text: Defense Support of Civil Authorities
  continuing attention. The brigade surgeon advises and assists the MEB commander in counteracting the
  psychological effects of disaster relief work and exposure to human suffering on MEB Soldiers throughout
  the operation.
  Restoration
  B-48. Restoration is the return of normality to the area. In most cases, the MEB disengages before restoration
  begins. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is in charge of restoration operations for DSCA.
  B-49. The DSCA ends in different ways. Crises may be resolved or the MEB may hand off a continuing
  DSCA to a replacement unit, a relief agency, a police force, or other civil authority. Missions of short duration
  or narrow scope may end with completion of the assigned task.
  ASSESS
  B-50. The MEB command and control system is essential to support the interagency overall assessment. The
  MEB network-centric environment provides for a robust exchange of information. A common problem that
  the MEB or a nonmilitary agency may encounter is information overload or a different perception on how an
  operation is progressing. Commanders share the common operational picture (their interpretation of the
  situation) with their civil agency counterpart to ensure a unified effort. Liaison should occur to demonstrate
  this capability and to verify the method in which information sharing will occur.
  B-51. MEB commanders gauge unit readiness for DSCA missions by assessing proficiency in the tasks of
  command and control, sustainment, protection, support area operations, and emergency/incident response or
  the specified tasks assigned to an Army National Guard unit for planning. The requirement to deploy into a
  domestic operational environment—often with little warning—and to operate requires command and control
  that can adapt systems and procedures for a noncombat, civilian-led structure.
  B-52. The MEB leverages its command and control system capabilities and supports a degraded or destroyed
  civilian command and control/communications system. The MEB brings its mobile network and augments
  and/or replaces a devastated civil infrastructure. Most first responder communications are wireless, using
  tower-based repeating which is powered by the grid. The MEB augments local law enforcement (and
  emergency medical services, fire services, and other first responder communications) with the command and
  control network to restore vital services to the AO.
  EMPLOYMENT
  B-53. An example of a MEB conducting DSCA is a plane that has crashed into a major industrial site and
  resulted in mass casualties. A CBRN incident has occurred, with downwind prediction that affects a built-up
  area and state Highway 5, and there is an environmental hazard of runoff into the river that provides water to
  a built-up area downstream.
  B-54. The local officials responded but were overwhelmed. The state governor declared a state of emergency;
  directed the state emergency management agency to take over incident command, management, and
  response; and requested support from a neighboring state. That state has an Army National Guard MEB ready
  to respond to the mission based on an existing support agreement.
  B-55. The Army National Guard MEB immediately deploys the deputy commanding officer with an
  early-entry command post to collocate with the state emergency management agency on-site command post,
  while the rest of the MEB mobilizes and moves to the incident site. The MEB is task-organized with one
  engineer battalion, two military police battalions, a CA battalion, two CBRN battalions, and one mechanized
  infantry battalion. The state emergency management agency also put their state medical battalion, rotary-
  wing squadron, local and state search and rescue teams, and a volunteer local construction company OPCON
  to the MEB. The state emergency management agency assigned the MEB an area to control, in which they
  will conduct the operations. The key tasks include conducting risk management, responding to a CBRN
  incident, providing support to law enforcement, conducting postincident response, improving movement, and
  supporting area security in and around the industrial site. Finally, they are to conduct sustainment support
  operations (general engineering to construct a berm to control surface runoff) and other critical requirements
  that may be identified.