ATTP 5-0.1 Commander and Staff Officer Guide - Army Electronic ...

Chapter 2
� Coordinating input and making recommendations to the commander on the assets to be included
in the critical and defended asset lists.
� Monitoring and assessing the protection effort.
� Conducting staff coordination with other headquarters cells, nodes, and functional groupings.
� Managing protection support for major operations.
� Synchronizing protection operations between CPs.
� Managing training and materiel enhancements.
� Providing guidance on the execution of protection tasks and systems.
CHIEF OF SUSTAINMENT
2-75. The chief of sustainment is the principal staff officer responsible for coordinating all matters
concerning the sustainment warfighting function at division and above headquarters. Brigade and below
headquarters are not authorized a chief of sustainment. The S-4 serves as the principal coordinator of
sustainment for brigade and below. The chief of sustainment has coordinating staff responsibility for the
G-1, G-4, and G-8. At division level and higher, the chief of sustainment prepares Annex F (Sustainment)
to the operation order or operation plan. (Refer to FM 4-0 and FM 7-15 for more detailed information on
the duties and responsibilities of the chief of sustainment.)
SPECIAL STAFF OFFICERS
2-76. Every staff has special staff officers. This section addresses the specific duties of each special staff
officer. The number of special staff officers and their responsibilities vary with authorizations, the desires
of the commander, and the size of the command. If a special staff officer is not assigned, the officer with
coordinating staff responsibility for the area of expertise assumes those functional responsibilities. During
operations, special staff officers work in parts of the CP designated by the commander, COS, or their
supervising coordinating staff officer. The COS (XO) exercises coordinating staff responsibility over
special staff officers.
AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE OFFICER
2-77. The air and missile defense officer is responsible for coordinating air and missile defense activities
and plans with the area air and missile defense commander, joint force air component commander
(JFACC), and airspace control authority. The air and missile defense officer coordinates the planning and
use of all joint air and missile defense systems, assets, and operations. Army forces air and missile defense
plans are synchronized with the area air defense commander’s area air defense plan, the JFACC’s joint air
operations plan and daily air tasking order (ATO), and the airspace control authority’s airspace control
plan, and daily airspace control order (ACO). The air and missile defense officer prepares a portion of
Annex E (Protection) to the operation order or operation plan. (Refer to FM 3-01, FM 3-27, FM 3-52, and
FM 7-15 for more information on the duties and responsibilities of the air and missile defense officer.)
2-78. The air and missile defense officer is the senior air defense artillery officer in the command and the
commander of an air defense artillery unit supporting it. An air and missile defense officer is authorized at
the division, corps, and theater army levels. Examples of air and missile defense officer responsibilities
include, but are not limited to—
� Disseminating ATO and ACO intelligence to air defense artillery units. Normally, units receive
ATO and ACO intelligence electronically through the mission command system, which receives
it from the Theater Battle Management Core System.
� Coordinating airspace control measures to support air and missile defense operations.
� Recommending active and passive air defense measures.
� Determining requirements and recommending assets to support air and missile defense.
� Planning and coordinating airspace use with other staff.
� Providing information on the status of air and missile defense systems, air and missile attack
early warning radars, and air defense artillery ammunition.
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