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Chapter 2
� Managing or conducting all equal opportunity education and training programs within the
command, to include conducting ethnic observances.
� Receiving and helping process complaints.
FORCE MANAGEMENT OFFICER
2-89. The force management officer is responsible for accounting for the force and its resources. This
officer evaluates the organizational structure, functions, and workload of military and civilian personnel to
ensure their proper use and requirements (manpower utilization and requirements). By conducting formal,
on-site manpower and equipment surveys, this officer ensures documents for the modified table of
organization and equipment and the table of distribution and allowances reflect the minimum essential and
most economical equipment needed for the mission.
FOREIGN DISCLOSURE OFFICER
2-90. The foreign disclosure officer is responsible for the oversight and coordination of specific disclosure
of or access to classified military information or controlled unclassified information to representatives of
foreign governments and international organizations. (See AR 380-10 for more information.)
HISTORIAN
2-91. The historian is responsible for coordinating the documentation of the command’s historical
activities. The historian, normally an Army civilian, is authorized at corps and divisions. (AR 870-5
discusses the Army historical program.) Historian responsibilities include, but are not limited to—
� Preparing the command history.
� Supervising the command’s historical activities.
� Injecting historical perspective and institutional memory into command activities.
� Collecting and maintaining records, such as staff journals, plans and orders, and after action
reviews.
� Preparing special studies and reports, based on assembled historical material.
� Maintaining a command historical research collection adequate to support the historical mission.
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT OFFICER
2-92. The knowledge management officer provides the commander and staff with Battle Command
Knowledge Management capabilities. (Refer to FM 6-01.1 for more information on the duties and
responsibilities of the knowledge management officer.) This officer provides these capabilities by
integrating and managing information systems and the Army Battle Command System. Responsibilities
include, but are not limited to—
� Translating operational requirement and strategies into knowledge management strategies
enabled by information systems.
� Incorporating and managing a set of integrated applications, processes, and services that enable
command post operations.
� Supporting continuous operations.
� Developing the knowledge management plan in accordance with the commander’s guidance.
� Tailoring the knowledge management plan to support the command post SOPs.
� Assisting with organizing, sharing, and displaying a common operational picture for the
command.
� Continuously monitoring the external information environment and recommending changes to
the information management plan.
� Developing file and data management procedures.
� Coordinating support from the G-6 for network, data base, storage, and technical support.
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