text: ADA Battalion
  7-13. When providing support to maneuver forces, commanders should bear in mind that even though ADA
  task forces are mobile, they are extremely vulnerable. They require a security contingent and are unable to
  provide AMD coverage while on the move.
  ADA TASK FORCE COMPOSITION
  7-14. In peacetime, there are multiple types of ADA battalions, organized according to system types. A
  peacetime battalion serves as the baseline for an ADA task force, providing the resources from which ADA
  task forces are tailored and deployed in wartime. A peacetime battalion without further tailoring, once
  deployed, may be designated as a task force if METT-TC indicates that it is the right size capability to
  accomplish the mission. However, the battalion will more likely be tailored, adding or deleting similar type
  capabilities, or adding capabilities from two or more peacetime organizations to deny threats a preferred
  attack strategy. There are four types of peacetime ADA battalions:
  * Patriot battalions are fielded in the active component. A Patriot battalion consists of a headquarters
  and headquarters battery, four Patriot firing batteries, and a field maintenance company.
  * Composite Patriot/Avenger battalions, also in the active component, have the same Patriot force
  as a Patriot battalion and one organic Avenger battery. The maintenance company is adjusted to
  include system-peculiar maintenance for the Avenger component of the battalion. This battalion
  composition constitutes an integrated battalion consisting of Patriot and Sentinel radars, the Patriot
  family of missiles, and Stinger missiles.
  * Composite Indirect Fire Protection Capability (IFPC)/Avenger battalions are fielded in the active
  component. They consist of a headquarters and headquarters battery, one battery of Avenger
  missioned primarily to defeat the cruise missile and UAS threats (groups 2 and 3), two batteries
  of C-RAM with their Land-Based Phalanx Weapon System (LPWS) missioned primarily to defeat
  the RAM threat, and a maintenance company.
  * Avenger battalions are fielded in the Army National Guard and in the active component force.
  Avenger battalions consist of a headquarters and headquarters battery, three firing batteries with
  two firing platoons each, and a maintenance detachment.
  Note. A fifth type of peacetime battalion, a composite Patriot/THAAD battalion, is being explored.
  7-15. Task force composition can be varied. Three factors impact the size of an ADA task force: mission
  requirements (METT-TC), human span of control, and geographical span of control.
  * Mission requirements, based on METT-TC, determine the desirable size of the task force. These
  requirements may indicate that a force smaller than an equivalent peacetime battalion is adequate.
  If the requirement is fewer than the equivalent of two peacetime ADA batteries, the task organized
  element is called an ADA task-organized battery (see chapter 8). Mission requirements greater
  than the equivalent of six peacetime ADA firing batteries is equivalent to an ADA brigade (-)
  operation, which is covered in chapter 6.
  * Human span of control encompasses both the command and the control functions. While human
  span of control varies based on the abilities and experiences of the leaders involved, effectiveness
  diminishes as the number of elements and dispersion of these elements increases. For example,
  Patriot commanders, commanding the original battalion configuration of six firing batteries, were
  somewhat overwhelmed by the human span required to cover these six batteries (mainly impacting
  command functions) and the technical challenges of adequately controlling the AMD operations
  of the batteries. The Patriot battalion configuration was ultimately reduced to four firing batteries
  per battalion based on organizational studies and other factors. While human span of control must
  be considered, it should not dictate task force sizing. If METT-TC requires a greater human span
  of control, the risks associated with it should be addressed and mitigated by augmenting elements
  within the task force that facilitate C2.
  * Geographic span of control is a combination of two factors: firepower reach and communications
  and networking. The firepower reach of the task force determines the span in which effective
  defense can be achieved. Communications and networking design features of ADA systems
  impact physical separation distances between elements of the defense in order to achieve time