text: Chapter 2
  2-34. Table 2-4 provides an overview of CA units, planning requirements, and capabilities at the company
  level that may be task-organized to the MEB. For additional information on CA operations see FM 3-57.
  Table 2-4. CA mission planning and capabilities
  Organization Mission Planning Capabilities
  CA company 1 per MEB • Command and control of assigned or attached Civil-
  (general purpose Military Operation Center and CA teams.
  force) • Tactical-level planning, management, coordination, and
  synchronization of CA operations within the supported
  commander’s AO.
  • Assessment of the civil component of the supported
  command’s AO facilitating integration of civil input into
  the supported command’s common operational picture.
  • A standing Civil-Military Operation Center that is the focal
  point for civil-military coordination, collaboration, and
  communication for the supported unit headquarters.
  • Collation, analysis, and fusion of civil information for input
  to the supported command’s common operational picture.
  • Assistance in coordinating indigenous populations and
  institutions, international organizations, nongovernmental
  organizations, and U.S. assistance and resources to
  support local government as part of civil-military
  operations.
  • Emphasis on local indigenous population and institutions
  issues.
  • CA teams directed through tactical mission tasks (civil
  reconnaissance, civil engagement).
  • Trained in cultural and regional expertise.
  Legend:
  AO area of operations
  CA civil affairs
  MEB maneuver enhancement brigade
  U.S. United States
  Note. The considerations presented in the mission planning and capabilities tables primarily
  describe potential employment and capabilities of the described organization. These notional
  considerations do not relieve planners of the requirement to perform detailed mission analysis to
  support the identification and employment of specific capabilities required to accomplish MEB
  missions
  EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL
  2-35. Due to the likelihood of encountering explosive hazards, EOD teams may be integrated into all
  operations regardless of type. EOD supports the MEB commander by detecting, identifying, evaluating,
  rendering safe, and performing final disposition of all explosive ordnance. This includes improvised
  explosive devices, unexplode ordnance, and weapons of mass destruction. EOD has four functional areas:
  * Render safe. The application of special EOD methods and tools to provide for the interruption of
  functions, or separation of essential components of unexploded ordnance, to prevent an
  unacceptable detonation.
  * Technical intelligence. Collection, processing, analysis, and exploitation of data and information
  pertaining to foreign ordnance and improvised explosive devices.