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The TACSOP is essentially the "game-plan" that units follow when conducting tactical operations. Similar to sports team and "secret" plays, most units have a predetermined default method for initiating attacks and solutions to problems that could arise.
AR 5-22(pdf) lists the Force modernization proponent for each Army branch, which can be a CoE or Branch proponent leader. Army Staff uses a Synchronization meeting before seeking approval —HTAR Force Management 3-2b: "Managing change in any large, complex organization requires the synchronization of many interrelated processes".
There are 19 combat support brigades (maneuver enhancement) the Army plans to create, with 16 in the Army National Guard and 3 in the Army Reserve. This organization is one of five types of multifunctional support brigades that have been established under the transformation to the modular force.
In 2005 and 2006 2nd Brigade served in Iraq under the command of Colonel John L. Gronski, who led a temporary task organization that included units from Vermont, Kentucky, Nebraska, Utah, Indiana and Michigan, as well as regular Army units from the 3rd Infantry Division and 101st Airborne Division.
A battlegroup (British/Commonwealth term) or task force (U.S. term) in modern military theory is the basic building block of an army's fighting force. A battlegroup is formed around an infantry battalion or armoured regiment, which is usually commanded by a lieutenant colonel. The battalion or regiment also provides the command and staff ...
Other capabilities are task organized by the division commander based on support requirements. The DSSB synchronizes and executes logistics support to BCTs and multifunctional support brigades attached to the division and non-divisional units operating in the division AO.
In U.S. military terminology, Unified Combatant Commands or Joint Task Forces can have components from all services and components – Army ~, Air, Naval, Marine, and Special Operations. Thus a Land Component Command is a command directing all land forces on behalf of a combatant commander or JTF commander.
The general staff of operations designation is "3" to its corresponding section—e.g. J-3 (Joint (Multi-Service) Military Operations), G-3/S-3 (Army and Marine Corps staffs use both, depending on the organizational size and structure), N-3 , and A-3 .