FORT BLISS, Texas - "The main command post is a facility containing the majority of the staff designed to control current operations, conduct detailed analysis, and plan future operations."(1)
Soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team "Bulldog", 1st Armored Division, are conducting a Command Post Exercise at Fort Bliss, Texas, from Dec. 9-13, 2019.
"We're here putting up all the equipment (required for the command post) to get it operational," said Spc. Ricardo Cantu, native of Rock Island, Illinois, cavalry scout and radiotelephone operator for the operations section with HHC, 3rd ABCT, 1st AD. "My responsibility is to relay information (received from subordinate units) to the battle captains and NCOs (non-commissioned officers) to help paint the picture (in the battle space)."
If you cannot sustain systems in a field environment, it's not a valid system.
"The purpose of the command post is to push out the commander guidance to all the battalions, be able to run our operations, and get the complete the mission," said Sgt. Jose Osollo, native of Las Cruces, New Mexico, infantryman and assistant operations non-commissioned officer in charge of operations for HHC, 3rd ABCT, 1st AD. "We will also receive information (from the subordinate battalions), and disseminate it to members of the staff, so everyone is on the same page."
Brigade staff personnel operating within the command post represent each of the warfighting functions of whom work collectively to maintain operations, analyze information collected from subordinate elements, and generate a common operating picture for the commander to make informed decisions during contingency or combat operations.
"We are the backbone that runs the brigade essentially," said Capt. Caleb Pittman, native of Memphis, Tennessee, infantryman and assistant operations officer with HHC, 3rd ABCT, 1st AD. "After we receive information, we analyze it, then push out the resources they (subordinate units) need; whether that's fire support, UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems), or any sustainment support they need as well."
The Bulldog Brigade CPX will culminate with validating the different framework configurations that may be required to operate effectively in different areas of operation, at any time, to fight and win in any domain.
References:
(1) Department of the Army. FM 3-96 Brigade Combat Team, Washington D.C. 2015, p. 3-23.
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