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  such as engineer, medical, and transportation resources available to the supported commander. The civil
  affairs team attached to the BCT will interface with the BCT S-9 (when assigned or S-3), civil-military
  operations center and civil affairs company at the BCT or division level to ensure all civil-military operations
  are nested with the higher commander’s civil-military operations plan.
  Civil-Military Teams
  8-290. Upon deployment and when assigned, civil-military teams advise the SFA and FSF commanders
  and staffs on civil-military considerations and coordinate efforts of any civil affairs units supporting the FSF
  operation. Civil-military teams mentor counterpart teams and the supported foreign element staff on
  civil-military operations and the importance of respecting human rights. Civil-military teams may introduce
  counterparts to relevant nongovernmental organizations, U.S. Agency for International Development project
  officers, and provincial reconstruction team staff.
  Note.The judge advocate (judge advocate general corps) mentors (providelegal mentorship) and
  coordinates the legal and moral obligations of BCT commanders to civilian populations under
  their control or when supporting FSF during SFA. (See AR 27-1 and FM 1-04.) The public affairs
  officer provides advice and counsel to the commander and the staff on how affected external and
  internal publics will accept and understand the BCT’s operations. The public affairs officer
  understands and coordinates the flow of information to Soldiers, other U.S. units, and the public.
  (See FM 3-61.) BCT personal, coordinating, and special staff officers’ mentor, and advise and
  assist foreign counterparts throughout planning, preparation, execution, and assessment of SFA
  and FSF activities.
  Battalion and Company-Level and Below Advisors
  8-291. Battalion and company-level and below advisors assist foreign counterparts to analyze the FSF
  mission and commander’s intent from higher headquarters. Advisors assist FSF commanders and subordinate
  leaders restate the mission, conduct an initial risk assessment, identify a tentative decisive point, and define
  their own intent. Advisors assist their foreign counterparts to analyze the mission and operational variables.
  From these variables, advisors help their foreign counterparts to develop a COA that meets the higher
  headquarters concept of operations and commander’s intent. Advisors assist in the conduct of operations and
  the flow of information to the FSF higher commander. (See ATP 3-21.20 and ATP3-21.10 for additional
  information.)
  Train Foreign Security Forces
  8-292. Trainers (or advisors) within the BCT consistently provide and instill leadership at all levels of the
  FSF organization. Depending on the circumstances, the BCT or subordinate unit may execute an SFA training
  mission(s) unilaterally, or as part of a multinational force. In any case, leadership is especially important in
  the inherently dynamic and complex environment associated with SFA. SFA activities require the personal
  interaction of trainers (or advisors) and FSF trainees, and other military and civilians’ organizations/agencies.
  A high premium is placed on effective leadership from junior, to the most senior noncommissioned and
  commissioned officers. This leadership must fully comprehend the operational environment and be prepared,
  fully involved, and supportive for FSF training to succeed. An effective FSF requires leadership from both
  the provider and the recipient sides throughout training to help build the FSF capacity to train their own
  forces.
  Security Force Assistance—Training Activities
  8-293. Trainers, within the BCT, work with the FSF to give a positive context and narrative to the FSF
  professionalization efforts and capacity to secure the population. Coordination of the information themes and
  messages among the BCT, FSF, and the host-nation government, and the presentation or availability of
  information to the indigenous population can limit or mitigate the propaganda efforts of insurgents or hostile
  forces. This may serve to mitigate the potential for destabilizing influences of hostile forces or criminal
  elements to propagandize the BCT’s training effort and damage the FSF credibility and legitimacy. (See