text: ADA Platoon
  9-15. SHORAD platoons are deployed and employed as pure units, containing only one type of weapon
  system. A limited number of launchers and sensors may be added or removed from the platoon, while still
  maintaining the platoon’s integrity and ability to exercise C2.
  COMMAND AND CONTROL
  9-16. A SHORAD platoon is under the command of its parent ADA battery and may be placed under the
  operational or tactical control of an ADA task force or pure/task-organized battery and further employed with
  a maneuver brigade or battalion. The battery exercises traditional command responsibilities, to include
  planning, resource allocation, and sustainment. When placed under the operational or tactical control of an
  ADA task force or task-organized battery, the platoon is attached to that unit; when employed with a
  maneuver brigade or battalion, the platoon is generally placed in direct support of that formation.
  9-17. The platoon headquarters establishes and maintains operational links for engagement and sustainment
  purposes with its parent battery or task-organized battery, and with the supported unit/asset generally through
  the ADAM cell, supported unit CP, or base defense operations center. The platoon leader is responsible for
  coordinating the support relationship, engagement conditions, and sustainment plans with the supported
  asset.
  9-18. Planning and coordination is continuous between ADA echelons and with the supported maneuver
  force and/or defended installation. When employed in defense of an installation, a SHORAD platoon is
  generally linked to the installation’s base defense operations center. The base defense operations center
  participates in planning Avenger or C-RAM positions on the installation, identifying installation-unique ROE
  and establishing sustainment relationships.
  9-19. The platoon’s data and voice capabilities include Enhanced Position Location Reporting System (also
  known as EPLRS), Single-Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System (SINCGARS), LandWarNet, and
  the FAAD/C-RAM C2 data link. Connectivity between the platoon headquarters and its organic sensors and
  weapons and with higher echelon units is achieved through the FAAD/C-RAM C2 data link.
  9-20. Figure 9-1 on page 9-4 focuses on lines of engagement and planning and coordination for the SHORAD
  platoon in the joint and Army C2 architectures. Connectivity lines to all higher echelons that are resident in
  these architectures (for example, JAOC and AAMDC), but not directly connected to the platoon, have been
  omitted. The engagement authority lines in the figure begin with a higher echelon unit commander, the
  RADC or SADC, who controls engagements per direction of the area air defense commander (AADC). The
  ADAFCO, collocated with the RADC or SADC, transmits engagement commands to the ADA battalion/task
  force and ADA battery. An Avenger platoon is generally not a participant in this kill chain; Avenger fire
  units conduct engagements in accordance with established procedural control rules vice the positive control
  exerted by the kill chain. However, the Avenger platoon is connected to and receives AMD operational
  information from its parent battery/task-organized battery, an ADA task force, or the ADAM cell if operating
  in support of a maneuver force. The C-RAM platoon is also not a part of the kill chain; it receives its
  engagement commands from the base defense operations center.