MSCI 410 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Personal Assistant, Electronic Warfare Officer
Document Summary
The number of special staff officers and their responsibilities vary with authorizations, the desires of the commander, and the size of the command. In general, the xo is responsible for the special staff officers. Not generally at bn level: historian at division level, may go with a bn on a specific mission, mostly at division level or higher but is case by case. S1 vs g1: s1 is battalion level, g1 at higher level. Intel officer: oversees collection and dissemination of information, looking for pirs, evaluate and present information, some security jobs, evaluating physical security of some areas, comes from mi. Work with s3 shop planning for support in operations. Works a lot with transpo in moving supplies and soldiers. S6 and s4 are part of planning in early stages. S6 makes sure there is radio coverage: why they need to be involved in early stages of planning, before decisions are made on a coa.
