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  designed to support joint, interagency, and multinational operations, providing broad flexibility to use
  customized music performances to fulfill deployed and home station mission requirements. Through these
  music performances, Army bands boost Soldier resilience, morale, and esprit de corps. Refer to ATP 1-19
  for detailed information regarding band support during LSCO, Army bands structure, and rules of allocation.
  2-37. Army bands have a variety of resources with which to accomplish musical support missions. Army
  bands are task organized into music performance teams that offer the flexibility to support concurrent musical
  missions in multiple geographical areas. The teams are identified by their additional skill identifier
  organization and provide an array of situationally and culturally appropriate performances. Army bands can
  concurrently support deployment operations and home station missions. This permits commanders to spread
  the positive impact of Army bands across the deployed force, to the military and their families, the American
  public, and the international community. Deployed bands may support the rear detachment with a music
  performance team. In this circumstance, musical support is generally limited to providing military or patriotic
  music for static ceremonies, protocol functions, family readiness group functions, and religious and hospital
  support activities. Army bands based in the U.S. and its territories continue to provide music support of Army
  recruiting and deliver targeted messaging during overseas contingency operations.
  2-38. Army bands have two standard structures as described below—direct support and general support
  bands. Special bands are an exception and are structured differently. Both direct support and general support
  bands have administrative and musical support functions, a ceremonial marching band, and multiple musical
  performance teams that provide both concurrent independent musical support capabilities to the installation
  and surrounding community, as well as increased collective capabilities when combined.
  * Direct support bands are intended to meet the needs of a single command, at an installation and
  geographical area with local or specific support responsibilities.
  * General support bands are intended to meet the needs of multiple collocated commands that have
  regional support responsibilities, high density of troop and other service populations to be
  supported, and a greater density of civilian and retired military population.
  THEATER PERSONNEL OPERATIONS CENTER
  2-39. The TPOC (formerly human resources sustainment center) is a multi-functional organization (staff
  element), and theater-level center assigned to a TSC. The TPOC consists of a HQ section and three divisions:
  the personnel accountability and systems division, the synchronization and integration division, and the POD.
  In coordination with the TSC, the TPOC plans, integrates, and sustains HR and Soldier support systems for
  the theater/ASCC HQ and other echelons as directed by the theater/ASCC G-1/AG or as determined by
  mission, enemy, terrain and weather, troops and support available, time available, and civil considerations
  (METT-TC). It is responsible for planning, coordinating, and synchronizing theater opening HR operations
  with the senior sustainment HQ and the ASCC. The TPOC supports the TSC in the execution of early entry
  reception operations. It establishes and ensures functionality of the theater personnel database and the Postal
  Directory Address Database, and provides theater-wide assistance for HR systems issues. It is responsible
  for synchronizing replacement priorities with the sustainment community and supports effective support
  relationships at echelon. The TPOC integrates and provides guidance and technical support for SRC 12 HR
  units executing personnel accountability and postal functions throughout the theater as defined by the policies
  and procedures established by the theater/ASCC G-1/AG. It monitors the execution of the TG PAT and MMT
  missions at the theater gateway.
  2-40. The headquarters section supervises the TPOC’s planning, integration, and coordination of HR,
  administrative, and Soldier support system for the theater. It receives technical guidance from the HRC and
  receives all employment and command guidance from the theater commander through the TSC.
  2-41. The personnel accountability and systems division coordinates with the local network enterprise center,
  establishes and manages the theater-wide personnel accountability database as directed, and maintains theater
  HR systems. It provides management and policy oversight for the IPPS-A as well as monitors internal
  controls and auditability of IPPS-A transactional support. The division ensures data integration of personnel
  accountability information and IPPS-A data is conducted. The personnel accountability and systems division
  provides technical guidance and training support to the TG PAT, HROB, personnel accountability team, and
  supported units (G-1/AGs and S-1s) as necessary or on request. It conducts Deployed Theater Accountability