text: Coordinate Personnel Support
  5-14. During pre-deployment processing, career counselors should brief Soldiers on deployment extensions
  and the stop-movement program, if necessary. Identify and train additional duty reenlistment NCOs for
  continual retention support, especially for geographically dispersed units.
  ORGANIZATION RESPONSIBILITIES
  5-15. Listed in the paragraphs below are unit responsibilities for retention operations. These responsibilities
  are not all inclusive and should only be used as a guide.
  ASCC/CORPS/DIVISION
  5-16. ASCC/corps/division career counselor responsibilities include the following critical tasks:
  * Oversee all operations, actions, and incidences to ensure compliance with established standards
  and regulatory guidance.
  * Include retention operations in all OPLANs, OPORDs, and SOPs.
  * Monitor subordinate units to ensure retention programs have MOS qualified career counselors.
  * Assist career counselors as needed in obtaining equipment and assets.
  * Maintain and publish statistics on Army Retention Program eligibles, missions, and
  accomplishments.
  * Ensure subordinate commanders accomplish missions, functions, tasks, and responsibilities.
  * Analyze and report retention affecting trends to the command and higher HQ.
  * Establish retention awards and incentive programs for the command.
  * Accomplish retention missions consistent with goals of the Army Retention Program.
  * Maintain communications with subordinate units and higher echelons.
  * Conduct staff assistance visits and training for all subordinate units.
  * Establish and monitor quality control for all pertinent Soldier data and retention related contractual
  documents.
  * Establish and manage attrition management controls such as the Bar to Continued Service and
  Declination Statement to Continued Service.
  * Manage and monitor Soldiers in the MAR2 process.
  * Update expiration term of service dates on medical extensions IAW current applicable messages
  and policies.
  * Maintain communication with the military personnel division on approved medical extensions.
  BRIGADE
  5-17. Brigade senior career counselor responsibilities include the following critical tasks:
  * Oversee operations, actions, and incidences of subordinate units to ensure compliance with
  regulatory guidance and directives.
  * Maintain and publish statistics on command retention eligibles, missions, and accomplishments.
  * Establish retention awards and incentive programs for the brigade.
  * Conduct staff assistance visits and training for all subordinate units.
  * Coordinate with staff principals to ensure subordinate units have all required equipment, software,
  and supplies needed for retention operations at all levels of readiness.
  * Ensure units’ screen Soldier records.
  * Include retention in unit SOPs.
  * Input Soldiers not on an indefinite reenlistment status into the Reenlistment, Reclassification, and
  Assignment System.
  * Accomplish retention missions consistent with goals of the Army Retention Program.
  * Oversee and assist retention efforts of subordinate units.
  * Establish and monitor quality control for all pertinent Soldier data and retention related contractual
  documents.