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synchronized with adjacent, higher and lower ADA operations within his AO.
The EAC ADA brigade commander may also function as the AMDCOORD.
5-44. EAC brigades will deploy early into the theater to protect APODs,
SPODs, early arriving forces and critical supplies. As entry forces move into
tactical assembly areas (TAA) for expansion operations, ADA forces
maneuver and reposition to provide optimized forces protection. As the
lodgment is expanded ADA forces conduct combat operations to protect
critical political, communications, transportation, and military forces. As
deployment operations conclude, EAC ADA brigades and multinational forces
will form a cohesive integrated defense from which to conduct military
operations.
5-45. Units conducting active defense at theater level normally consist of one
or more EAC ADA brigades that provides command and control over assigned
forces. The brigade commander task organizes active defense forces to protect
selected priority assets, designated by the AAMDC commander, from the
DAL.
ROLE OF THE CORP ADA BRIGADE
5-46. The Corps ADA brigade commander is the corps air defense officer and
serves as the corps commander’s air and missile defense coordinator
(AMDCOORD). Since the corps can operate at the strategic, operational and
tactical levels of war, the brigade commander has a unique role in the
planning of air and missile defense operations. His responsibilities include
the following:
• Ensuring corps counterair and TMD requirements are integrated into
theater counterair and TMD plans.
• Coordinating the overall counterair and TMD planning with the corps
higher headquarters (ARFOR), adjacent corps, subordinate elements
within the corps and with EAC brigades and the AAMDC as
appropriate.
• Developing and recommending to the corps commander counterair
and TMD priorities in conjunction with the G3 plans and other corps
staff elements.
• Preparing the air defense estimate and annex for corps plans and
orders.
• Advising the corps commander on overall counterair and TMD
integration, synchronization, and employment to include monitoring
organic and attached unit status and locations down to battery level,
and divisional, regimental, separate ADA brigade status down to
battery level. This also includes nominating appropriate targets for
attack operations as part of the TMD fight.
• Informing the corps commander of the counterair and TMD rules of
engagement and procedures applicable to counterair and TMD assets
operating within the corps AO.
• Assessing the air and missile threat, in concert with the corps G2,
and assisting the G2 in preparation of the integrated IPB.
• Making recommendation to the corps commander on reconstitution or
reorganization of ADA soldiers and equipment within the corps.
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