text: Chapter 2
  awareness of the air environment. ADA personnel advise the BCT commander and staff of air engagements,
  coordinate for or with supporting ADA task-organized units, and assist in coordinating the airspace to enable
  rapid, unimpeded engagements. ADAM cell personnel maintain continuous contact with the SHORAD
  battery commander, ensuring that the commander is aware of the BCT's plans and that battery operations are
  synchronized with those of the BCT. The ADAM cell, in coordination with the SHORAD battery commander
  and executive officer, develops the air defense appendix of the fires annex for the BCT operation plan or
  order.
  SHORT-RANGE AIR DEFENSE COMMAND AND CONTROL
  The Forward Area Air Defense C2 system-of-systems is fielded to SHORAD units and consists of
  common hardware, software, communications equipment, and shelters to meet the C2 and engagement needs
  of SHORAD battalions. Forward Area Air Defense C2 supports the AMD mission by providing near-real-
  time early warning and cueing information, correlated air track and C2 information, and intelligence
  assessments to higher, adjacent, and subordinate SHORAD units. Computer displays allow commanders to
  access the air picture, situation reports, enemy assessments, and friendly forces. The Forward Area Air
  Defense C2 system has the capability to interface with other Army C2 systems through the Air and Missile
  Defense Workstation. The Air and Missile Defense Workstation is integrated in Forward Area Air Defense
  C2-equipped battalions at the ADA battery and battalion command posts, as well as in the Air Defense
  Planning and Control System at divisions. The Forward Area Air Defense C2 provides air situational
  awareness to the supported force and alerts and cues SHORAD weapons. The Forward Area Air Defense C2
  systems support Land-based Phalanx Weapon System batteries by receiving and correlating sensor inputs
  and then alerting the intercept system and the sense and warn elements of an impending RAM attack.
  SHORT-RANGE AIR DEFENSE PLANNING, PREPARING AND
  EXECUTION
  SHORAD planning is a continuous process which occurs at all levels of command. The area air defense
  commander at the theater level publishes the area air defense plan which provides critical planning
  information to include identification criteria, weapon control statuses, air defense warnings and self-defense
  criteria. The area air defense plan establishes a baseline from which further planning can occur and is
  regularly modified via the publication of subsequent orders and special instructions. The SHORAD air
  defense plan at the BCT and battalion level is developed using the subordinate area air defense plans and
  AMD orders from the SHORAD unit's higher headquarters. As the plan is being developed, the SHORAD
  commander begins preparing the unit for the mission. Preparation includes reconnaissance and defense
  design (which considers selection and occupation of position), crew and unit rehearsals and drills, and
  continuous coordination with the supported element and the parent ADA unit. Chapters four, five and six
  address planning, preparing, and execution in detail.
  SHORAD operations are baselined on centralized planning and decentralized execution. This is driven
  by both the typical organization of SHORAD battalions (in the divisional construct, SHORAD batteries are
  task organized under separate BCTs) and the reality that SHORAD weapon systems can often be located
  many miles from their parent headquarters. Decentralized execution of SHORAD operations places
  engagement decisions at the individual crew and weapons system. This increases the likelihood that a hostile
  aircraft or missile will be engaged as soon as it comes within range of an ADA weapon system.