text: Chapter 6
  Task-Organizing
  6-50. Commanders task organize their forces to ensure they are capable of fulfilling their roles,
  responsibilities, and purpose. Task-organizing is the act of designing a force, support staff, or sustainment
  package of specific size and composition to meet a unique task or mission (ADP 3-0). Considerations when
  task-organizing a force include the mission, training, experience, unit capabilities, sustainability, the
  operational environment, and the enemy threat. Task-organizing allocates assets to subordinate commanders
  and establishes command and support relationships. Task-organizing can be continuous, as commanders
  reorganize units for subsequent missions during the course of operations. The ability of Army forces to
  task-organize increases agility of formations. It lets commanders configure their units to best use available
  resources. It also allows Army forces to match unit capabilities to tasks. The ability of sustainment forces to
  tailor and task-organize ensures commanders have freedom of action to change with mission requirements.
  6-51. The task organization of a formation supports C2 and formalizes command and support relationships
  between units. An effective task organization—
  (cid:122) Facilitates the commander’s intent and concept of operations.
  (cid:122) Ensures unity of command and synchronization of efforts through proper use of command and
  support relationships.
  (cid:122) Retains flexibility with the concept of operations.
  (cid:122) Ensures flexibility to meet unforeseen events and support future operations.
  (cid:122) Weights the main effort.
  (cid:122) Exploits enemy vulnerabilities.
  (cid:122) Allocates resources with minimum restrictions on their employment.
  (cid:122) Adapts to conditions imposed by changing variables.
  (cid:122) Maintains or creates effective combined arms teams.
  (cid:122) Offsets limitations and maximizes the potential of all available forces.
  (cid:122) Provides mutual support among subordinate units to the greatest extent possible.
  6-52. Units organize and reorganize their forces based on the tasks their higher headquarters assign
  throughout the course of an operation. Commanders ensure that each subordinate echelon has sufficient
  combat power assigned, attached, or in support to accomplish its missions. The allocation of supporting joint
  and Army capabilities takes into account main and supporting efforts by phase of an operation and other
  factors, like where to accept risk with economy of force efforts to create opportunities elsewhere.
  6-53. Task organization changes place burdens on subordinate units, no matter how agile they may be.
  Before changing task organization, leaders consider less disruptive options, such as changes in support
  relationships and priorities of support.
  COUNTER AIR AND MISSILE THREATS
  6-54. Enemy air and missile capabilities are a significant threat to Army forces. They increase risk to
  formations building combat power in assembly areas, to forces transiting lines of communications, and forces
  conducting rear operations. While able to attack friendly forces during offensive operations, they are
  particularly dangerous to command posts and any units detected while in static positions. Defeating enemy
  air and missile threats is necessary to create opportunities for offensive maneuver. However, the employment
  of maneuver forces that cause forward-positioned enemy air and missile capabilities to displace can
  complement counter-air operations.
  6-55. Counter-air is a theater mission that integrates offensive and defensive operations to establish and
  maintain a desired degree of control of the air by neutralizing or destroying enemy aircraft and missiles, both
  on the ground and in the air. These operations may include the use of Army manned or unmanned aircraft
  and long-range fires, maneuver forces, special operations, space operations, cyberspace operations, and
  electromagnetic warfare capabilities.
  6-56. Defensive counter-air operations are all defensive measures within the theater designed to neutralize
  or destroy enemy forces attempting to penetrate or attack through friendly airspace. Defensive counter-air
  encompasses active and passive defensive actions taken to destroy, nullify, or reduce the effectiveness of