text: Appendix A
  Echelons Above Brigade Considerations
  A-1. Corps and division commanders depend on situational understanding to seize and retain the initiative.
  Corps and division commanders require reconnaissance formations to develop the situation through action
  and in particular, to determine enemy intentions, strengths, and disposition. Commanders require security
  forces to provide early warning, maneuver space, and time for the employment of the main body. Cavalry
  forces must be able to deploy to advantageous positions while concurrently developing the situation for the
  joint TF commander. Cavalry forces regionally aligned to combatant commands ensure the capability is
  resident throughout all phases of a joint operation.
  A-2. All units have the responsibility to conduct reconnaissance and security tasks to support their own
  operations within their area of operations. Commanders may assign corps or divisions a dedicated
  reconnaissance and security formation, such as a Cavalry squadron. In the absence of a dedicated formation,
  commanders can resource the capability from assigned forces. The corps commander may designate and task
  organize a BCT while simultaneously, a division commander may designate and task organize a Cavalry
  squadron to perform reconnaissance and security operations. An example is a BCT reconnaissance and
  security TF, under the command and control of the corps headquarters, conducting a screen along a corps
  front. If a corps requires capabilities beyond a task-organized BCT (such as for reconnaissance in force, a
  guard, or a cover), the corps commander may task a division. Another option for corps and division
  commanders is to assign security requirements to subordinate units for execution. As an example, a division
  tasks a Cavalry squadron to conduct zone reconnaissance or guard within their respective area of operations.
  A-3. Mission analysis is essential to the corps and division commander’s decision to determine how to
  execute reconnaissance and security operations. Mission analysis evaluates the mission variables of
  METT-TC (I), the gain received by creating a reconnaissance and security TF, and the operational
  effectiveness of the formation that resource the reconnaissance and security TF. To enhance the corps or
  division commander’s ability to plan the execution of reconnaissance and security during mission analysis,
  the commander forms a reconnaissance cell within the staff headed by the G-3 (assistant chief of staff,
  operations). The reconnaissance cell is responsible for planning and synchronizing operations for the
  reconnaissance and security TF to ensure it is properly nested with the commander’s intent and the
  information collection plan. (See figure 1-2, page 1-12 as an example of Recon Cell.) One determining factor
  for assigning reconnaissance and security tasks to subordinate units is their ability to accomplish their primary
  missions, such as attack or defend, while simultaneously executing assigned corps or division reconnaissance
  and security tasks. Considerations for establishing a reconnaissance and security TF include the following:
  * What is the purpose and intent for reconnaissance and security?
  * Does the purpose and intent for reconnaissance and security require an independent formation
  under corps or division control?
  * What are the impacts to other subordinate unit missions?
  * How does the employment of the reconnaissance and security TF mitigate risks to the mission and
  enable overall mission accomplishment?
  * What are the risks of employment and how does the corps or division mitigate the risks?
  * How does the corps or division sustain a reconnaissance and security TF?
  * Which additional enablers does the TF require?
  * Is the reconnaissance and security TF commander able to control the necessary enablers?
  * What is the proficiency of the unit tasked with conducting reconnaissance and security?
  * What is the duration of the task organization and mission?