Construction requirements and standards associated with survivability efforts (such as hardening facilities).
Engineer capabilities available or needed to meet protection requirements.
Environmental considerations.
Air and Missile Defense
2-91. The air and missile defense section oversees corps air and missile defense operations. The section coordinates the four primary air and missile defense missions: air and missile defense, situational awareness, airspace management, and force protection. It coordinates these missions by—
z
Coordinating air and missile defense activities with other CP cells, especially regarding airspace command and control and aviation operations.
z
Disseminating weapons control status and the air tasking order.
z
Coordinating with the area air defense commander on all land-based and air and missile defense within the corps AO.
For further information air and missile defense within a corps AO, see appendix D.
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and High-Yield Explosives Section
2-92. The CBRNE section—
z
Advises the commander and staff on CBRNE issues.
z
Plans combating weapons of mass destruction elimination operations (coordinates for disposal of weapons of mass destruction).
z
Provides oversight on weapons of mass destruction elimination operations.
z
Plans for sensitive site assessments operations, tracks sensitive site exploitation operations, and provides reachback technical support.
z
Performs information superiority analysis (tracks key indicators).
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Conducts CBRNE response analysis.
z
Provides CBRNE defense, obscuration, and flame input to estimates, orders, and plans.
z
Provides consequence management planning, support, and analysis.
z
Plans support for joint operations.
z
Provides support to Army organizations, as required.
z
Identifies explosive ordnance disposal requirements and recommends and implements explosive ordnance disposal unique skills to protect the force.
z
Tracks, prioritizes, and reinforces support to counter unexploded explosive ordnance, improvised explosive devices, and weapons of mass destruction.
Personnel Recovery Section
2-93. Personnel recovery is inherently a joint operation. The personnel recovery section coordinates corps personnel recovery activities with joint, multinational, and host-nation personnel recovery operations. (See JP 3-50 and FM 3-50.1.) Personnel recovery tasks include—
z
Developing and maintaining the corps personnel recovery program, including procedures, planning, preparation, execution, and assessment.
z
Coordinating personnel recovery issues with higher, lower, and adjacent organizations.
z
Establishing a joint personnel recovery center, if directed.
Safety Element
2-94. Safety, although not a part of the corps table of organization and equipment, is an important augmentation to the corps staff. The safety officer is part of the commander’s personal staff. A safety element works within the protection cell to assist the commander and staff with integrating composite risk management for training and operations. (See FM 5-19.)
SUSTAINMENT CELL
2-95. The sustainment functional cell contains sections that provide support and services to ensure the corps’s freedom of action, extend its operational reach, and prolong its endurance. Four staff sections contribute sections to the sustainment cell: assistant chief of staff, personnel (G-1); assistant chief of staff, logistics (G-4); assistant chief of staff, financial management (G-8); and the surgeon. The G-4 serves as both the chief of sustainment cell and the logistic section chief. Elements perform specific functions within each staff sections shown in figure 2-7 (page 2-21). (See appendix A for a detailed discussion of corps sustainment.)
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Figure 2-7. Main command post sustainment cell
2-96. The sustainment functional cell performs these tasks to support corps operations: z
Develop and implement human resource policies and procedures.
z
Coordinate personnel support.
z
Monitor the human resources situation and provide input to common operational picture (COP).
z
Coordinate casualty operations.
z
Synchronize and integrate logistics operations to include maintenance, supply and services, transportation, general engineering, and mortuary affairs.
z
Provide logistics input to the COP.
z
Coordinate resource and financial management operations.
z
Synchronize and integrate Army health system operations.
Human Resources Section
2-97. The G-1 is the corps CG’s principal human resources advisor and the chief of the human resources section. (See FM 1-0.) This section establishes human resources policies and ensures human resources support is properly planned, resourced, and executed for corps forces. In addition, the corps human resources section—
z
Establishes human resources policy.
z
Conducts essential personnel services.
z
Coordinates morale, welfare, and recreation.
z
Conducts casualty operations.
z
Performs strength reporting and personnel readiness management.
z
Conducts personnel information management.
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Manages headquarters manning.
z
Receives and processes individual augmentees.
z
Coordinates band operations.
z
Performs command interest programs.
z
Monitors postal operations.
Human Resources Operations Element
2-98. The human resources operations element conducts morale, welfare, and recreation operations; manages command interest programs; manages retention efforts; and monitors postal operations for corps units. It manages the information assurance program and civilian personnel programs for Department of Defense personnel.
Human Resources Current Operations Integration Cell Support
2-99. The G-1 current operations integration cell support element provides personnel who work in the current operations integration cell to synchronize human resources operations for the corps.
Human Resources Policy
2-100. Human resources policy responsibility involves developing, coordinating, and managing current, mid-range, and long-term human resources personnel policies for the corps. It includes providing oversight for executing human resources activities for corps units.
Casualty Operations
2-101. Casualty operations include collecting casualty information for preparing estimates, reporting casualties, and conducting notification and assistance programs. Casualty information is provided by casualty liaison teams, medical treatment facilities, mortuary affairs, and reports from corps forces.
Essential Personnel Services
2-102. The branch establishes, processes, and manages essential personnel services for the corps units.
This responsibility includes establishing processing priorities and timelines for submitting actions by corps forces. The branch processes personnel actions requiring the CG’s signature.
Personnel Information Management
2-103. Personnel information management involves collecting, processing, storing, displaying, and disseminating human resources information about corps Soldiers, units, and civilians. This function includes maintaining the human resources information systems. The human resources cell coordinates with the command and control cell as necessary to establish communication links.
Personnel Readiness Management
2-104. Personnel readiness management involves analyzing personnel strength data to determine current combat capabilities, projecting future requirements, and assessing conditions of unit individual readiness.
Personnel readiness management directly interrelates and depends on the functions of personnel accountability, strength reporting, and personnel information management. Strength reporting reflects the combat power of a unit using numerical data.
Logistics Section
2-105. The G-4 oversees the corps logistic elements. This section oversees—
z
Logistic operations.
z
Maintenance.
z
Supply and services.
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Transportation.
z
Logistic automation.
See FM 4-0 for details on sustainment.
Logistics Current Operations Integration Cell Support
2-106. The G-4 current operations integration cell support element provides personnel to work in the current operations integration cell. The support provided helps synchronize logistic operations for the corps.
Maintenance
2-107. The logistic element performs the following maintenance-related functions:
z
Formulating policy, procedures, and directives related to materiel readiness.
z
Providing oversight of equipment and ordnance maintenance, recovery, and salvage operations.
z
Participating in joint, inter-Service and host-nation agreements to provide resources to support corps operations.
z
Monitoring and analyzing maintenance functions and equipment readiness status.
Supply and Services
2-108. The logistic element performs the following supply and services-related functions: z
Formulating and implementing policy and procedures for the classes of supply (less class VIII) and related services.
z
Monitoring corps logistic operations regarding—
Supply systems.
Transportation networks.
General engineering.
Maintenance.
Miscellaneous services (mortuary affairs, food service, billeting, textile repair, clothing exchange, and laundry and shower).
Transportation
2-109. Transportation operations involve advising the corps CG on the following to support deployment and redeployment of forces and distribution of materiel:
z
Transportation policy.
z
Transportations systems.
z
Movement planning and execution.
z
In-transit visibility.
z
Automated systems.
2-110. The logistic element coordinates with internal and external entities regarding mobility operations.
This element includes the Air Force air mobility liaison officer who advises the corps CG on airlift activities.
Logistic Automation
2-111. The logistic element monitors and reports the status of corps logistic automated information systems.
Financial Management Section
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The corps G-8 chairs funding boards for corps forces. In addition, the G-8 is responsible for the following elements:
z
Plans and operations.
z
Budget execution.
z
Special programs.
Surgeon
2-113. The surgeon is charged with planning for and executing the Army Health System mission within the corps. (See appendix A for additional information.) The surgeon performs the following functions: z
Advises the corps commander on the health status of the command.
z
Monitors, prioritizes, synchronizes, and assesses Army Health System support.
z
Serves as medical contact officer for the corps.
z
Provides an analysis of the health threat.
COMMAND AND CONTROL CELL
2-114. Command and control of the corps is the duty of the CG. The CG is the focus of the command and control system and the supporting warfighting functions. See figure 2-8 (page 2-25). The command and control cell tasks for the corps include:
z
Synchronize and integrate information engagement components (public affairs, combat camera, strategic communications, defense support to public diplomacy, and leader and Soldier engagement).
z
Integrate civil affairs operations.
z
Coordinate psychological operations.
z
Coordinate network operations support.
z
Plan and execute computer network defense.
z
Synchronize and integrate information assurance.
z
Establish and monitor information protection and communications security.
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Figure 2-8. Main command post command and control cell
Civil Affairs
2-115. The assistant chief of staff, civil affairs operations (G-9) integrates civil affairs operations functions and capabilities into corps operations. The civil affairs operations staff serves in the command and control cell in the main CP under the chief of staff. The civil affairs operations staff provides representatives to the current operations integration cell as a current operations integration cell support element from civil affairs. Civil affairs operations staff members are also assigned in the future operations and plans cells in the main CP. Additionally, civil affairs operations staff members participate in meetings (including boards and working groups) as needed. The civil affairs operations staff performs these functions (see FM 3-05.40):
z
Advises the corps commander on allocating and using civil affairs units under corps control.
z
Develops the civil affairs operations annex to corps plans.
z
Recommends civil affairs operations augmentation, including appropriate functional specialists.
z
Reviews higher headquarters’ plans.
z
Informs the corps main CP staff on the civil affairs operations capabilities and units.
z
Supports ISR activities of the corps.
z
Shares enemy information and possible indicators and warnings collected through passive observation by the G-9 staff and supporting civil affairs operations units.
z
Coordinates with the fires cell for lethal and nonlethal target development, measures of effectiveness, and synchronization of nonlethal activities with lethal fires, ensuring that civilian property, public buildings, and infrastructure are protected to the maximum extent possible.
z
Coordinates and synchronizes corps civil affairs operations with higher headquarters’ civil affairs efforts.
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z
Establishes a civil-military operations center or coordinates with an existing center to perform collaborative planning and coordination with interagency, intergovernmental, nongovernmental, and host-nation organizations.
z
Analyzes how civilians impact military operations and how military operations impact civilians.
z
Provides civil affairs analysis to meetings (including boards and working groups).
z
Chairs the civil affairs operations working group, if formed.
z
Supports the integrating cells.
Information Engagement
2-116. Information engagement is the integrated employment of public affairs to inform U.S. and friendly audiences; psychological operations, combat camera, U.S. Government strategic communication and defense support to public diplomacy, and other means necessary to influence foreign audiences; and, leader and Soldier engagements to support both efforts (FM 3-0). The assistant chief of staff, information engagement (G-7) oversees information engagement activities. (See FM 3-0.) The information engagement staff serves in the command and control cell in the main CP. As required, this staff augments the current operations integration, future operations, and plans cells. The staff also provides expertise to meetings (including boards and working groups).
2-117. The G-7 (assistant chief of staff, information engagement)—
z
Serves as the principal information engagement advisor to the corps CG and staff principal advisors.
z
Advises the corps CG on allocating and employing information engagement capabilities.
z
Integrates information engagement into corps operations.
z
Provides representation in the ISR operations section of the intelligence cell.
z
Coordinates information engagement actions directly with adjacent and subordinate unit staffs.
z
Chairs the corps information engagement working group.
z
Participates in the targeting board and other boards and working groups, as required.
2-118. The psychological operations element conducts and assesses psychological operations capabilities within the main CP. The element leader advises the CG, coordinates with the G-7, and supervises the psychological operations element.
Signal
2-119. The assistant chief of staff, signal (G-6) oversees all corps communications, command and control information systems, and information management systems. The assistant chief of staff for signal is the chief of the command and control signal section. This section includes the elements shown in figure 2-10
(page 2-33).
2-120. The G-6 (assistant chief of staff, signal)—
z
Advises the CG, staff, and subordinate commanders on communication and information
networks.
z
Directs development of network requirements and estimates.
z
Oversees network planning.
z
With the assistant chief of staff for operations and chief of the knowledge management element, establishes procedures for developing the COP.
z
Oversees the management of corps internal networks.
z
Coordinates external network support to the corps.
z
Plans, manages, and executes electromagnetic spectrum operations.
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Signal System Integration Oversight
2-121. The signal system integration oversight element involves the following:
z
Providing technical staff support to Army and joint units allocated to the corps.
z
Overseeing network certification and integration.
z
Monitoring the state of network modernization, readiness, communications-electronics
maintenance, and sustainment.
z
Overseeing contractor support of the corps network.
z
Coordinating commercialization of corps communication and information technology
capabilities.
z
Supervising the installation of corps main and tactical CPs wire and cable networks.
Network Management
2-122. The network management element involves the following:
z
Managing the corps network, from the applications residing on corps platforms through the points at which the corps network connects to the Global Information Grid.
z
Maintaining network connectivity to all corps forces, including deployed units, units en route to the theater of operations, and units at home station.
z
Monitoring network performance and quality of service, including interoperability of the corps network with external networks not controlled by the corps.
z
Managing frequency assignments for the corps.
z
Deconflicting electromagnetic spectrum for all corps emitters.
z
Supervising delivery of defense message system services to the main and tactical CPs.
z
Coordinating with the knowledge management section to develop and align tactical network enforceable information dissemination management policies and services.
Information Assurance
2-123. The information assurance element ensures the availability, integrity, reliability, authentication, and nonrepudiation of information. It does the following:
z
Coordinates command and control information systems interface with joint and multinational forces.
z
Develops, promulgates, and monitors information assurance policies.
z
Oversees performance of communications security functions.
Communications Security
2-124. The communications security element provides communications security operational support and facilitates communications security planning for corps forces. Associated responsibilities include the following:
z
Receiving, transferring, accounting, safeguarding, and destroying communications security materials for the corps CPs.
z
Providing training and instructions to communications security hand-receipt holders and users in the proper handling, control, storage, and disposition of communications security materials.
z
Performing communications security key compromise recovery and reporting of
communications security incidents.
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Computer Network Defense
2-125. The computer network defense element—
z
Establishes network defense policies (such as, accreditation, information assurance vulnerability assessment compliance, and access control).
z
Provides staff oversight of the network defense policy implementation by corps forces.
z
Ensures establishment and maintenance of security boundaries for network operations under corps control with military and civilian, joint and multinational organizations.
z
Manages corps headquarters intrusion detection systems.
Tactical Messaging Service
2-126. The tactical messaging service element provides tactical defense message system services to the main and tactical CPs. Services include access to the defense message switch global address director