The G-5 (S-5) establishes the civil-military operations center, evaluates civil considerations during mission analysis (identifying the civil centers of gravity), and prepares the groundwork for transitioning the AO from military to civilian control. The EWO is normally a military intelligence officer who performs EW duties. Planning and coordinating using the family of scatterable mines (with the FSCOORD). Synchronizing and coordinating offensive and defensive IO with the overall operation. Coordinating financial support of procurement and contracting. The dental surgeon is responsible for coordinating dental activities within the command. Monitoring the staff's discipline, morale, and operational readiness. Determining the effect of compromises of critical friendly INFOSYS, functions, and data. Coordinating interaction with the Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES), and nonmilitary agencies servicing the command, such as the American Red Cross. Monitoring the sanitation of food storage facilities and equipment. Integrating and synchronizing plans and orders. Providing technical assistance to supported units. Providing medical care to civilians per the law of land warfare. I appreciate you taking the time to do the write up. Coordination is essential for four reasons: D-17. G-6 (S-6) responsibilities related to NETOPS include-, D-78. Evaluating enemy PSYOP efforts and the effectiveness of friendly PSYOP on target groups (with the G-2 and G-5). The 3 then sends it to A Co. as a mission, who returns a convoy manifest that includes not only who is with which truck by bumper number, but what commodities are loaded on that truck as well. Coordinating IO elements and related activities for the COS (XO). Directing and supervising staff planning. Also, during drills, I set up a SPO tent, where I oversee the operations. Evaluating enemy intelligence capabilities as they affect OPSEC, countersurveillance, signals security (SIGSEC), security operations, military deception (MD) planning, psychological operations (PSYOP), area security operations, and force protection. Serves as the 1st Air Cavalry Brigades (ACB) Support Operations SGM; provides sustainment for over 6,000 ground vehicles and equipment, and 155 rotary wing aircraft; plans, coordinates, synchronizes and manages sustainment support for the ACB, including fuel, ammunition, transportation, mortuary affairs, Sustainment Support Management Office D-34. Recommending to the G-7 the deception target, deception objective, and deception story. Commanders may designate representatives to make these visits in their name. Other Intelligence Support. These tasks include-. The number of special staff officers and their responsibilities vary with authorizations, the desires of the commander, and the size of the command. Physical security of critical assets, nodes, and sensitive materials. Monitoring unit and enlisted soldier training, and making corrections as necessary. Managing the organization and administration of the headquarters. From my many years as a logistics officer, Ive found that maintenance is ALWAYS the top priority in the Support Operations Office, and rightfully so. The ACOS, G-6 (S-6) is the principal staff officer for all matters concerning command, control, communications, and computer operations (C4OPS). Advising the Army commander on Air Force weather capabilities, limitations, and the ways in which weather can enhance operations. Coordinating preparation of the IO portions of plans and orders. They also list special staff officers over which each coordinating staff officer exercises coordinating staff responsibility. G-7 (S-7) responsibilities related to current operations include-, D-82. Performing or providing religious rites, sacraments, ordinances, services, and pastoral care and counseling to nurture the living, care for casualties, and honor the dead. Staffs prepare and issue plans and orders to execute their commanders' decisions, coordinating all necessary details. AMDCOORD responsibilities include-, D-104. Managing the intelligence process to produce and disseminate intelligence to meet the commander's and other users' requirements in a timely manner, and to support distributed intelligence production and intelligence reach based on the unit area of intelligence responsibility. No officer exercises coordinating staff responsibility over the chaplain. A G-4 (S-4) is authorized at every echelon from battalion through corps. Planning, coordinating, and supervising exercises. D-89. This is how we conduct operations in my BSB. Facilitating the timely flow of RI and enabling the staff to process, display, store, and disseminate the COP. Engineer Coordinator. (IDM provides a managed flow of RI based on the commander's priorities). Within the Sustainment Brigade (formally DISCOM) there is also a Support Operations Officer. Helping the G-1/AG administer discipline, law, and order, including-. Coordinating and synchronizing ARFOR AMD with joint force AMD. Since we are a water Company, I make sure each Plt is setting up TWPS and ROWPUs at the designated location, since we have limited space often. Determining liaison requirements, establishing liaison information exchange requirements, and receiving liaison teams. Providing financial planning and assistance during the transition to war and throughout the conflict, including mobilization, redeployment, and demobilization. A unit ministry team consisting of one chaplain and one chaplain assistant is authorized at every echelon from battalion through corps. Managing radio frequency allocations and assignments and providing spectrum management. Coordinating equipment recovery and evacuation operations (with the support command). Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. Coordinating the construction of facilities and installations, except for fortifications and signal systems. Establishing procedures that enable the staff to maintain a timely flow of RI (with the staff). Manning includes personnel readiness management, personnel replacement management, and personnel accounting. Mission:Perform Transportation and convoy security support to Sustainment Brigade operations for a Heavy Division. The value of a close relationship between the commander and COS cannot be overstated. Staffs assist their commanders by ensuring that subordinates execute their decisions. Food service, quartering, medical support, field sanitation, and supplies for headquarters personnel. Planning and coordinating environmental protection, critical areas, and protection levels. Providing technical advice and assistance in reorienting enemy defectors, EPWs, civilian internees, and detainees. Coordinating the activities of the Army space support team (ARSST) supporting the command. Providing control and liaison associated with the ground elements of a landing force in controlling and employing NGF and Navy and Marine CAS in amphibious assaults or other types of operations. Coordinating special forces, ranger, and special operations aviation support requirements with other staff sections. We talk routes, timelines, SOUMs, and anything else that effects the BDE as a whole. D-44. Some of our partners may process your data as a part of their legitimate business interest without asking for consent. Injecting historical perspective and institutional memory into command activities. To add this job, please remove one below. Ensuring that IDM meets the command's IM requirements. Providing for the general officer's personal well-being and security, and relieving the general officer of routine and time-consuming duties. Assessing the probability and effect of NBC-related casualties. Collecting and analyzing operational data for on-the-spot adjustments in the medical support structure and for postwar combat and material-development studies. *Lieutenant positions are structured for modularity, depending on the mission can have ONE Squad or ALL. These recommendations are for information and assistance only. The SPO transportation section assisted in moving enabler teams and provided the transportation support required to move excess retrograde materiel. Coordinating HN support or local civilian support with the G-5 (S-5). Prepares, reviews and /or implements the following operational plans in ammunition storage areas; Firefighting, emergency destruction, physical security, explosive safety and transportation flow. (See FM 100-14.). Advising the commander on legal and moral obligations incurred from the long- and short-term effects (economic, environmental, and health) of military operations on civilian populations. If the subordinate commander misunderstands the higher commander's orders, staff members provide additional information and guidance to the subordinate commander or staff. When line units in the brigade need logistical support from the Brigade Support Battalion, their requests are sent to the Support Operations Officer (SPO). Once they identify a problem, staff members analyze the actions or coordination needed to solve it. Marine Liaison Team Commander. Then she sends it to the Ammo section who calculates pallets and weight required to fill 1/2 ABL (usually), then the completed sheet goes to the transportation officer who determines if there are enough platforms to meet the requirement. The TALO is a rated Air Force officer. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. Ensuring IO supports achieving information superiority. Submitting taskings for OPSEC tasks to subordinate units through the G-7 (S-7) to the G-3 (S-3). Within each maneuver brigade there is one Brigade Support Battalion (formerly called a Forward Support Battalion) that provides logistics to the brigade. Personal staff officers also may work under the supervision of the COS (XO). Assistant Chief of Staff, G-5 (S-5), Civil-Military Operations. The MLT commander, a Navy or Marine officer, operates at division level and below. Planning and coordinating essential fire support tasks. Exercising staff supervision and technical control over religious support throughout the command. Staff Responsibilities. Explosive Ordnance Disposal Officer. This appendix describes the responsibilities and duties commonly performed by staff officers assigned to the headquarters of Army organizations in the field, from battalion through corps.. Supporting linguist requirements, to include consolidating linguist requirements and establishing priorities for using linguists. Ensure complete and coherent staff actions. Ensuring that special staff officers or sections have personnel, logistics, facilities, and proper support. Coordinating the EA target list with organic military intelligence units and with adjacent and higher commands, including joint and multinational commands when appropriate. However, the Support Operations Officer manages the external logistics and makes sure the Support Battalion supports the Brigade with the required medical, supply, and maintenance support. Coordinating for Air Force aeromedical evacuation aircraft. Staff members routinely analyze factors influencing operations. IM includes RI and INFOSYS functions. Writing the MD appendix to the IO annex to orders and plans. Participating, when appropriate, in negotiations with HNs on labor agreements. Examples are qualitative evaluations of progress toward meeting programmed objectives and using resources to support the command's missions. Administration of discipline, law, and order (with the provost marshal [PM]), including absence without leave (AWOL), desertion, court-martial offenses, punishments, and straggler disposition. Youve added the maximum number of jobs to your list. Participating in intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) planning. The G-1/AG (S-1) also serves as the senior adjutant general officer in the command. Preparing and maintaining C4OPS estimates, plans, and orders. Assessing the information requirements and expectations of the Army and the public, monitoring media and public opinion, and evaluating the effectiveness of public affairs plans and operations. Coordinating and planning for scatterable-mine use (with the ENCOORD). D-75. An example of data being processed may be a unique identifier stored in a cookie. Managing veterinary equipment and facilities. Coordinating unit commercial and military satellite communications requirements with the SOO. Performing staff planning and coordination of PSYOP activities. Integrating ISR into the concept of operations. RM or comptroller responsibilities include-. Identifying requirements and restrictions for using local civilians, EPWs, and civilian internees and detainees in CSS operations. MAJOR DUTIES Serves as the 1916th Support Battalion, Deputy SPO with. Monitoring execution of IO tasks to ensure delivery of massed information effects when needed. The transportation officer is responsible for coordinating transportation assets and operations. One is normally task-organized to maneuver brigades and battalions. Headquarters Management. D-56. Supervising the activities of the NETOPS officer, IA staff manager, IMCOORD, RI officer, and INFOSYS officer. Maneuver and mobility support operations, including-. Counterintelligence includes-, D-55. Advising the commander so that all collection, production, and dissemination adhere to special security, legal, and regulatory restrictions. The RI officer operates in close coordination with each section. Staff members present recommendations orally or in writing. Recommending to the commander and G-3 (S-3) adjustments to the ISR plan to facilitate ISR integration. Performing chief financial officer training and reviews, and audit compliance services. Judgment and experience are major factors in recognizing problems. - Performs logistics preparation of the battlefield and advises the commander on the relationship of support requirements to support assets available. Secretary of the General Staff. Surgeon. I am currently serving as the Support Operations (SPO) Sergeant Major for the 593D Expeditionary Sustainment Command (ESC) with duties and responsibilities of planning, coordinating, and enabling . Coordinating with the G-1/AG (S-1) and SJA in establishing off-limits areas and establishments. D-18. The responsibilities of the support operations officer or materiel officer include-. Coordination by staff members includes-. Providing support teams to maneuver elements when Navy ships have a direct support mission. Establishing and operating an EOD incident reporting system. Advising how operations affect the public health of personnel and the indigenous populations. Ensuring safety of food and food sources. Coordinating staff officers coordinate actions for the commander and for special staff sections over which they are assigned coordinating staff responsibility. D-87. Assessing adversary vulnerabilities, friendly capabilities, and friendly missions in EW terms. The problem determines the extent of research. D-102. The MLT is responsible for coordinating naval gunfire (NGF) and Marine CAS assets and operations. The PAO is responsible for understanding and fulfilling the information needs of soldiers, the Army community, and the public. Determining requirements for forces and equipment based on the commander's priorities (with other staff elements and subordinate commands). Performing other duties the commander prescribes, to include receiving and orienting newly assigned enlisted soldiers and helping inspect command activities and facilities. Receiving allegations and conducting investigations and inquiries. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. Discussions include the areas over which each staff officer exercises responsibility for staff planning and supervision. Planning and supervising conferences chaired by the commander, deputy or assistant commanders, or the COS. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. Is this Chris Ikedi from UH ROTC program? Intelligence Synchronization. The U.S. Army Logistics Branch is comprised of full-time and part-time Army officers (Active Duty, Army Reserve, and National Guard) who are functional in the Transportation, Ordnance, and Quartermaster Branches. A legal support element-including at least a judge advocate-deploys in direct support of each brigade-level task force. Developing annual non-OPTEMPO requirements. The SOO is responsible for providing space-related tactical support and coordination of space-based capabilities available to the command. Allocating manpower resources to subordinate commands within established ceilings and guidance (manpower allocation). Providing counsel and guidance to NCOs and other enlisted soldiers. Dental surgeon responsibilities include-, D-95. Informing the COS of the special staff officer's actions. Coordinating nonstandard sensor-to-shooter linkages to attack targets with short dwell times. Recommending to the G-3 (S-3) initial taskings of assigned, attached, and supporting intelligence collection assets. Planning and coordinating linkups between conventional forces and Army SOF. Just my two cents. Performing varied duties, according to the general officer's desires. D-71. Mission:To provide ground transportation for the movement of dry and refrigerated containerized cargo, and other breakbulk CGO, ammunition, and bottled water on PLS flat-racks. Personal staff officers work under the immediate control of, and have direct access to, the commander. Maintaining medical records within the command per. Valid conclusions are relevant to the topic, objective, and supported by data. The historian, normally an Army civilian, is authorized at corps and divisions. Adjusting the production and dissemination portion of the intelligence synchronization plan. Allocating organic and supporting resources to support PSYOP efforts. Transportation includes-. The ACOS, G-5 (S-5) is the principal staff officer for all matters concerning civil-military operations (CMO). Directives and policy guidance from higher headquarters. Monitoring compliance with operations security (OPSEC) directives and procedures. Corps are authorized a veterinary officer. The staff weather officer (SWO) is responsible for coordinating operational weather support and weather service matters through the G-2 (S-2). The finance officer, responsible for coordinating and providing finance services to the command, is also the finance unit commander. - Assists the BCT S-4 and Surgeon in planning support for the BCT. Identifying specified and implied tasks needed to accomplish the mission. G-5 (S-5) responsibilities include-, D-73. Preparing EW estimates and the EW appendix to the IO annex to orders and plans. Providing instruction to units, officials (friendly, HN civil, or HN military), and the population on identifying, planning, and implementing programs to support civilian populations and strengthen HN internal defense and development. Integrating space support, IO (with the G-7), and fire support into all operations. SWO responsibilities include-. Directing the disposal of captured enemy supplies and equipment (after coordination with the G-2 [S-2]). Managing information required for conducting MD operations. A unit ministry team consisting of one chaplain and one chaplain and chaplain! 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