text: Sustainment
  BRIGADE SUPPORT BATTALION
  9-21. As the BCT commander’s primary sustainment organization, the BSB provides logistics and AHS to
  ensure freedom of action, extend operational reach, and prolong endurance to achieve success across the
  range of military operations. The BSB provides the BCT commander with increased flexibility to organize
  support for the BCT and to weight the sustainment effort by leveraging all BSB capabilities. The BSB in
  each of the different types of BCTs (Infantry brigade combat team [IBCT], Stryker brigade combat team
  [SBCT], and Armored brigade combat team [ABCT]) are similar in design with differences based on the type
  of BCT supported. Through the BSB’s six forward support companies (FSCs), distribution company, field
  maintenance company, and BSMC, the BSB supports each maneuver battalion and squadron, the BEB, and
  the field artillery battalion within the BCT. Figure 9-1 depicts a typical BSB’s task organization in support
  of a BCT.
  Figure 9-1. Brigade support battalion
  9-22. The BSB supports the BCT’s execution of all assigned operations. The BSB commander and staff plan,
  prepare, execute, and continuously assesses (in conjunctionwith the BCT commander and staff), sustainment
  operations in support of the BCT. The BSB provides supply class I (subsistence), class II (clothing, individual
  equipment, tentage, tool sets, and administrative and housekeeping supplies and equipment), class III
  (petroleum, oils, and lubricants [POL]), class IV (construction and barrier materiel), class V (ammunition),
  class VIII (medical), and class IX (repair parts); distribution support, food service support; and Roles 1 and
  2 AHS support, and field maintenance and recovery. The BSB coordinates with division for sustainment
  requirements beyond its capability. (See ATP4-90 for additional information.)
  BRIGADE SUPPORT BATTALION COMMANDER
  9-23. The BSB commander is the BCT’s senior logistician. The BSB commander is responsible for
  sustainment synchronization and execution across the BCT’s area of operations. The BSB commander,
  supported by the staff, uses the operations process to drive the conceptual and detailed planning necessary to
  understand, visualize, and describe the operational environment; make and articulate decisions; and direct,
  lead, and assess sustainment operations. The BSB commander executes the BCT’s concept of support and