text: Chapter 6
  BRIGADE COMPOSITION
  6-8. Each brigade consists of a headquarters, a brigade staff, and its subordinate battalions and batteries. A
  brigade headquarters can effectively provide C2 of several subordinate units. ADA brigades differ in their
  composition, which are driven by METT-TC, and the manner in which their battalions are task organized.
  The typical brigade can expect to have between two and seven battalions.
  6-9. The brigade is comprised of active and/or reserve component personnel. The range of personnel
  working in the brigade includes intelligence, chemical, air defense, signal, logistic, and special staff
  personnel.
  6-10. The brigade staff consists of a command section and multiple subordinate sections: S-1 (personnel), S-
  2 (intelligence), S-3 (plans, operations, training, and fire control), S-4 (motor maintenance, and support
  operations), S-6 (information technology and voice/data communications), public affairs, surgeon, chaplain,
  and brigade judge advocate.
  * The brigade staff is led by the brigade deputy commander. The deputy commander is responsible
  for all coordination within the brigade staff and with higher, adjacent, and subordinate staffs.
  * The S-1section provides personnel and administrative support and limited postal services to the
  battalions and separate batteries. The S-1 manages personnel strengths and actions for all
  subordinate units, including personnel readiness. The S-1 also performs adjutant duties, including
  protocol.
  * The S-2 section processes battlefield information and coordinates intelligence requirements within
  the battalions and separate batteries and with the supported units, higher headquarters, and military
  intelligence assets. The S-2 section leads the staff in the IPB process, identifies threat
  characteristics, and coordinates with adjacent intelligence assets to provide the commander with a
  full spectrum threat assessment. The brigade S-2 also performs other functions such as support to
  Army information and personnel security programs.
  * The S-3 section is the focal point for task organization, planning, operations, fire control, and
  training. The S-3 section conducts current and future planning, operations, and ADA-specific
  training certifications. As in all headquarters staffs, the S-3 is the central staff that drives the
  requirements and is supported by the other staff sections. Specific staff sections under the S-3
  include the current and future operations cells, CBRN cell, brigade FCE, and ADAFCO element.
  The current operations cell executes force operations and maintains an accurate awareness of the
  current situation for the commander. The future operations cell plans and coordinates future
  brigade operations. The CBRN cell monitors the CBRN environment and integrates passive
  defensive measures taken to minimize or negate the vulnerability to, and effects of, CBRN attacks.
  The FCE and ADAFCO elements are addressed in paragraph 6-15 on page 6-4 and paragraphs 6-
  21 and 6-22 on page 6-5 and 6-6. The S-3, in coordination with the deputy commander, oversees
  the brigade’s controlled substitution plan to ensure it remains deliberately managed and supports
  the AAMDC commander’s specific guidance.
  * The S-4 section provides supervision and coordination of logistics; coordination of food services
  field feeding, and sanitation; coordination of supply and resupply; and coordination of
  transportation and maintenance support. It operates the admin/log network control station and
  transports S-1 and S-4 personnel and equipment. The S-4 section provides the full range of
  logistics support from property accountability, maintenance and readiness, to budget management.
  The S-4 oversees the brigade’s property book and the brigade’s equipment readiness to include
  coordinating with external logistics support agencies for repairs, upgrades, and modifications.
  Specific staff sections under the control of the S-4 include the support operations section and the
  motor maintenance section.
  * The S-6 section provides staff planning and supervision of communications for the brigade. It
  provides for the installation, operation, and maintenance of internal signal communications and
  electronic equipment in the brigade headquarters. It coordinates frequency allocation and
  assignments. The section performs field maintenance, internal and external planning, and 24 hour
  communications and courier services. It conducts network operations to establish, operate,
  manage, protect, and defend communications networks and information services. The S-6 section
  manages organic communications capabilities and computers, and coordinates for the use of