to augment battalion level headquarters with special staff expertise associated with EOD hazards. • Support to the United States Secret Service in the protection of the President, Vice President, and other dignitaries as directed. • Removal of stuck rounds and downloading of misfired munitions. Legend: EOD explosive ordnance disposal MEB maneuver enhancement brigade Note. The considerations presented in the mission planning and capabilities tables primarily describe potential employment and capabilities of the described organization. These notional considerations do not relieve planners of the requirement to perform detailed mission analysis to support the identification and employment of specific capabilities required to accomplish the MEB’s missions MILITARY INTELLIGENCE COMPANY 2-37. All-source intelligence support at the MEB level is very basic and focuses on ground operations. A task organized military intelligence company provides collection and additional analysis capability to the MEB. The MEB commander and staff task-organize the military intelligence company based on the mission variables (METT-TC). To offset capability shortfalls, the MEB intelligence staff integrates elements of the military intelligence company into its staff operations. For operational considerations, such as weighting the main effort, the MEB may task-organize intelligence support teams from the military intelligence company, counter intelligence teams, human intelligence teams, or signals intelligence teams to support a battalion.