Operations Operations sections along with input from team OIC/NCOIC and section chiefs will determine specific names, numbers, and qualifications of

deploying personnel. They will also assign tasks to support the preparation for the deployment. Analyze individual UTCs and tailor appropriately to meet required taskings. NOTE: GUARDIAN ANGEL should consider packing out the full compliment of UTCs across a broad spectrum of PR/RO capability to meet all expected and unexpected theater commander taskings. Plan for sustained operations. Personnel augmentation and equipment backfill are frequently required to support sustained efforts. Identify these shortfalls. Be prepared to tailor UTCs to support multiple operating locations. Additional operations tasks include but are not limited to the following.

2.2.1.2.1.1 Identify Command Relationships. Closely scrutinize the OPLAN or OPORD task organization, chain of command, and operational control (OPCON)/tactical control (TACON) relationships. Determine the specifics of these relationships to include who has responsibilities for command, control, and support requirements. Request clarification as required.

2.2.1.2.1.2 Identify Liaison Requirements. Determine the number and placement of liaison officers. Ensure that liaison officers are placed at the critical supported components, agencies, and their subordinate elements as required to most effectively facilitate mission success. Manning constraints will likely force tough decisions regarding placement of liaison officers.

2.2.1.2.1.3 Identify Support Requirements. Identify all support requirements for deployment and deployed operations then submit a statement of requirements (SOR). Required support functions/facilities include, but are not limited, to security, workspace, storage (e.g., munitions, HAZMAT, and POL), billeting, messing, medical, intelligence, weather, communications (e.g., computer and

secure comm), supply, vehicles/transportation, contracting, and training areas (e.g., weapons ranges). Include all of the following items in the SOR. (See Table 2.1 through Table 2.4, Deployed Support Requirements Checklist.)

Table 2.1 Deployed Support Requirements Checklist (1 of 4). General Instructions.

- Base/Post chain of command up to unified/specified command level.

- Local mailing address.

Vehicle Operations Support.

- Vehicle availability. - Driver availability.

- Driver requirements for government vehicles. - Shuttle bus service.

- Flight line transportation. - On base support.

- Commercial car and truck rental. - Commercial truck transport service.

Supply.

- Supply operations. - Storage facilities.

- Material handling equipment (MHE). - Host nation support (HNS).

- Limiting factors. - Fuels support.

Billeting Facilities.

- Tent availability.

- Can hangar be converted into billeting area? - Can warehouse be converted into billeting area? - Can gymnasium be converted into billeting area? - Cots availability.

- Portable latrines availability. - Laundry facilities.

- Showers facilities.

Table 2.2 Deployed Support Requirements Checklist (2 of 4). General Support Information.

- Messing facilities. - Electrical/power sources. - Office space facilities. - Briefing/planning areas.

- Is a self-service center availability? How are accounts handled? - What is the location and what are the procedures to draw? - Parachute/airdrop rigger facilities.

- Finance.

Medical.

- Hospital/dispensary. - Inoculations required. - Ambulance.

- Air evacuation capability

- Isolation ward (or area slotted for creation of isolated). - Medical specialists available in hospital.

- What types of medicine are in short supply/not generally available? - Units of blood normally on hand.

- Availability and power requirements of mobile drug/blood refrigeration.

Storage Units.

- Size.

- Climate control.

Communications.

- Description/drawing.

- Recommended radio beacon. - Telephone.

- Coax.

- Additional considerations. - JOC area.

- Additional information. - Neat to have items.

Table 2.3 Deployed Support Requirements Checklist (3 of 4). Contracting.

- US military base information. - Non-US military base information. - Quarters.

- Food service. - Transportation. - Water.

- Laundry service.

- Potential contract services. - Limiting factors.

Command Post.

- Building availability to support 50- to 60-person CP. - Office space.

- Planning/briefing areas. - Communications availability. - Operations center availability. - Audio/visual aids.

- Availability of isolated building. - Physical security.

- Availability of military guards. - Classified storage capability.

- COMSEC material availability (e.g., AKAs). - Secure phones available (number/type).

Training.

- Ground maneuver areas. - Ground firing/demo ranges. - Zones.

Table 2.4 Deployed Support Requirements Checklist (4 of 4).

2.2.1.2.1.3.1 En Route Security. Deploying elements may require en route security for weapons, ammunition, classified, and narcotics, if they will be making stops and changing aircraft.

2.2.1.2.1.3.2 Workspace and Staging Areas. Units will require space to set up an operations center, planning area, support area, and team staging area. Buildings and/or hangars are preferred but units should be prepared to use tents.

Intelligence/Security.

- SSO facilities.

- Classified storage capability - Security forces availability. - Base/Post perimeter security. - Local press access/procedures. - Availability of debugging equipment. - Secure working space availability.

- GENSER/SSO communications availability. - Secure telephone availability.

- Availability of local intel support apparatus

- Availability of destruction facilities (how and where)?

- Local OPSEC considerations (HUMIT, SIGINT, or PHOTINT). - Type local vehicles used.

- Photo labs of photo reproduction capability/availability. - Training aids supply office capability/availability.

- Availability of field safes and additional/high security locks.

Weather.

- Coverage/forecasting available. - Hours of operation/observation.

- Pilot to metro radio frequency (if available). - Other communications available.

- Weather radar available.

- Other equipment available (wing or ceiling). - Computer flight planning availability.

2.2.1.2.1.3.3 Storage. If storage areas are available, units will require secure storage for weapons, ammunition, medical supplies, and classified material. They will need parking space for tactical vehicles and boats, as well as storage space for additional equipment. They will also require climate controlled storage space for parachutes and medical supplies.

2.2.1.2.1.3.4 Billeting. If hard billets or tents are not provided, units will require space to set up tents and living areas.

2.2.1.2.1.3.5 Intelligence. Specific intelligence support requirements vary with respective unit capabilities. Individual organizations should refer to unit designed operational capability (DOC) statements, established UTCs, SOPs, and commander’s guidance for unique requirements. At minimum, planning personnel, ADVON, and/or lodgement teams will consider the following:

• Adequate space for adequate intelligence personnel, equipment, and informational displays.

• Proximity to key operations centers/functions and plans personnel. • Dedicated organic provisional secure and nonsecure communications platforms capable of voice and data transfer such as international maritime satellite (INMARSAT) terminals.

• Dedicated organic UNCLASSIFIED and SECRET/COLLATERAL automated information systems (AIS).

• Convenient and uninterrupted access to TOP SECRET/SCI, and applicable special category (SPECAT)/special access program (SAP) AIS and information channels.

• Ability to monitor applicable radio communications suites and field data transfer mediums such as high performance waveform (HPW) terminals. • Access to near-real-time data (NRTD) feeds/displays and combined operational picture (COP) displays.

• Adequate climate controls to operate and maintain automated systems. • Sufficient external/internal power and wiring configuration to maintain uninterrupted operations.

• Organic secure telephone unit (STU-III) connectivity.

• Ready integration with a multi-discipline analytical capability.

• Adequate facilities to implement appropriate security measures required in multi-national operating environments.

• Ready access to satellite television for open source media coverage. • Secured internet protocol router network (SIPRNET)/mIRC chat connectivity

2.2.1.2.1.3.6 Weather. Unit planners will need access to weather data and products regarding the AO. Identify specific requirements based on anticipated mission sets.

2.2.1.2.1.3.7 Communications. Identify communications requirements as soon as possible, submit requests through appropriate channels, and track requests. Consider frequencies, call signs, satellite channels, landlines, secure phones, cell phones, computers, software, secure/unsecure internet lines, e-mail/website addresses, chat room addresses, data transmission addresses, HPW addresses, and demand assignment multiple access (DAMA) addresses. Ensure unit placement on appropriate distribution lists (e.g., chat rooms, data nets, or voice nets). Request special instruction (SPINS) if available. Request navaid frequencies/channels.

2.2.1.2.1.3.8 Vehicles/Transportation. Unit personnel will require vehicles for transportation around the operating location. Units will also need vehicles to move operator equipment to and from training areas, and flight-line. Consider four-wheel drive requirements.

2.2.1.2.1.3.9 Training Areas and Weapons Ranges. Unit operators will need a small arms range to zero/test fire weapons as well as training areas to complete proficiency, special, and area familiarization training.

2.2.1.2.1.4 Prepare the Advanced Echelon Party. Form and deploy an advanced echelon (ADVON) team as soon as feasible in the predeployment process. Team composition will vary but a representative from operations, intelligence, logistics, communications, SERE, each operator Air Force Speciality Code (AFSC), and a OIC is recommended. The ADVON team assumes responsibility for initial preparations at forward operating and staging bases and represents the unit commander during interaction with other agencies. ADVON teams will obtain ground truth regarding the command relationships that were establish prior to departure, liaison requirements, support requirements (SOR), and any other applicable issues identified in the predeployment planning process. The A D V O N t e a m w i l l a l s o b e g i n p r e l i m i n a r y m i s s i o n p l a n n i n g w i t h supporting/supported force elements in preparation for main body arrival and mission taskings. The ADVON element will establish communications with the main body force immediately following arrival at the forward location and pass an initial situation report (SITREP) relaying ADVON mission status. Both the ADVON element and main body force will implement aggressive, daily cross-communication measures to coordinate subsequent deployment requirements and actions until forces re-consolidate at the forward operating locations. Recommend ADVON carry a SATPHONE for communication in austere locations 2.2.1.2.2 Recovery Team. Team leadership will work closely with operations to determine team composition for deployment. Manning requirements should be weighed against the numbers of available, current and qualified personnel. Consider physical/mental status, training currency, time on station, retainability, and potential for augmentation when determining team composition. Immediately identify

shortfalls and requirements for waivers and/or augmentation and forward this information to operations for coordination and action. Formulate a packing list of individual and team equipment and distribute to team members. Team members will begin preparation of individual gear and team equipment. Team leaders will coordinate directly with intelligence personnel immediately following initial notification to address estimated battlefield impact on friendly force operations; threat force considerations; and survival, evasion, resistance, and escape (SERE) requirements.

2.2.1.2.3 Support. Unit support sections, particularly logistics, will work closely