text: Army Air and Missile Defense Command
  5-25. The AAMDC performs sustainment operations. The AAMDC plans and coordinates sustainment
  operations as described in paragraph 5-31 on page 5-7.
  5-26. Based on METT-TC, AAMDC elements are forward deployed into an area of operations prior to
  hostilities. During contingency missions and wartime, the AAMDCs plan/recommend force requirements
  and task organize the forces again based on METT-TC. The AAMDC may mobilize along with some or all
  of its subordinate ADA organizations or as a separate AMD C2 capability. Dedicated AAMDC liaison
  sections or teams deploy to selected major joint operational areas and with Army forces/JFLCC elements to
  assist in the execution of the mission.
  5-27. The AAMDC has the flexibility to organize and employ itself in a variety of ways to successfully
  support and execute higher headquarters’ AMD guidance, intent, and concept of operations. Locations of the
  CPs, as well as the AAMDC commander, are based on METT-TC. The AAMDC may collocate its entire CP
  or an operations and intelligence-heavy main CP with the JAOC. It may also collocate an
  administrative/logistics heavy CP or element in the proximity of the Army force/JFLCC headquarters. The
  AAMDC commander has the flexibility with its modular CP to tailor it to meet mission unique requirements.
  The placement of headquarters elements requires extensive coordination and determination of force
  protection support available in that location. Force protection can usually be attained by collocating with
  supported elements; this must be deliberately addressed during the planning process. Coordination with the
  supported unit must include a complete understanding of the specific ADA assets that require force
  protection.
  5-28. To plan operations, the AAMDC uses the embedded planning tools within the AMDPCS. The primary
  planning tool is the air and missile defense workstation (AMDWS), which allows the staff to develop defense
  design options using algorithms based upon broad system capabilities. To assist in force operations planning,
  it retrieves situational awareness information from joint headquarters, the Army Battle Command System
  network, subordinate ADA units, national intelligence assets, all source centers, and tactical and strategic
  sensors. The AAMDC also uses the THAAD portable planner to plan and evaluate THAAD defenses.
  Additionally, the AAMDC uses the C2BMC system (see Appendix A) as a means of integrating its assigned
  theater AMD assets with the United States Strategic Command’s global missile defense plan/architecture.
  C2BMC assists the AAMDC as it works to deconflict competing priorities across the operational and strategic
  levels, enabling the most effective allocation of AMD resources.
  ENGAGEMENT OPERATIONS
  5-29. The AAMDC provides a joint air picture and connectivity with the controlling identification and
  engagement authorities in accordance with the area air defense plan, special instructions, and AAMDC
  tactical supplement. This connectivity is conducted through the ADAFCO.
  5-30. The ADAFCO serves as the Army point of contact between the ADA FCEs and the controlling
  authority. The AAMDC ADAFCO provides Army AMD operational expertise and monitors, coordinates,
  and synchronizes surveillance and engagement activities of ADA assets with joint and multinational AMD
  units. The ADAFCO is also responsible for the coordination and deconfliction of upper-tier engagements by
  joint and multinational systems in conjunction with the naval liaison officer. The ADAFCO maintains
  communications with the ADA brigade ADAFCOs at other controlling authorities, sharing tactical air
  pictures and situational awareness and coordinating for the engagement of upper-tier leakers. The ADAFCO
  additionally serves as the conduit for the issuing of fire control or engagement orders from the controlling
  authority to ADA units.
  SUSTAINMENT OPERATIONS
  5-31. The AAMDC plans and coordinates joint, Army, and multinational sustainment for land-based air and
  missile defenses and supervises execution of sustainment through its subordinate ADA brigades. Often ADA
  units or elements are located with supported forces and require sustainment support from them. Required
  support includes religious, health, financial management, and personnel services, as well as maintenance
  support by the support maintenance company and signal support by the expeditionary signal battalion.
  Sustainment support must be coordinated in detail and in advance as much as possible. The AAMDC