text: Integrating the Intelligence Warfighting Function
  Main Command Post
  3-60. A main command post is a portion of a unit headquarters containing the majority of the staff designed
  to command and control current operations, conduct detailed analysis, and plan future operations (FM 6-0).
  The main CP is the unit’s principal CP, serving as the primary location for plans, analysis, sustainment
  coordination, and assessments. It includes representatives from all staff sections and information and C2
  systems to conduct operations. At certain echelons, the main CP can act as a JTF, JFLCC, or a coalition
  forces land component commander.
  3-61. The main CP is larger, has more staff members, and is less mobile than the tactical CP. It operates at
  both operational and tactical levels and as a fully functional, stand-alone CP. All battalion and above units
  are resourced with a main CP that includes an executive officer or chief of staff, as appropriate, to supervise
  the staff. The main CP conducts all meetings (which may include working groups, cells, and boards) required
  to achieve mission requirements.
  3-62. Main CP general functions include—
  ⚫ Controlling operations.
  ⚫ Receiving reports from subordinate units and preparing reports required by higher headquarters.
  ⚫ Planning operations, including branches and sequels.
  ⚫ Integrating intelligence into current operations and plans.
  ⚫ Synchronizing the targeting process.
  ⚫ Planning and synchronizing sustainment operations.
  ⚫ Assessing the progress of operations.
  Tactical Command Post
  3-63. A tactical command post is a portion of a unit headquarters designed to command and control
  operations as directed (FM 6-0). It relies on the main CP for planning, detailed analysis, and coordination as
  well as for certain functions remaining with the main CP that require intelligence reach. The tactical CP is
  connected digitally to the main CP, mobile command group, higher headquarters, and all subordinate unit
  headquarters, including joint and multinational partner intelligence organizations. The tactical CP can support
  the entire range of missions at that echelon, but it does not have the same longevity and capacity as the main
  CP. Additionally, the tactical CP should prepare to be able to communicate in a denied, degraded, and
  intermittent low-bandwidth environment.
  3-64. A tactical CP intelligence cell—
  ⚫ Supports current operations.
  ⚫ Ensures the tactical CP remains informed of the current enemy situation.
  ⚫ Makes recommendations related to the operation.
  3-65. A tactical CP intelligence cell accomplishes these tasks by continually communicating and
  collaborating with the main CP intelligence cell and supported unit headquarters. The structure of a tactical
  CP is organic to the unit’s mission. In most situations, the structure is designed based on unit SOPs and
  mission variables (METT-TC [I]). The echelon determines the proper location of the tactical CP relative to
  the forward line of own troops.
  Mobile Command Group
  3-66. The mobile command group is the commander’s mobile CP. The commander selects key personnel
  based on mission variables to staff the mobile command group. These key personnel often represent those
  staff sections—typically maneuver, fires, and intelligence—that can immediately affect current operations.
  3-67. The intelligence representative to the mobile command group must be integrated with echelons above
  brigade organizations, the main and tactical CPs, and subordinate commands through the intelligence
  architecture. The mobile command group intelligence officer—