text: Army Aviation Organizations and Command and Control
  augmentation to aviation battalions when required. The ASB is an Active Duty, ARNG, and USAR
  organization.
  ORGANIZATION
  2-52. The ASB consists of an HHC, a distribution company, an ASC, and a network support company.
  Figure 2-14 provides ASB organization.
  Figure 2–14. Aviation support battalion
  CAPABILITIES
  2-53. The ASB performs the following tasks:
  * Ground vehicle and aviation maintenance and recovery operations.
  * Signal and network support to the CAB for C2.
  * Conducts sustainment as a warfighting function for the CAB when functioning as an organic
  CAB.
  * Provides deployment support to the CAB during embarkation and debarkation.
  * Distribution management operations within the aviation brigade.
  * Role 1 Army HSS for the aviation brigade.
  SECURITY AND SUPPORT BATTALION
  2-54. The SSB is an element of the TAB-GS. It is a multi-purpose aviation unit that supports a variety of
  federal and state missions in permissive environments by providing accurate and timely reconnaissance
  information; positioning personnel, supplies, and equipment; evacuating casualties; search and rescue; and
  enabling C2 in DSCA operations. The SSB is an ARNG organization.
  ORGANIZATION
  2-55. The SSB consists of an HHC, three security and support companies of eight UH-72s, and an air
  ambulance company of eight UH-72s. Figure 2-15 provides SSB organization.
  Figure 2–15. Security and support battalion