text: Chapter 8
  Financial Management Staff Officer
  8-287. The brigade financial management staff officer (S-8) is the principal SFA financial management
  advisor to the BCT commander. The S-8, in coordination with legal representatives, advices the commander
  regarding laws and financial management regulations governing obligations, expenditures, and limitations
  on the use of funds within BCT’s SFA area of operations. The S-8:
  (cid:122) Coordinates financial management policies and practices with U.S. counterparts in the contracting
  command.
  (cid:122) Identifies, certifies, and manages funds available for immediate SFA operations expenses.
  (cid:122) Integrates all financial managementrequirements into SFA planning.
  (cid:122) Analyses total cost to develop SFA funding requirements and submit requirements to the division
  or higher headquarters.
  (cid:122) Monitors and reports status of funding and spending plans.
  (cid:122) Coordinates contracting and financial management disbursing support for field ordering officers
  and pay agents.
  (cid:122) Monitors execution of the SFA contract expenditures.
  Civil Affairs Operations Staff Officer
  8-288. The S-9, when assigned, is the principal and coordinating staff officer for synchronizing civil affairs
  operations and integrating civil-military operations within the BCT’s SFA area of operations. The S-9
  conducts the initial assessment during mission analysis that determines civil affairs force augmentation
  requirements. The S-9 provides direction and staff oversight of the supporting civil affairs units during
  planning, preparation, and execution, and throughout assessment. The S-9 ensures each COA effectively
  integrates civil considerations. The S-9’s analysis considers the impact of SFA activities on public order and
  safety and enhances the relationship between military forces and civilian authorities and personnel in the
  BCT’s area of operations. When the BCT is not assigned an S-9, the commander may assign these
  responsibilities to another staff member. The S-9 has SFA activities staff planning and oversight
  responsibility for—
  (cid:122) Advising the commander and staff and their counterparts on the effect on the civilian populations.
  (cid:122) Minimizing civilian interference, to include dislocated civilian operations, curfews, and
  movement restrictions.
  (cid:122) Deconflicting civilian and military activities with due regard for the safety and rights of dislocated
  civilians.
  (cid:122) Advising the commander on the long- and short-term effects (economic, environmental, and
  health) of SFA activities on civilian populations.
  (cid:122) Coordinating, synchronizing, and integrating civil-military plans, programs, and policies with that
  of the divisionor higher headquarters.
  (cid:122) Advising on the prioritization and monitoring of expenditures of allocated activities and other
  funds dedicated to civil affairs operation objectives.
  (cid:122) Coordinating and integrating area assessments and area studies in support of SFA activities.
  (cid:122) Integrating civil information from supporting civil affairs units into the COP.
  Civil Affairs Team
  8-289. A civil affairs team, when assigned to a BCT deployed to an SFA mission, conducts civil affairs
  operations in support of the division or higher echelon headquarters civil-military operations plan. The civil
  affairs team is the basic civil affairs tactical support element provided to a supported commander. The civil
  affairs team executes civil affairs operations and is capable of conducting civil reconnaissance and civil
  engagement along with assessments of the civil component of the operational environment. The success of
  the overarching civil affairs operations plan is predicated on the actions of the civil affairs team at the lowest
  tactical levels. The civil affairs team, due to its limited capabilities, relies on its ability to leverage other civil
  affairs assets and capabilities through reachback to the civil affairs company civil-military operations center
  to shape operations. The civil-military operations center is a standing capability formed by civil affairs units
  and is tailored to the specific tasks associated with the mission and normally augmented by other enablers