text: Mission Command
  Dissiminating and Integrating Intelligence
  4-256. The cell uses various command and control networks to disseminate and integrate within the BCT
  area of operations. The cell uses verbal reports, documents, textual reports, graphic products, softcopy
  products, and automated databases to disseminate intelligence. The commander and staff integrate the
  intelligence to assist them in maintaining situational awareness. Establishing communications networks and
  knowledge and information management procedures accomplishes this function.
  Protection Cell
  4-257. The protection cell synchronizes, integrates and organizes protection capabilities and resources to
  preserve combat power and identify and prevent or mitigate the effects of threats and hazards. Protection is
  not a linear activity—planning,preparing,executing,and assessing protection is a continuous and enduring
  activity. Protection integrates all protection capabilities, to include those of united action partners, to
  safeguard the force,personnel (combatants and noncombatants),systems,and physical assets of the United
  States and its mission partners. Primary protection tasks and systems include coordinate air and missile
  defense, personnel recovery, explosive ordnance disposal, antiterrorism, survivability, force health
  protection,CBRN operations,detention operations,RM,physical security,police operations,and populace
  and resources control. Additional protection tasks to protect the force,critical assets,and information,and to
  preserves combat power include area and local security activities, operations security, and cyberspace and
  EWoperations.
  4-258. The S-3 supervises the protection cell within the BCT. Protection synchronization,integration,and
  organization in the BCT may require the commander to designate a staff lead as the protection officer. The
  protection officer understands how threats, hazards, vulnerability, and criticality assessments are used to
  prioritize and determine which assets should be protected given no constraints and which assets can be
  protected with available resources. There are seldom sufficient resources to simultaneously provide all assets
  the same level of protection. For this reason, the commander makes decisions on acceptable risks and
  provides guidance to the staff so that they can employ protection capabilities based on protection priorities.
  Commanders place high priority sites on the critical asset list. With finite resources,those sites that require
  additional force protection, security, and survivability are prioritized on the defended asset list. Managed
  resources include horizontal engineer platoons,Infantry platoons,and air defense artillery platoons.
  4-259. Working groups established within the protection cell may include CEMA (see FM 3-12), CBRN
  (see ADP3-37), antiterrorism (see ATP 3-37.2), and personnel recovery (see FM 3-50). For example,
  protection requires the integration and coordination of tasks to defend the network, as well as protect
  individuals and platforms. Thus, the S-3 designates and relies on the CEMA working group, when
  established. The EWO, with representation from the S-2, S-6 and other staff elements, leads the CEMA
  working group to achieve the level of protection required. In all cases,protection officers and coordinators
  work with higher and lower echelons to nest protection activities with complementary and reinforcing
  capabilities. (SeeADP 3-37 for additional information.)
  Sustainment Cell
  4-260. The sustainment cell coordinates activities and systems that provide support and services to ensure
  freedom of action and to prolong endurance. The sustainment cell includes tasks associated with logistics,
  financial management,personnel services,and health service support. The following staff section elements
  work in the sustainment cell, logistics, human resources, and the surgeon. The BCT sustainment cell may
  collocate with the BSB within the brigade support area. The BCT S-4 leads this cell. (See chapter 9 for
  additional information.)
  STAFFPROCESSES AND PROCEDURES
  4-261. A BCT must man, equip, and organize CPs to control operations for extended periods. The BCT
  commander, assisted by the staff, arranges CP personnel and equipment to facilitate 24-hour operations,
  internal coordination,information-sharing,and rapid decision-making. The commander ensures procedures
  to execute the operations process within the headquarters enable mission command. The staff uses SOPs,