fm 44-100 us army air and missile defense operations

FM 44-100
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control structure. Requires coordination and liaison to ensure
rapid assimilation into parent units. Depending upon the urgency
of the situation, integration may occur during staging and onward
movement, as the receiving command may need to rapidly
establish command and control.
4-103. Six imperatives must be achieved in order for units to successfully
conduct RSOI operations. The six RSOI Imperatives are as follows:
• Protect the force. Includes active and passive air and missile
defense measures throughout the RSOI process.
• Assist forward presence or host nation forces. This may
include a relief in place of forward-deployed forces, delivering
supplies and securing routes, lodgments, borders, or zones of
separation.
• Reconfigure. The unit must be tailored to meet the impending
mission. This includes task organizing and prioritizing CSS
assets, and ensuring that the combat force will arrive in the
desired sequence.
• Build combat capability. This imperative requires interfacing
with the theater LOG architecture and conducting large unit
supply operations. CSS units must constitute rapidly in order to
support the force and overall buildup of air and missile defense
forces.
• Train. Training of soldiers to theater specific ROE, status of
forces agreement (SOFA) provisions and stipulations, local
customs and language skills, conduct of noncombatant evacuation
operations, individual and collective conventional combat tasks
and specific weapon system requirements. Training must be
accomplished as appropriate.
• Acclimate. This begins with mobilization and consists of
immunizations and issuing of specialized equipment based on the
geographical area. It includes attaining interoperability with
forward presence and host nation forces and weapon systems. It
requires a command information program to keep soldiers
informed about cultural, linguistic, geographical, and climatic
conditions.
4-104. RSOI requires home-station training to be successful and is imperative
to effective force projection operations. RSOI is the means by which
commanders shape and expedite force closure in the theater of operations.
Effective, well-conceived RSOI operations greatly speed force closure;
conversely, an ineffective RSOI delays force closure and compromises the
CINC’s ability to implement the concept of operations.
STAGE FIVE -- DECISIVE OPERATIONS
4-105. At some point in time, the joint force commander will decide to move
against the enemy. The ground commander might reposition forces to
facilitate the imminent start of combat. ADA units will be required to cover
the force from the enemy while it moves. ADA units may be involved in
deception operations related to repositioning the force.