text: Chapter 5
  Interaction with joint operations planning increases at higher echelons; therefore, EAB echelon engineer
  planners will also frequently take information from and use the ESP. The ESP does not provide a format
  guide for either, but it does broadly follow an order outline. See FM 6-0 for a detailed discussion of order
  formats. The format for the ESP is described in CJCSM 3122.05.
  Commanders issue plans and orders to subordinates to communicate their visualization of an operation.
  Plans and orders summarize the situation (current conditions) and describe the operation’s end state (desired
  future conditions). Effective plans focus on the results that commanders expect to achieve rather than on how
  to achieve them. Plans and orders convey the unit mission, commander’s intent, and concept of operations.
  These serve as the guiding constructs for coordinating the force during execution. A concept of operations
  sequences forces in time, space, and purpose to accomplish the mission and achieve the operation’s end state.
  Plans and orders task-organize the force, allocate resources, and assign tasks to subordinate units. A concept
  of sustainment and a concept of C2 complete the base plan or order. Details regarding the situation and the
  instructions necessary to synchronize the force are contained in the annexes. FM 6-0 provides the format for
  Army plans and orders. The format for joint plans and orders is in CJCSM 3122.05 and JP 5-0.
  Plans and orders vary in scope, complexity, and planning horizon length. Different types of plans and
  orders include the OPLAN, concept plan with or without time-phased force deployment data, OPORD,
  service support order, warning order, and fragmentary order.
  The Army OPORD format must be usable at all echelons and in all situations. Strategic plans cover
  the overall conduct of a war or a crisis from a national perspective. Operational and campaign plans include
  a series of related military operations aimed at accomplishing strategic and operational objectives within an
  AOR or a JOA. Tactical plans cover the employment of corps and lower level units in operations. Tactical
  plans and orders also vary greatly. For example, a division OPORD covering the conduct of a 12-month
  operation and a rifle platoon OPORD for an ambush patrol are significantly different in scope, complexity,
  and length of planning horizon. While each type of plan or order serves a particular purpose, they all follow
  the basic five-paragraph format: situation, mission, execution, administration and logistics (service support),
  and C2.
  Engineer Support Plan
  Joint interdependence requires higher headquarters to understand joint planning doctrine. Army force
  headquarters must be prepared to serve as the Army component of a joint force. Army division and corps
  headquarters may serve as the base for a JTF headquarters. Engineer staff and engineer organizations
  supporting these headquarters participate in joint planning and must understand the ESP. The ESP is
  produced by a joint engineer staff for input to a joint OPLAN as part of the planning process. It ensures that
  essential engineering capabilities are identified and will be provided at the required locations and times. It is
  the most critical appendix for engineering in a joint OPLAN.
  Sustainment Support for the Engineer Unit
  Support planning and execution must be closely integrated into tactical and operational battle rhythms.
  Successful engineer operations include the effective incorporation of sustainment support. Sustainment for
  engineer elements includes the functions of supply, field services, transportation, maintenance, EOD, health
  service support, human resources support, financial management support, legal support, religious support,
  and band support. For units augmenting the BCT engineers and all other units operating at EAB, integration
  into an area and/or theater support structure is required. This chapter focuses on sustainment support for
  engineer capabilities and highlights the sustainment considerations that affect engineer operations. See
  FM 4-0 for an additional discussion of logistics support.
  Engineers operating above the BCT level work closely with, and receive sustainment support from,
  the sustainment brigade. Sustainment brigades are one of the five types of support brigades and are
  subordinate commands of the theater support command. They consolidate selected functions previously
  performed by corps and division support commands and area support groups into a single operational
  echelon. They provide C2 of the full range of logistics operations conducted at the operational (theater level)
  or higher tactical (corps and division) levels. They perform theater opening, distribution, and sustainment