text: Chapter 2
  2-3. The planning and coordination of sustainment support, previously performed by the BSB SPO officer,
  will fall to the MEB S-4. The MEB staff is unique in its capabilities. No other brigade-level organization has
  such a large and complete organic staff with the capabilities that are required to conduct support area
  operations and DSCA. The MEB staff may need to be augmented with additional personnel from CA when
  CA units are task-organized under the MEB for command and control.
  2-4. It will be a challenge for the MEB to integrate task-organized units and employ them as cohesive
  tactical formations the same way that units with organic subunits, leaders, and Soldiers can do. The trust and
  teamwork that are required to conduct close combat with combined arms formations (technical, functional,
  and maneuver) are difficult to develop quickly. The Army force generation collective-training events and
  continuous in-theater training will be essential to prepare the unit, develop trust and teamwork, and certify
  leaders.
  HEADQUARTERS SUPPORT COMPANY
  2-5. The primary mission is to provide command and control capabilities and unit-level administrative
  support and sustainment support for all task-organized units enabling the MEB to support Army operations
  across the range of military operations. This is accomplished by core staff from the MEB HSC and their
  associated signal support (see figure 2-2). The brigade headquarters operates as a tactical and administrative
  headquarters within a specified and assigned AO. The brigade has the capability to deploy both a main
  command post and a tactical command post within its AO.
  Legend:
  AMD air missile defense PLT platoon
  CBRN chemical, biological, radiological, and PMO provost marshal office
  nuclear SASMO sustainment automation support
  CEMA cyberspace electromagnetic activities management office
  CMD command SJA staff judge advocate
  CO company S-1 battalion or brigade manpower and
  DISTRO distribution personnel staff officer
  ENG engineer S-2 battalion or brigade intelligence officer
  HQ headquarters S-3 battalion or brigade operations staff
  LNO liaison officer officer
  LOG logistics S-4 battalion or brigade logistics staff officer
  MAINT maintenance S-5 battalion or brigade plans staff officer
  MGT management S-6 signal staff officer
  OPS operations SPT support
  PBO property book officer UMT unit ministry team
  Figure 2-2. HSC
  2-6. The tactical command post contains a tailored portion of the MEB headquarters to control current
  operations. The tactical command post is established when the commander must be positioned away from
  the main command post location for an extended time period, when METT-TC factors do not permit the