FM-3-81 Maneuver Enhancement Brigade Download

Support Area Responsibilities 09 November 2021 FM 3-81 4-5 4-16. The MEB commander tasks units (engineer, military police, CA, intelligence, CBRN, military intelligence, and TCF) that it has a command or support relationship with within the support area to conduct reconnaissance, security, intelligence operations, and surveillance. (See table 4-1 for unit capabilities.) If the support area designated land owner is not task-organized with adequate information collection assets, it requests information collection support from the higher headquarters. This support could be provided through counterintelligence, human intelligence, signals intelligence, unmanned aircraft systems, or ground surveillance systems. Table 4-1. MEB information collection capabilities Organization Capability CBRN Provide additional information collected during conduct of primary missions. Detects, locates, marks CBRN and toxic industrial materials that restrict freedom of maneuver. Capable of assessment/characterization/exploitation of WMD targets. Also capable of performing general reconnaissance, security, and tactical enabling tasks, such as route reconnaissance and the forward passage of lines. Engineer Monitor terrestrial areas of interest through information collection assets to help reveal the enemy location and disposition and route, area, zone, and force reconnaissance. Assists commanders in determining the feasibility of areas for use based on the aspects of the terrain. Provides a detailed understanding of infrastructure, such as sewage, water, electricity, academics, trash, safety, and other considerations. Stryker battalion (TCF) Infantry battalion (TCF) Combined arms battalion (TCF) Conduct Soldier sensor missions, as needed, to satisfy requirements, including tactical questioning. Provide scout platoon capability for real-time detection, recognition, and identification of distant target locations. Military intelligence company Conduct intelligence operations, such as military source operations. Document exploitation, interrogation and debriefing, and counterintelligence operations. Support development of brigade common operations picture, targeting, IPB, analysis of information reported across all the warfighting functions, and development of intelligence products. Receive, process, and display near real time information from nonorganic sensors. Military police Conduct information collection through reconnaissance and surveillance and the integration of police intelligence operations throughout all military police tasks to seek out the enemy, monitor likely high-speed avenues of approach and potential landing zones and drop zones. Provide additional information through police operations and security and mobility support in towns and other populated areas, and along ridgelines, wooded areas, and critical terrain features from which the enemy can influence movements along road networks throughout the support area. Collect police information during military police operations concerning crime, disorder, criminal activity, and criminal threats throughout the AO. Collect information during the conduct of detainee operations.