text: Army Sustainment at Echelon
  Army Field Support Brigades
  2-27. The AFSB integrates and synchronizes delivery of USAMC strategic capabilities and enablers to the
  operational points of need in support of ASCCs and corps during large-scale combat operations. The AFSB
  also synchronizes acquisition, logistics, and technology systems contracted support with sustainment
  maintenance support for the theater Army. Senior command representatives from each USAMC LCMC are
  OPCON to each AFSB and enable integrated delivery of USAMC capabilities. The representatives provide
  a built-in forward technical presence in the tactical environment and anticipate requirements for logistics
  assistance representatives throughout each Army strategic role. Logistics assistance representatives provide
  expert technical advice and help identify and mitigate systemic readiness issues. Theater AFSBs are OPCON
  to the ASCC and are normally permanently stationed forward in their assigned region with their ASCC and
  TSC. In certain situations, the AFSB maybe OPCON to the TSC to enhance integration and synchronization
  of theater sustainment. The corps-aligned AFSBs deploy an LSE (corps) that is OPCON to the theater AFSB
  and operates in direct support of their supported corps during large-scale combat operations. AFSBs are
  augmented with additional staff or capabilities to meet expanded or unique operational requirements,
  particularly where redistribution property assistance teams may be used to facilitate the turn-in of equipment
  for redistribution or retrograde.
  2-28. The AFSB is responsible for coordinating acquisition, logistics, and technology support within the
  theater. The AFSB synchronizes and coordinates with the Army Medical Logistics Command for strategic-
  level medical logistics acquisition and technology support. See ATP 4-98 for additional information.
  Army Field Support Battalion
  2-29. AFSBns are scalable and tailored Table of Distribution and Allowances organizations. The direct
  support-readiness AFSBns integrate and synchronize materiel enterprise capabilities in direct support to
  division and tenant units. Theater AFSBns provide general support to units within their designated support
  area. APS AFSBns provide the physical management of APS.
  2-30. AFSBns conduct three types of mission: provide readiness support, provide technical expertise, and
  provide maintenance. Designated AFSBns have habitual support relationships with their supported divisions
  and serve as USAMC’s lead materiel integrator for the division and divisional units. The AFSBn employs
  logistic assistance representatives to provide equipment technical expertise to assist in identifying and
  resolving systemic maintenance and sustaining combat power. AFSBns that have responsibility for logistics
  readiness center functions that provide installations support and power projection capability. See ATP 4-98
  for additional information on AFSBns.
  ARMY CONTRACTING COMMAND
  2-31. ACC is a major subordinate command within USAMC. ACC provides its capabilities from the national
  strategic level of warfare through the operational level of warfare. ACC provides expeditionary contracting
  and contract administration to deployed Army forces through its subordinate contracting support brigades
  (CSBs). It provides systems contracting support to Army program executive officers and program managers,
  the Head of the Contracting Activity, Senior Contracting Official, and contracting officers for LOGCAP.
  ACC, through its subordinate Mission and Installation Contracting Command, also provides installation and
  power projection support to the strategic support area, IMCOM, and the AFSB LRCs. The Mission and
  Installation Contracting Command is a key enabler for homeland defense and defense support to civil
  authorities operations. In addition, ACC provides OCONUS reach-back contracting support from its
  CONUS-based contracting centers. ACC CSBs and contracting battalions also perform the contingency
  contract administration services mission during expeditionary force operations. See ATP 4-71 for additional
  information.
  Contracting Support Brigade
  2-32. The CSB serves as the Army’s primary theater support and contingency contract administration
  services contracting headquarters. The brigade executes theater support contracting actions and contract
  administration of external support contracts (for example, LOGCAP in support of Army forces). The CSB
  commander also serves as the primary contracting support advisor to the ASCC. Allocation of CSBs is one
  aligned to an ASCC and one aligned to a corps. CSBs provide command and control over a number of