FM 5-0, The Operations Process - Federation of American Scientists

Appendix F
AASLT air assault
AR armor
ARB attack reconnaissance
battalion
ARS attack reconnaissance
squadron
ASLT assault
ASOS air support operations
squadron
AV aviation
BDE brigade
BN battalion
BSB brigade support battalion
BSTB brigade special troops
battalion
BTB brigade troop battalion
CA civil affairs
CAB combat aviation brigade
CAV cavalry
CM chemical
CO company
COMCAM combat camera
CS combat support
CSH combat support hospital
CSSB combat sustainment support
battalion
DIV division
DS direct support
EN engineer
EOD explosive ordnance disposal
ESC expeditionary sustainment
command
FA field artillery
FST forward surgical team
GRD AMB ground ambulance
GS general support
GSAB general support aviation
battalion
HBCT heavy brigade combat team
HCT human intelligence
collection team
HHB headquarters and
headquarters battalion
HHC headquarters and
headquarters company
HORIZ horizontal
IBCT infantry brigade combat
team
ID infantry division
IN infantry
LTF logistics task force
MA mortuary affairs
MAC mobility augmentation
company
MEB maneuver enhancement
brigade
MED medical
MLRS multiple launch rocket
system
MMB multifunctional medical
battalion
MP military police
MRBC multi-role bridge company
MX mechanized
OPCON operational control
PAD public affairs detachment
PLT platoon
QM quarter master
QRF quick reaction force
R reinforcing
R/D reconnaissance/
decontamination
RES reserve
RTE CL route clearance
RTS retransmission
S smoke
SIG signal
SUST sustainment
TAB target acquisition battery
TACON tactical control
TACP tactical air control party
TM team
TPC tactical psychological
operations company
TPD tactical psychological
operations detachment
TUAS tactical unmanned aircraft
system
USAF United States Air Force
Figure F-1. Sample outline format for a task organization (52d Infantry Division) (continued)
F-16. List subordinate units under the command and control (C2) headquarters to which they are assigned,
attached, or in support. Place direct support (DS) units below the units they support. Indent subordinate and
supporting units two spaces. Identify relationships other than attached with parenthetical terms—for
example, (GS) or (DS).
UNIT LISTING SEQUENCE
F-17. List major subordinate control headquarters in the sequence shown in table F-3. If applicable, list
task organizations according to the phases of the operation during which it applies.
F-18. Group units by C2 headquarters. List major subordinate maneuver units first (for example, 2d HBCT;
1-77th IN; A/4-52d CAV). Place them in alphabetical or numerical order. List brigade combat teams ahead
of brigades, combined arms battalions before battalions, and company teams before companies. Follow
maneuver headquarters with the field artillery (for example, fires brigade after maneuver brigades),
intelligence units, maneuver enhancement units, and the sustainment units. The last listing should be any
special troops units under the C2 of the force headquarters.
F-19. Use a plus (+) symbol when attaching one or more subelements of a similar function to a
headquarters. Use a minus symbol (–) when deleting one or more subelements of a similar function to a
headquarters. Always show the symbols in parenthesis. Do not use a plus symbol when the receiving
headquarters is a combined arms task force or company team. Do not use plus and minus symbols together
(as when a headquarters detaches one element and receives attachment of another); use the symbol that
portrays the element’s combat power with respect to other similar elements. Do not use either symbol when
two units swap subelements and their combat power is unchanged. Here are some examples:
• C Company loses one platoon to A Company; the battalion task organization will show A Co.
(+) and C Co. (–).
• 4-77th Infantry receives a tank company from 1-30 Armor; the brigade task organization will
show TF 4-77 IN (+) and 1-30 AR (–).
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