text: Offense
  6-63. Transportation shortfalls can occur during the offense. BCT planners integrate a combination of surface
  and aerial delivery methods to meetdistribution requirements. Distribution managers synchronize the BCT’s
  movement plans and priorities according to the commander’s priority of support. Regulating traffic
  management through movement control is essential to coordinate and direct movements on main supply
  routes and alternate supply routes. (See chapter 9for a detailed discussion.)
  6-64. The anticipated nature and tempo of the missions during the conduct of offensive operationsnormally
  associates with a higher casualty rate and an increase in requirements for medical resources and nonstandard
  transportation support. Additional combat and operational stress control teams may be required to treat
  casualties following operations. Higher casualty rates increase the emphasis on personnel accountability,
  casualty reports, and replacement operations. The offense support plan must incorporate religious support.
  Religious support through counseling and appropriate worship can help reduce combat and operational stress,
  increase unit cohesion,and enhance performance.
  PROTECTION
  6-65. Survivability operations enhance the ability to avoid or withstand hostile actions by altering the
  physical environment. Conduct of survivability operations in the offense (fighting and protective position
  development) is minimal for tactical vehicles and weapons systems. The emphasis lies on force mobility.
  Camouflage and concealment typically play a greater role in survivability during offensive operationsthan
  the other survivability operations. Protective positions for artillery, air and missile defense, and logistics
  positions,however,still may be required in the offense. Stationary CPs,and other facilities for the exercise
  of commandand control,may require protection to lessen their vulnerability. The use of terrain provides a
  measure of protection during halts in the advance,but subordinate units of the BCT still should develop as
  many protective positions as necessary for key weapons systems, CPs, and critical supplies based on the
  threat level and unit vulnerabilities. During the early planningstages,geospatial engineer teams can provide
  information on soil conditions,vegetative concealment,and terrain masking along march routes to facilitate
  the force’ssurvivability. (SeeATP 3-37.34 for additional information.)
  6-66. BCT forces engage in area security operations to protect the forces, installations, routes, areas, and
  assets across its entire area of operations. Area security normally is an economy-of-force mission, often
  designed to ensure the continued conduct of sustainment operations and to support decisive and shaping
  operations by generating and maintaining combat power. Area security operations often focusonanNAIsin
  an effort to answer CCIRs,aiding in tactical decision-making and confirming or denying threat intentions. In
  the offense, security forces engaged in area security operations typically organize in a manner that
  emphasizes their mobility,lethality,and communications capabilities. (See chapter 8,section IV.) As in all
  operations, the commander has the inherent responsibility to analyze the risks and implement control
  measures to mitigate them. The BCT commander and staff must understand and factor into their analysis
  how the execution of the operation could adversely affect Soldiers. Incorporating protection within the risk
  management (RM) integrating process ensures a thorough analysis of the risk and the implementation of
  controls to mitigate their effects. RMintegration during the activities of the operations process is the primary
  responsibility of the operations officer and protection officer within the BCT. (See ATP 5-19.)
  6-67. Air and missile defense planning in support of the BCT integrates protective systemsby using the six
  employment guidelines, mutual support, overlapping fires, balanced fires, weighted coverage, early
  engagement,and defense in-depth,and additional considerations necessary to mass and mix air and missile
  defense capabilities. The BCT’s ADAM element is a key monitoring and managing asset for the airspace
  over the BCT’s area of operations. The ADAM element is usually located in the fire support cell with the
  BAE. The ADAM element assists the commander to employ air defense assets to support the scheme of
  maneuver. (SeeATP 3-01.50 for additional information.)
  6-68. The purpose of operations security is to reduce the vulnerability of the BCT from successful enemy
  exploitation of critical information. Operations security applies to all activities that prepare, sustain, or
  employ units of the BCT. The operations security process is a systematic method used to identify,control,
  and protect critical information and subsequently analyze friendly actions associated with the conduct of the
  offense. Tailored to the operations security process,intelligence preparation of the battlefield (IPB) is a useful
  methodology for the intelligence section to perform mission analysis on friendly operations. IPB provides