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Support Area Operations 09 November 2021 FM 3-81 3-5 Table 3-1. Support area responsibilities and supporting tasks (continued) Support Area Responsibilities Supporting Tasks Enable security (continued) • Group units into assembly areas, base camps and base clusters • Direct the employment and maneuver of the tactical combat force • Synchronize, integrate, and organize protection capabilities • Harden critical infrastructure and command and control nodes Conduct personnel recovery • Report • Locate • Support • Recover • Post isolation screening • Reintegrate Conduct airspace management • Synchronize use of airspace • Identify, coordinate, and integrate airspace users • Adhere to airspace control procedures and maintain contact with the appropriate airspace control element responsible for the volume of airspace above the brigade area of operations Conduct minimum-essential stability tasks • Establish civil security • Conduct security cooperation • Support to civil control • Restore essential services • Support to governance • Support to economic and infrastructure development Conduct mobility and countermobility support • Conduct clearing (areas and routes) • Improve line of communications roads and bridges • Construct and maintain combat roads and trails • Construct and maintain forward airfields and landing zones • Conduct traffic management and enforcement • Plan, prepare, and execute obstacles • Construct, emplace, or detonate obstacles • Mark, report, and record obstacles • Maintain obstacle integration and overwatch Rear command post integration • Provide signal connectivity • Provide sustainment support • Provide workspace • Provide security