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  Table 2-3. CBRN mission planning and capabilities (continued)
  Organization Mission Planning Capabilities
  CBRN company (area support) 1 per RSOI, • Collection and transfer of known or suspected
  (continued) SPODs, and samples of biological agents; limited chemical
  APODs detection capabilities; twenty-four hour
  operations under all weather.
  CBRN company (biological) • 2-5 per CBRN BN • Command, control, and supervision of
  • During large-scale personnel assigned to the company.
  combat: • Staff planning, sustainment coordination and
  • 1 per Senior Army assessment of task-organized unit capabilities,
  utilization, and impacts on plans and
  HQ
  operations with CBRN staff within brigade,
  • 1 per DIV HQ
  division, corps, or theater Army sector.
  • As required in • Allocation of task-organized units and
  support of stability
  resources in support of biological surveillance
  tasks and Special
  throughout the theater of operations.
  operations forces
  • Monitor, sample, detect, identify and report
  • As required during
  biological agents.
  stability tasks
  • Collection, packaging and transfer of known or
  suspected samples of biological agents; limited
  chemical detection capabilities; twenty-four
  hour operations under all weather conditions.
  Legend:
  AO area of operations
  APOD aerial port of debarkation
  BCT brigade combat team
  BN battalion
  CBRN chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear
  CBRNE chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosives
  Decon decontamination
  DIV division
  HQ headquarters
  MASCAL mass casualty
  POL petroleum, oils, and lubricants
  RSOI reception, staging, onward movement, and integration
  SPOD seaport of debarkation
  WMD weapons of mass destruction
  Note. The considerations presented in the mission planning and capabilities tables primarily
  describe potential employment and capabilities of the described organization. These notional
  considerations do not relieve planners of the requirement to perform detailed mission analysis to
  support the identification and employment of the specific capabilities required to accomplish MEB
  missions.