text: Appendix A
  * Vehicle and equipment safety or security constraints.
  * Personnel recovery actions and control measures.
  * Force protection condition status.
  * FHP measures.
  * Mission-oriented protective posture guidance.
  * Environmental guidance.
  * Information environment guidance.
  * Explosive ordnance and hazard guidance.
  * Ordnance order of battle.
  * OPSEC risk tolerance.
  * Fratricide avoidance measures.
  * Rules of engagement, standing rules for the use of force, and rules of interaction.
  * Escalation of force and nonlethal weapons guidance.
  * Operational scheme of maneuver.
  * Military deception.
  * Obscuration.
  * Radiation exposure status.
  * Contractors in the AO.
  A-38. While each protection task and system has its own operational consideration, each must be
  synchronized and integrated within the scheme of protection to ensure synergistic protection efforts. For
  example, AMD without survivability is less effective. Area security without AT, OPSEC, and physical
  security is also less effective. To ensure this synergy, the protection working group develops a scheme of
  protection around which MOPs and MOEs can be monitored and evaluated. See FM 6-0 for additional
  information on MOPs and MOEs.
  A-39. Individuals are protected at the lowest level by awareness, personal protective equipment, an
  understanding of the rules of engagement, and fratricide avoidance measures. By implementing additional
  protection measures in the area surrounding an individual (fighting positions, vehicles, collective protection,
  and FHP measures taken against accidents and disease), the force then provides a layering of protection.
  Enhancing survivability measures, applying active and passive defense operations, and implementing AT
  and physical security measures add to the next layer of a comprehensive, integrated, layered scheme of
  protection. Implementing protection tasks and utilizing protection systems in a comprehensive, layered
  scheme of protection preserve the protected priorities throughout the range of military operations in any
  operational environment.
  PROTECTION COORDINATOR
  A-40. The protection coordinator works with the protection working group to integrate and synchronize
  protection tasks and systems for each phase of an operation or major activity. The MEB commander
  designates a senior staff officer to serve as the protection coordinator and to lead the protection working
  group. The protection working group at a minimum should consist of (see ADP 3-37): CBRN personnel,
  engineer personnel; personnel recovery; brigade surgeon; and provost marshal. The protection working group
  coordinates with the signal staff section to further facilitate the information protection task.
  A-41. While the planning cell develops plans, the protection working group attempts to minimize
  vulnerability based on the developing COAs. The intent is to identify and recommend refinements to the
  COAs that are necessary to reduce vulnerability and ensure mission success. The protection working group
  provides vulnerability mitigation measures to help reduce risks associated with particular COAs and conducts
  planning and oversight. Representatives from the protection working group may provide input to plans and
  future operations, depending on the operational environment and the commander’s preference.
  A-42. The protection working group membership does not require representatives from every functional
  element of protection. However, dedicated members should coordinate with other personnel and special staff
  elements as required. Primary members of the protection working group typically include the chief of