text: Sustainment Operations During Armed Conflict
  5-175. Evacuation of fatalities during the defense may be highly problematic. Limited availability of lift will
  be prioritized to life saving and defense enhancement. Task organized fatality management teams for
  echelons at or below brigade will have limited human remains storage. Planners will make every effort to
  conceal fatalities from the view of the living and safeguard human remains from access of scavengers.
  MANEUVER BRIGADE SUSTAINMENT
  5-176. All three types of maneuver brigades have companies that support brigade operations. The types and
  quantities of these companies is the same for each maneuver brigade, but the exact composition and capability
  of the supporting companies will differ based on the type of brigade. All maneuver brigades have a
  distribution company, a field maintenance company, a BSMC, and six forward support companies. Each FSC
  supports a specific maneuver battalion. These companies are organic to the BSB, and each has a specific role.
  DISTRIBUTION COMPANY (ALPHA)
  5-177. The distribution company’s role is to provide supply distribution to maneuver brigade units executing
  defensive operations. It executes a combination of supply and transportation functions to accomplish supply
  replenishment to support defensive operations. The distribution company plans, directs, and supervises
  supply distribution in support of the maneuver brigade to ensure that anticipatory replenishment is executed
  in accordance with the support concept.
  5-178. The distribution company commander and key leaders must constantly conduct distribution
  management to integrate supplies with available transportation assets and control their movement according
  to the distribution plan. During defensive operations, the BSB SPO anticipates the time requirements for
  increased fuel, munitions, barrier material, and potable water distribution. The DSSB replenishes the
  distribution company with all classes of supplies. The BSB SPO officer coordinates with the DSB SPO officer
  to ensure this support is in place.
  5-179. Degraded LOCs during the defense may make it necessary for the distribution company to preposition
  sustainment stocks centrally and well forward within the main battle area. Planners should coordinate EAB
  throughput to reduce transportation requirements of limited organic assets. The BSB commander sets
  priorities of support for the distribution company based on the concept of operations. When requirements
  exceed the capability of the distribution company, aerial delivery or throughput resupply directly to units
  might be required to ensure timely delivery of supplies.
  FIELD MAINTENANCE COMPANY (BRAVO)
  5-180. The field maintenance company’s role is to provide field-level maintenance support to the BSB and
  brigade combat elements not supported by an FSC. The field maintenance company provides repair capability
  for automotive, ground support equipment, communications and electronics, and armament. The field
  maintenance company also provides limited field-level maintenance support to the FSCs for low density
  commodities such as communications, electronics, and armament. Maintainers are pushed as far forward as
  possible to make repairs at the point of need. During the defense, the field maintenance company is critical
  to repair damaged equipment to build combat power.
  5-181. Large-scale combat operations demand a maintenance system that is focused on returning systems to
  operational status quickly and as close as possible to the point of failure or damage. Properly planned and
  executed field maintenance allows rapid repair of non-mission capable weapon systems and critical
  equipment.
  5-182. The field maintenance company may be required to use recovery assets to assist FSCs in recovering
  damaged equipment from the point of failure to a maintenance collection point or BSA. Recovery and
  evacuation vehicles should position themselves at critical locations on the battlefield to keep disabled
  vehicles from blocking movement routes. If necessary, equipment transporters and armored vehicles with
  inoperative weapon systems may be used to accomplish this.
  5-183. During defensive operations, maintenance requirements may overwhelm field maintenance company
  capabilities. The commander establishes maintenance, recovery, and evacuation requirement priorities
  (including timelines) and destruction criteria for inoperable equipment within the OPORD based on