text: Chapter 5
  * Decentralization of authority. The dispersion of forces requires that engineer authority be
  decentralized as much as possible. The engineer commander at a particular location must have
  authority that is consistent with responsibilities.
  * Establishment of priorities. Priorities and resource allocation must be established to determine
  how much engineer effort is devoted to a single task. All levels of command, beginning with the
  JFC, will issue directives establishing broad priorities. Resources are initially assigned to the
  highest priority tasks, and low priority tasks are left undone while recognizing and mitigating the
  risk.
  STAFF INTEGRATION
  While staffs differ by echelon and unit type, all staffs include similar staff sections. The staff consists
  of the chief of staff or executive officer and of coordinating, special, and personal staff sections. Commanders
  organize the staff into CPs for operations. Commanders organize their headquarters into CPs to help them
  exercise a mission command approach throughout the conduct of operations. By organizing their C2 system
  into CPs, commanders distribute their staff and C2 system capabilities in the AO. This increases the
  commander’s ability to expand their operational reach and makes the C2 system more survivable. The
  number and internal structure of CPs are based on available resources, planning horizons, and warfighting
  functions.
  Doctrine and a unit’s modified table of organization and equipment provide commanders a starting
  point for organizing their engineer staff. Each operation is unique based on mission variables. Just as
  commanders organize their entire force for an operation, they organize their staff and other control systems
  for effective C2. Mission variables are considered in determining the operational configuration for the
  headquarters, and the mission also determines which activities the operationally configured headquarters
  must accomplish. These activities determine how commanders organize, tailor, or adapt their staff to
  accomplish the mission. The mission also determines the size and composition of the staff. For example, a
  division headquarters may serve as the base for a JTF headquarters. Based on an analysis of mission variables,
  the division staff is augmented with additional staff members and C2 capabilities to accomplish the JTF
  mission.
  GEOSPATIAL SUPPORT AND JOINT ENGINEER STAFF
  Each JFC has a unique engineer staff structure. The specific joint manning document describes the
  engineer staff organization and should reflect representation from each Service. Staff engineers should work
  closely with civilian and multinational partner organizations to develop wartime organization augmentation
  manning. The joint manning document should be built based on analysis of the mission and the engineer staff
  capabilities required to support the operation.
  GEOSPATIAL INTEGRATION
  Within ARFOR, geospatial capabilities are distributed at BCT, division, corps, and theater army
  echelons to provide geospatial engineering support. Geospatial engineering support provided to the Army
  and other Services varies in focus at each echelon. It is focused on geospatial data generation, geospatial data
  analysis, geospatial data management, and quality control at the theater army and combatant command level.
  At the corps and division levels, the majority of the workload is required to support database management,
  mission planning, and the IPB. Below the division level, geospatial engineering is increasingly focused on
  current operations and updating the SSGF for the COP.
  The corps and division teams (and the geospatial intelligence cell, if available) support the G-2 and
  G-3 planners to fuse intelligence and geospatial information into a COP for the commander, staff, and
  subordinate units. See ATP 2-22.7 for more information about geospatial intelligence. The geospatial
  engineer team requires access to the classified tactical network to update and disseminate SSGF. The
  geospatial engineer team organic to the corps and division collects and provides updated geospatial data and
  products in support of corps and division operations.
  A GPC is assigned to each Army command and Special Operations Command to provide geospatial
  operational planning; the generation, analysis, and preparation of maps, map updates, and tactical decision