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Commander's Guide to
Deployment Operations

This appendix establishes guidance for moving to the theater of operations and issuing, accounting for, and turning in APA equipment sets and supplies. Its purpose is to minimize the time required for deployed units to receive APA equipment and to return it upon completion of a contingency mission. This guidance applies to all units designated to receive APA equipment and supplies.

PLANNING/TRAINING

Upon notification of an APA mission, units will-

• Incorporate APA training into their annual training calendars.
• Receive initial copies of battle book and other APA-related manuals, SOP, and lessons learned from DA DCSOPS APA MTT.
• Receive dates for train-up with the APA MTT.
• Initiate development of brigade internal APA SOP.
• Initially identify positions for the LO and SLRP.
• Finalize the annual training calendar.
• Identify APA brigade task organization, to include all battalion/task forces, CS, and CSS units. Future APA train-up should be conducted under this task organization for actual deployment.
• Identify C2 relationships and receive notification of general officer designated responsibility for all APA activities.
• Receive updated Standard Property Book System-Redesign hand-receipts by unique unit identification code and APA stow plans.
• Identify unit equipment shortfall TAT and NAP equipment, along with actual TAT/NAP equipment, and report to higher headquarters for transportation scheduling.
• Develop plans for stay-behind equipment.

Prior to accepting the APA mission, units will-

• Conduct unit training, to include platoon, company, and battalion Army training and evaluation programs, and qualify all personnel on individual weapons.
• Finalize personnel shortfalls and nondeployables.
• Finalize APA TAT/NAP identification lists and update AUEL in TC ACCIS.
• Finalize movement plans to the APOE.
• Identify brigade organization for MTT train-up.

Ninety days out, FORSCOM will notify all concerned commands of the brigade contingency force pool units selected for an APA mission. The formal portion of this cycle begins with the arrival of the MTT. As part of the training cycle, an APA MTT will arrive at the unit's location before it enters the mission window and-

• In-brief the entire chain of command, to include the support structure (corps, division, installation, brigade, and CSS commanders and staffs), to give all participants an overview of the program, establish relationships, and assign responsibilities.
• Provide updated APA ship battle book data, to include complete equipment lists, current maintenance status of equipment and supplies aboard APA ships, review of load plans, and identification of any force modernization issues.
• Establish an initial equipment transfer plan.
• Conduct an intensive training session on OPP requirements, procedures for discharge, and accountability transfer.
• Inform the brigade of source of intelligence equipment required for linkages within theater if it is not already available.
• Perform liaison visits to appropriate commands.

The supported CINC will provide command/theater orientation briefings, informing the brigade of-

• Initial familiarization with the CINC's internal procedures.
• Current intelligence reports about the AO.
• Current status of the infrastructure.
• Command relationships.
• The brigade's responsibilities in the AO.

As the responsible agency, the director of logistics/G4 will finalize unit load plans and personnel manifests and otherwise prepare the ready brigade to deploy to the APOE. The deploying brigade will-

• Become familiar with the exact composition of the APA package.
• Identify potential problems.
• Finalize its NAP and TAT requirements.
• Establish initial procedures for the advance party and the transfer of equipment.
• Establish liaison procedures with OPP.
• Develop family support plans.
• Prepare for overseas movement.

MISSION CYCLE

Units designated to draw and fight with APA equipment should conduct a BCTP-style seminar in which all involved activities participate. The seminar will rehearse procedures, exercise communication links, exercise the intelligence structure, refine liaison requirements, identify voids and gaps, and allow all participants who do not routinely work together to establish familiarity, establish priorities, and focus on future training. The remainder of this cycle consists of sustainment training, rehearsals, and continuous liaison in preparation for actual deployment. Before entering this cycle, the brigade should determine the time line (N-hour sequence) and identify short-term training needs. Following is the sequence of tasks to be completed during the mission cycle.

• Final preparation prior to deployment:
• Coordinate alert for units from other installations.
• Refine AUEL in TC ACCIS.
• Refine notification procedures.
• Prepare the SLRP for deployment.
• Coordinate departure with division transportation.
• Alert/movement to theater of operations:
• Activate stay-behind plan.
• Deploy the SLRP.
• Deploy advance party.
• Prepare TAT/NAP for shipment.
• Activate movement plan to APOE.
• Depart main body from APOE.
• Activate force protection plan.
• RSO&I, at which stage the SLRP and advance parties will arrive:
• Initiate coordination and preparations for life support.
• Review site configuration and issue procedures in preparation for receipt by the advance party.
• Make contact with the MCT to coordinate movement to the marshalling area and to the port and sources of logistical support in both areas.
• Coordinate transportation support and movements procedures with the air terminal MCT for arrival of the advance party and main body.
• Coordinate billeting and life support (food, fuel) with support organization.
• Review diagram of staging area, plan for reception of advance party; provide to the brigade commander.
• Communicate with home station.
• Establish necessary contracts.
• Take force protection measures as appropriate.
• Prepare to receive equipment and supplies, STAMIS hardware, and current tactical baselines from APA ships.
• Prepare to receive and assist main body arrival.
• Provide PSA support.
• Locate fuel/ammunition upload areas.
• Locate TAA.
• Discharge and move equipment and supplies to staging area.
• Secure area.
• Reinforce force protection measures as dictated by the threat.
• Establish communication with OPP.
• On the first flight of the advance party, deploy an accountability team consisting of the unit commander or his representative and required property book and supply personnel to transfer accountability and appropriate medical capability. See Annex B for accountability transfer procedures.
• Arrival of the main body in the theater of operations:
• Move main body to staging area.
• Configure equipment to unit sets.
• Transfer accountability to units.
• Draw sustainment stocks and ammunition.
• Coordinate support as required with the support organization.
• Coordinate ranges/training areas for firing.
• Reinforce forced protection measures as dictated by threat.
• Move to TAA: Continue preparation for operational readiness.