text: Command and Control
  Company Headquarters
  2-40. The company headquarters is assigned an area from which it provides administrative and
  logistical support as required. The 1SG initiates and enforces the operations base security plan.
  Base Radio Station
  2-41. Intelligence reports (INTREP) received by the BRS go directly to the R&S squadron S-2 and the
  BFSB ISR fusion element. The LRSU operation section neither delays nor changes any INTREP. If a BRS
  receives a message at the AOB and not the COB, the operator sends it, exactly as received, by the fastest,
  most secure means to the COB. Unit SOPs largely determines how INTREPs are processed once received
  at the COB.
  ALTERNATE OPERATIONS BASE
  2-42. The primary mission of the AOB is to serve as a communications relay between the COB and
  deployed LRS teams. AOB planning considerations derive from the communication requirements of the
  COB and on the deployed LRS teams. Normally, the communication platoon leader controls the AOB but
  is not necessarily located there. Selected personnel from the operations section also normally locate at the
  AOB. The task organization for the LRSU AOB varies based upon METT-TC considerations and
  unit SOPs.
  2-43. The COB and AOBs maintain communication with employed teams using HF or UHF TACSAT
  radios. For OPSEC purposes, each team has a separate frequency and cryptographic keys. The tactical
  switching system between the two bases allows them to communicate. Depending on METT-TC
  requirements, HF or line of sight (LOS) radio systems provide backup communications. (Figure 2-2 shows
  an example C2 employment schematic for a LRSC.)
  Figure 2-2. Example C2 employment schematic for a LRSC.
  2-44. The AOB locates where it can best support communications with deployed LRS teams. Because
  of its limited ability to provide for its own security, the AOB normally collocates with another unit. For
  linkup operations, the LRSC can collocate a BRS-equipped liaison officer (LNO) team with the moving
  unit.
  MISSION SUPPORT SITE
  2-45. If required, the LRSU can also use an MSS. An MSS is a temporary grouping of operations,
  communications, and support personnel, formed to conduct a specific operation or mission. Normally, the
  MSS commander is a LRS detachment leader. The only difference between C2 for a LRSD in an MSS and
  a LRSC is that the LRSD may not use an AOB. (Figure 2-3 shows an example C2 employment schematic
  for a LRSD in an MSS.)