ORGANIZATION
9-64. The special security office element consists of an officer.
TASKS
9-65. The special security office element develops sensitive compartmented information procedures, and it establishes, controls, and disestablishes all theater army sensitive compartmented information facilities.
The element provides classification and foreign disclosure guidance for sensitive compartmented information intelligence and operations products. It controls all sensitive compartmented information materials, and reviews intelligence prior to its dissemination outside a sensitive compartmented information facility. The element manages all special access programs.
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Theater Army Movement and Maneuver Cell
10-1. The theater army movement and maneuver cell is responsible for the synchronization and integration of theater army operations throughout the area of operations (AO). The cell provides the commander with a common operating picture to facilitate mission command of theater army assets within the geographic combatant commander’s (GCC’s) area of responsibility (AOR). The cell provides the main command post with a limited near-term planning element to develop branches and produce warning orders, operation orders, and fragmentary orders to support the current phase of execution. It develops and prepares plans, strategy, and policies to support the GCC’s plans. It plans, prepares, executes, and assesses the command’s exercise, simulation, and training programs. The cell plans, coordinates, and executes all international engagement and security cooperation activities, as directed by the GCC theater security cooperation plan and theater army commander’s initiatives. Three integrating cells (future, current, and plans) are used to drive the operations process and enable the integration and synchronization of the above task in support of operations in the AO. Representatives from all warfighting functions embed or coordinate with these integrating cells to develop a coherent, unified theater army operation. The G-3 (assistant chief of staff, operations) synchronizes and integrates operations through the three integrating cells as well as all the other warfighting functional cells. Figure 10-1 depicts the theater army 5.4 movement and maneuver cell. (This organization is in accordance with design, not the modified table of organization and equipment or the Table of Distribution and Allowance.)
Figure 10-1. Theater army 5.4 movement and maneuver cell
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MOVEMENT AND MANEUVER CELL HEADQUARTERS ELEMENT
10-2. Paragraphs 10-3 through 10-5 discuss the mission, organization, and tasks of the movement and maneuver cell headquarters element.
MISSION
10-3. The movement and maneuver cell headquarters element manages the cells integration and synchronization of operations in support of theater army requirements.
ORGANIZATION
10-4. The movement and maneuver cell element consists of a G-3, an operations sergeant major, and a noncommissioned officer and driver.
TASKS
10-5. The movement and maneuver cell element integrates and synchronizes all aspects of theater army operations across all warfighting functional cells and through the three integrating cells: current operations, future operations, and plans. The element provides information and recommendations to the theater army commander. The element manages information flow and integrates liaison officers and joint force augmentation into the staff.
OPERATIONS SUPPORT SECTION AND HEADQUARTERS
ELEMENT
10-6. Paragraphs 10-7 through 10-9 discuss the mission, organization, and tasks of the operations support section and headquarters element.
MISSION
10-7. The operations support section and headquarters element executes orders management, task organization, and commander’s critical information requirements and manages update briefs to ensure the command stays synchronized.
ORGANIZATION
10-8. The operations support section and headquarters element consists of the headquarters, aviation, and space elements.
TASKS
10-9. The operations support section and headquarters element conducts orders management tasks. The section manages the battle rhythm through update briefs to ensure the command stays synchronized. It publishes orders assigning missions to theater army subordinates while overseeing the execution of tasks as needed. The section also provides the necessary reach-back for the contingency command post. The section assesses the operational and tactical situation, develops the commander’s critical information requirements, and supervises the task organization of theater army subordinate units. The section establishes and operates the current operations and integration cell (COIC) on a continuous basis and ensures it possesses all required operational functions.
G-5 SECTION AND HEADQUARTERS ELEMENT
10-10. Paragraphs 10-11 through 10-13 discuss the mission, organization, and tasks of the G-5 (plans) cell and headquarters element.
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10-11. The G-5 plans cell and headquarters element develops long-range theater plans, policy, and strategy in support of the theater army commander, typically beyond a 96-hour planning window or as established by the commander.
ORGANIZATION
10-12. The G-5 plans cell and headquarters element consists of the following elements: headquarters, strategy and policy, plans, joint operations planning and execution system section, and special technical operations (STO) section. The headquarters element consists of the G-5, an operations officer, and a senior operations noncommissioned officer.
TASKS
10-13. The G-5 plans cell and headquarters element is responsible for developing long-range theater plans, policy, and strategy for the theater army commander in support of the GCC. It reviews the current situation, assesses national and theater strategies, and reviews national and international security considerations for possible implications for operations. It prepares running estimates and develops courses of action in support of the GCC theater strategy, campaign plans, operation plans, and operation orders.
The cell participates and collaborates during contingency, crisis action, and campaign planning to develop theater army supporting plans. It issues planning guidance and operational direction, and it assigns tasks for subordinate unit planning. The cell develops deception plans.
AVIATION OPERATIONS ELEMENT
10-14. Paragraphs 10-15 through 10-17 discuss the mission, organization, and tasks of the aviation operations element.
MISSION
10-15. The aviation operations element manages aviation operations and standardizes aviation planning for theater operations.
ORGANIZATION
10-16. The aviation operations element is composed of a chief, an aviation standardization officer, an aviation safety officer, and a noncommissioned officer in charge.
TASKS
10-17. The aviation operations element provides aviation standardization and aviation policies and support to assist reconnaissance and surveillance, sustainment, protection, airspace control, and operational planning. The element monitors parallel collaborative planning with combatant commands, joint task forces, corps or divisions, major subordinate commands, and joint, interagency, and multinational forces.
The element provides aviation qualified staff officers and noncommissioned officers to participate (as needed) on Army and joint boards, integrated planning teams, working groups, and centers. The element also conducts mobilization, deployment, and redeployment planning. The element ensures that task organization of all subordinate aviation forces is completed, and recommends changes to aviation operational standardization and safety tactics, techniques, procedures, policies and processes. It reviews aviation running estimates, safety of flight messages, proposed tactics, techniques, and procedures changes, and the AOR flight procedures guide.
SPACE ELEMENT
10-18. Paragraphs 10-19 through 10-21 discuss the mission, organization, and tasks of the space element.
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MISSION
10-19. The space element plans, integrates, and coordinates space-based programs, capabilities, products (national, military, and commercial), and technologies, including STO, to enhance theater army operations.
ORGANIZATION
10-20. The space element consists of a senior space operations officer and two space operations and plans officers.
TASKS
10-21. The space element plans, integrates, and coordinates with the United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command and Army Forces Strategic Command or the joint functional component command-space for space input to estimates, plans, orders, and operations. It coordinates full exploitation of joint, interagency, intergovernmental, and multinational military and civilian space platforms for intelligence, focused surveillance, area reconnaissance, communications, and early warning. The element coordinates for position and timing, blue force tracking, combat identification, and precision engagement support. It coordinates for integrated tactical warning and attack assessment, environmental monitoring, and dynamic tasking of space platforms. The element facilitates augmentation by space forces when required and ensures reachback to all supported forces.
CURRENT OPERATIONS AND INTEGRATION CELL
10-22. Paragraphs 10-23 through 10-25 discuss the mission, organization, and tasks of the COIC.
MISSION
10-23. The COIC conducts short-range planning, issues orders, and monitors, assesses, collects and processes relevant operational information to produce and disseminate a common operational picture.
ORGANIZATION
10-24. The COIC is composed of seven officers and three noncommissioned officers. If required, the COIC receives augmentation from the staff to expand the COIC’s capability to plan, prepare, execute, and assess operations.
TASKS
10-25. The COIC uses plans and orders to integrate, synchronize and supervise operations in the AO. The COIC communicates operational and strategic-level information, maintains current force status, and evaluates information to assess its impact on operations. The COIC monitors and coordinates activities involving the reception and onward movement of Army forces in the AOR. It determines the operational impacts of delayed or diverted shipments for strategic movement. The COIC manages the request for information process for the headquarters. The section analyzes higher, adjacent, other Service, and multinational orders for tasks affecting the theater army. The cell manages the establishment and operation of the common operational picture.
FUTURE OPERATIONS CELL
10-26. Paragraphs 10-27 through 10-29 discuss the mission, organization, and tasks of the future operations cell.
MISSION
10-27. The future operations cell refines and modifies plans and orders based on the current situation. It develops branches and assesses mid-range progress of operations, typically within a 24- to 96- hour planning window, or as established by the commander.
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10-28. The future operations cell is composed of the chief, six functional plans officers, and one noncommissioned officer. If required, the future operations cell receives augmentation from the staff to expand the cell’s capability to plan, prepare, execute, and assess operations.
TASKS
10-29. The future operations cell manages the Global Force Management process for the theater army, including requests for forces from both internal and external sources. It manages Global Force Management deployment orders and modifies operation plans to operation orders for crisis action planning. It is responsible for mid-range planning and the assessment of operations. It develops operation orders for smaller scale contingency operations commanded and controlled by the contingency command post. It provides a mid-range planning element to develop branches and produces warning orders, operation orders, and fragmentary orders to support the current phase of execution.
STRATEGY AND POLICY SECTION
10-30. Paragraphs 10-31 through 10-33 discuss the mission, organization, and tasks of the strategy and policy section.
MISSION
10-31. The strategy and policy section provides a running assessment of the theater strategic environment and analysis of U.S. strategic policy to the theater army commander. The section assists in the development of regional programs and policies in support of phase 0 operations.
ORGANIZATION
10-32. The strategy and policy section is composed of an element chief and a plans officer.
TASKS
10-33. The strategy and policy section reviews the current situation, assesses national and theater strategy, and reviews national and international security considerations for the AO from the theater army’s perspective. It assists the plans element in developing running estimates and courses of actions for operation plans and policy that support the GCC’s theater strategy, campaign plans, operation plans, and operation orders. The section reviews and provides analysis, comment, and summation of the Unified Command Plan, and Guidance for the Employment of the Force. It determines Army force and structure requirements to support GCC operation plans and theater strategy. It provides advice on the force structure of the theater army tables of organization and equipment, modified tables of organization and equipment, Army prepositioned stocks realignment, the quadrennial defense review, and other planning documents.
PLANS SECTION
10-34. Paragraphs 10-35 through 10-37 discuss the mission, organization, and tasks of the plans section.
MISSION
10-35. The plans section develops theater army operation plans and concept plans in support of the GCC
requirements in accordance with the Guidance for Employment of the Force, the Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan, and Headquarters, Department of the Army. The section focuses on long-range assessments of current operations.
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10-36. The plans section is composed of seventeen personnel: one section chief, one deputy chief, eleven plans officers, one request for forces management officer, one airspace management warrant officer, and two senior operations sergeants.
TASKS
10-37. The plans section determines theater warfighting requirements, solutions, and concepts by developing and coordinating the theater army portion of GCC operation plans and concept plans for major and small-scale contingency operations to include joint and multinational forces. It incorporates military deception into the plans in order to manipulate enemy operational commanders’ perceptions and expectations and to conceal friendly actions. It determines theater army force size and structure requirements by developing and coordinating theater army force requirements and issuing planning guidance. The section combines plans from other main command post staff elements into one integrated planning document. Additionally, the plans section coordinates and integrates component, theater, and other support to ensure mutual understanding, integration, and support. It executes this task by coordinating with higher and adjacent commands. It reviews higher headquarters policy and publications for their impact on the theater army’s support to projected campaigns or major operations. The plans section provides policy, tasks, and guidance on the development of subordinate unit supporting plans. The chief of plans is responsible for developing theater army operation plans and concept plans in support of the GCC operation plans, operation orders, and campaign plans for the AOR. The chief provides leadership and supervision to the section and various operational planning groups and teams, when they are activated. The deputy chief of plans assists the chief and serves as lead planner for plans and projects. The deputy chief ensures work and projects within the section are properly coordinated, both internally and externally. The assigned plans officers coordinate and synchronize operations into the theater army operations plans and concept plans in support of GCC operation plans, operation orders, and campaign plans for the AOR. The senior operations sergeant first class assists the chief of plans section with day-to-day operations. The senior operations sergeant first class supervises the administrative support to the various operational planning groups and teams, when they are activated.
JOINT OPERATIONS PLANNING AND EXECUTION SYSTEM
ELEMENT
10-38. Paragraphs 10-39 through 10-41 discuss the mission, organization, and tasks of the joint operations planning and execution system element.
MISSION
10-39. The joint operations planning and execution system element establishes procedures for the development and execution of time-phased force and deployment data throughout the planning continuum, to include exercises.
ORGANIZATION
10-40. The joint operations planning and execution system element is composed of one chief, one operations officer, one transportation management noncommissioned officer, and four information noncommissioned officers.
TASKS
10-41. The joint operations planning and execution system element manages the joint operations planning and execution system, time-phased force and deployment data, and request for forces processes for the theater army. The element coordinates with the strategy and policy element and the plans section for force requirements, mobilization, and deployment plans. The element enters theater contingency and operations plans into the joint operations planning and execution system. The element operates and maintains the global command and control system and global command and control system-Army systems for the theater army. The element develops the time-phased force and deployment data for theater army operation plans and operation orders. The element conducts transportation feasibility analysis during time-phased force and deployment data development.
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SPECIAL TECHNICAL OPERATIONS ELEMENT
10-42. Paragraphs 10-43 through 10-45 discuss the mission, organization, and tasks of the STO element.
MISSION
10-43. The STO element receives and integrates deployable, reach-back capability assets in order to plan, coordinate and integrate STO into theater army plans, operations, and exercises and facilitates the execution of STO and other sensitive activities.
ORGANIZATION
10-44. The STO element consists of a chief and a noncommissioned officer.
TASKS
10-45. The STO element plans, integrates, and coordinates all aspects of STO with the rest of the staff and maintains the STO estimate. The element advises the theater army commander and staff on STO plans, policies, and activities conducted in the AOR. The element coordinates with combatant commands, Services, and joint staff STO offices for support and approval of STO activities as required. It supports sensitive operational and planning activities within the army headquarters and subordinate units as required. It performs security management and administrative functions to support STO activities.
TRAINING SECTION AND HEADQUARTERS ELEMENT
10-46. Paragraphs 10-47 through 10-49 discuss the mission, organization, and tasks of the training section and headquarters element.
MISSION
10-47. The training section and headquarters element plans, prepares, executes, and assesses the command's exercise, simulation, and training programs.
ORGANIZATION
10-48. The training section consists of the following elements: headquarters, exercise, simulations, and training. The headquarters element consists of a chief, an operations noncommissioned officer, and a supply noncommissioned officer.
TASKS
10-49. The training section and headquarters element plans, coordinates, directs, and executes training and exercises for the theater army. It deploys within the AOR to support theater army training and exercises. It monitors available training facilities and areas for readiness. The section accounts for simulation equipment within the AO. The section plans, prepares, executes, and assesses the theater army’s Service, joint, interagency, and multinational training and education programs. It supervises the planning and coordination for all Joint Chiefs of Staff and GCC directed exercises. The section monitors the deployment and employment of theater forces and supporting Reserve Component forces in the execution of exercises and training events throughout the AOR.
EXERCISE ELEMENT
10-50. Paragraphs 10-51 through 10-53 discuss the mission, organization, and tasks of the exercise element.
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10-51. The exercise element plans, prepares, executes, and assesses the theater army headquarters’
Service, joint, and multinational training and education programs.
ORGANIZATION
10-52. The exercise element consists of two plans and exercise officers.
TASKS
10-53. The exercise element provides guidance for training individual replacements and units. The element certifies the readiness of units deploying into the AOR as part of the reception, staging, onward movement, and integration process. The element provides the commander with a capability to conduct mission rehearsal and mission planning using models and simulations. It prepares regional cultural and environmental awareness training packages for units deploying into the AOR. It monitors the readiness and adequacy of training facilities and training areas available to the command and assesses their effectiveness.
The element provides exercise planning and execution for simulations supporting the theater security cooperation strategy.
SIMULATION ELEMENT
10-54. Paragraphs 10-54 through 10-57 discuss the mission, organization, and tasks of the simulation element.
MISSION
10-55. The simulation element plans, prepares, and executes mission rehearsal and planning for responsive models and simulations.
ORGANIZATION
10-56. The simulation element consists of a chief, an operations officer, and an information system management officer.
TASKS
10-57. The simulation element supervises and manages the overall simulation and training support programs. The element determines the requirement for simulation models supporting the various Army, joint, multinational, and AOR partners. It supervises and manages the automation equipment and networks used during simulations supporting training and operational events.
TRAINING ELEMENT
10-58. Paragraphs 10-59 through 10-61 discuss the mission, organization, and tasks of the training element.
MISSION
10-59. The training element plans, prepares, executes, and assesses professional education and training programs. It allocates resources by providing guidance on the methods and means used in training replacements and units.
ORGANIZATION
10-60. The training element consists of a chief, an aviation training officer, two operations officers, one training officer, a plans officer, an ammunition warrant officer, two master gunner noncommissioned officers, and an operations noncommissioned officer.
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10-61. The training element supervises and manages command training programs, overseas deployment, and individual training. The element monitors the readiness of training facilities and training areas to assess adequacy for training events. The element coordinates with tactical units for range certification, and pre-deployment training standards. It conducts supportability assessments for alternative employment options. It develops and maintains exportable training packages to include ones addressing cultural and physical environments found within the AOR. The element manages training ammunition, mission-essential task list development, and training program assessments. It conducts staff and pre-exercise training. It plans and directs training and certification of selected personnel on U.S. and multinational emergency action procedures.
FORCE MANAGEMENT SECTION AND HEADQUARTERS
ELEMENT
10-62. Paragraphs 10-63 through 10-65 discuss the mission, organization, and tasks of the force management section and headquarters element.
MISSION
10-63. The force management section directs and executes documentation, modernization, integration, and readiness functions for the theater army commander.
ORGANIZATION
10-64. The force management section consists of the following elements: headquarters, force structure, force integration, and readiness. The headquarters element consists of a chief and a readiness officer.
TASKS
10-65. The force management section provides continual daily requirements determination, prioritization and resource distribution for the theater army, subordinate units, and Army Forces through periodic working groups and automated processes. It serves as the conduit between Headquarters, Department of the Army and Army Forces within the AOR for determination and processing of requiremen