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  brigade support medical company (BSMC) provides organic Class VIII and medical maintenance support to
  medical elements of the maneuver brigade. For additional information, see ATP 4-02.1.
  2-71. At each echelon, sustainment unit support operations (SPO) sections plan and supervise Class VIIIA
  resupply to their supported units. This synchronization is critical to ensure that Class VIII is distributed
  through routine channels and ambulance backhaul through the corps and division areas forward to the Role
  1 providers.
  ARMY SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES SUSTAINMENT
  ORGANIZATIONS
  2-72. ARSOF operating and logistics structures differ vastly from Army conventional forces. The GSB
  within the special forces group provides direct support to the special forces group or to joint special operations
  task force elements when directed by the theater special operations command. The Ranger regiment and
  special operations aviation regiment possess organic support assets at the battalion level. Civil affairs and
  psychological operations units do not possess organic direct support assets. The special operations aviation
  regiment is typically task organized under a joint special operations air component and will be provided direct
  support by the joint special operations air component’s direct support elements and the designated CUL
  provider. ARSOF elements that do not have organic support elements are sustained by the command they are
  attached to for the duration of the operation.
  2-73. USASOC serves as the ASCC for ARSOF, but functions similarly to the Army’s generating force and
  serves as a global resourcing command in support of United States Special Operations Command. ASCCs
  provide sustainment support to ARSOF elements within an AOR through TSCs, ESCs, and sustainment
  brigades.
  528TH SUSTAINMENT BRIGADE (SPECIAL OPERATIONS) (AIRBORNE)
  2-74. The 528th Sustainment Brigade (Special Operations) (Airborne) sets operational-level logistics
  conditions (enduring relationships, forward posture, and speed) to enable ARSOF and joint element missions
  by providing tailored logistics, signal, medical, and intelligence support to the global SOF network. The
  528th enables ARSOF with purpose-built teams of expert sustainers, communicators, and intelligence
  specialists; delivers SOF-unique sustainment resources; and on-order, rapidly deploys globally to enable
  sustainment for ARSOF.
  2-75. The unit consists of a brigade staff, a support operations unit, and three battalions: a special troops
  battalion (containing a special troops support company and a forward support company [FSC]), a special
  operations signal battalion, and a military intelligence battalion. It leverages small units of action that rapidly
  configure and deploy responsive, flexible, and modular teams known as ARSOF support operations teams to
  support global special operations requirements. The brigade also benefits from forward-positioned ARSOF
  liaison elements. These elements serve as the special operations logistics liaisons to the ASCC and theater
  special operations command and are geographically aligned to CCMDs. They are responsible for
  coordinating and synchronizing logistics plans and Army common sustainment in support of theater special
  operations commands.
  2-76. The 528th Sustainment Brigade (Special Operations) (Airborne) provides intelligence processing,
  exploitation, and dissemination and signal, logistics, and medical support through individual subject matter
  experts, teams, and echelons up to the brigade level. It integrates into ARSOF and the joint force to provide
  SOF-specific support capabilities during transitions and within competition, crisis, and conflict.
  2-77. The brigade has three special operations resuscitation teams capable of providing damage control
  resuscitation and prolonged field care for 2-4 patients for 48 hours. Capable of integrating with joint surgical
  assets (Army forward resuscitative and surgical detachment, Air Force special operations surgical team, Navy
  forward resuscitative surgical system, Air Force mobile field surgical team), each team can conduct split-
  based operations for a limited period to support forces operating in multiple locations. See ATP 3-05.40 for
  additional information.