SUPPORT OPERATIONS PH II
EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
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1. BSB SPO - ANSWER ✔ • The principal staff officer for coordinating
support for all units assigned or attached to the brigade.
• Provides planning, preparation, and MC of the execution of all BSB
sustainment operations in the brigade's AO.
• Coordinates and directs external support requirements, provides
technical expertise to supported units, and synchronizes support
requirements.
• Is the key interface between supported units and the sustainment
brigade.
- Performs logistics preparation of the battlefield and advises
the commander on the relationship of support requirements to
support assets available.
• Provides the status of SPO tracked systems and materiel as required to
update the BSB Logistics Report.
- Assists the BCT S-4 and Surgeon in planning support for the
BCT.
2. BSB S-3 - ANSWER ✔ • The S3 officer is the operations, security, and
training officer. responsible for internal BSB operations.
• Advises and assists the BSB commander in tactical planning,
coordinating and supervising the communications, operations, training
and security functions of the battalion.
- Writes and issues orders as part of MDMP; monitors
implementation of orders; and works closely with the BSB
, support operations officer to assist in the development of the
concept of support for the brigade.
• Recommends a location for the BSA and positions of units within the
BSA. Plans BSA security.
• Directs the traffic circulation plan for the BSA
• Coordinates for combat, general, and geospatial engineering support.
ICW the SPO, recommends & develops the unit task organization.
3. BDE S-4 - ANSWER ✔ • Monitors field feeding, property book activities,
maintenance operations, unit basic loads (UBLs), equipment operational
status and the status of requisitions for equipment and supplies.
• Acquires and assigns facilities, and develops the Logistics Report for
the battalion.
• Coordinates transportation for administrative moves and internal
supply functions.
• The S4 plans the coordination and execution of internal logistic
support requirements for the battalion. Coordinates strategic &
operational deployment of BSB
4. What is the removal of serviceable components with the commander's
authorization in accordance with AR 750-1 from unserviceable but
economically reparable equipment for immediate reuse in restoring another
like item of equipment to combat serviceable condition. The unserviceable
component must be used to replace the serviceable component or retained
with the end item that provided the serviceable component? - ANSWER ✔
Controlled Exchange
5. What is the authorized removal of serviceable components from material
designated for disposal (uneconomically repairable equipment with no intent
to repair end item)? - ANSWER ✔ Cannibalization
6. If you are retrieving or freeing immobile, inoperative, or abandoned materiel
from current position to a maintenance site for repair, evacuation, or
disposal, what are you doing? - ANSWER ✔ Recovery
7. What unit is responsible for recovery? - ANSWER ✔ FSC
8. It is the Moving of an item from a collection point to a higher-level logistics
activity for repair, cannibalization, or disposal. - ANSWER ✔ Evacuation
,9. What are maintenance planning factors? - ANSWER ✔ Time, capacity,
and Capability
10.What is a strategic asset deployed to an installation consisting of an
authorized quantity of assets used to maintain established readiness levels or
meet training availability requirements during peacetime? - ANSWER ✔
Operational Readiness Float (ORF)
11.Is ORF a property book item? - ANSWER ✔ Yes
12.What is the mission of the field maintenance Platoon? - ANSWER ✔
Provide field level maintenance to the battalion/squadron.
13.What organization does the field maintenance platoon belong too? -
ANSWER ✔ FSC
14.BDE Surgeon - ANSWER ✔ • Publishes medical portion of BCT orders
(Annex F).
• Coordinates with the BSMC; the battalion medical platoons and
sections; the BSB medical operations section; and other staff
elements.
• Plans, integrates, and synchronizes the AHS support with the BCT
maneuver plan to include medical IPB, patient tracking, and medical
reporting.
-Personal staff officer responsible for Army Health Service Support in the
BCT.
-Exercises technical control and staff oversight over medical activities in the
BCT.
15.Support Operations (SPO) - ANSWER ✔ The SPO manages the theater
distribution network linking the strategic and operational levels of logistics
operations. The SPO, by exercising staff supervision over the DMC,
maintains visibility, capacity, and control of the distribution system.
16.Distribution Management Contractor (DMC) - ANSWER ✔ Through the
coordinated efforts of its internal branches, the DMC exercises control using
, current and emerging information technologies that enable the DMC to
accurately monitor support from the strategic to tactical level in near real-
time. To ensure the continuous flow of support, the DMC maintains staff
supervision over all materiel managers and movement controllers. Each
branch has a specific function which enables the enterprise distribution
network.
17.Distribution Integration Branch (DIB) - ANSWER ✔ The DIB coordinates
and synchronizes the movement of all personnel, equipment, and supplies
into and out of the AOR. To do this job effectively, the DIB relies on
coordination and information exchange between the supply and the mobility
branches. A complete awareness of the logistics status of subordinate and
supported units enables the DMC to optimize resources and task subordinate
organizations in support of on-going and future operations.
18.Mobility Branch - ANSWER ✔ The mobility branch, comprised of an air,
land, and sea section, provide staff supervision of all allocated transportation
assets and coordinates directly with the movement control battalion (MCB)
assigned to either the TSC or ESC. The MCB coordinates all movement in
the theater. The mobility branch also coordinates with joint and strategic
partners (i.e. Joint deployment distribution operations center UDDOC] and
the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command [SDDC]) in
order to synchronize inter-theater and intra-theater deployment and
distribution efforts, and to optimize intra-theater distribution by employing
all transportation modes available in theater.
19.Supply Branch - ANSWER ✔ The supply branch provides staff
supervision over all supply operations except Class V and Class VIII. It
performs materiel management of supply (subsistence, general supplies,
construction material, and repair parts) for a designated area of
responsibility.
20.Operational Contract Support - ANSWER ✔ OCS is the integration of
commercial sector support into military operations. Conducts contract
support integration, synchronizing, operational planning, requirements
development, and contracting in support of the deployed military forces and
other designated organizations in their assigned support area. They develop,
review statements of work or performance work statements, independent
government estimates, requirement justification documentation, and
EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
ACCURATE QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT DETAILED SOLUTIONS ||
100% GUARANTEED PASS
<NEWEST VERSION>
1. BSB SPO - ANSWER ✔ • The principal staff officer for coordinating
support for all units assigned or attached to the brigade.
• Provides planning, preparation, and MC of the execution of all BSB
sustainment operations in the brigade's AO.
• Coordinates and directs external support requirements, provides
technical expertise to supported units, and synchronizes support
requirements.
• Is the key interface between supported units and the sustainment
brigade.
- Performs logistics preparation of the battlefield and advises
the commander on the relationship of support requirements to
support assets available.
• Provides the status of SPO tracked systems and materiel as required to
update the BSB Logistics Report.
- Assists the BCT S-4 and Surgeon in planning support for the
BCT.
2. BSB S-3 - ANSWER ✔ • The S3 officer is the operations, security, and
training officer. responsible for internal BSB operations.
• Advises and assists the BSB commander in tactical planning,
coordinating and supervising the communications, operations, training
and security functions of the battalion.
- Writes and issues orders as part of MDMP; monitors
implementation of orders; and works closely with the BSB
, support operations officer to assist in the development of the
concept of support for the brigade.
• Recommends a location for the BSA and positions of units within the
BSA. Plans BSA security.
• Directs the traffic circulation plan for the BSA
• Coordinates for combat, general, and geospatial engineering support.
ICW the SPO, recommends & develops the unit task organization.
3. BDE S-4 - ANSWER ✔ • Monitors field feeding, property book activities,
maintenance operations, unit basic loads (UBLs), equipment operational
status and the status of requisitions for equipment and supplies.
• Acquires and assigns facilities, and develops the Logistics Report for
the battalion.
• Coordinates transportation for administrative moves and internal
supply functions.
• The S4 plans the coordination and execution of internal logistic
support requirements for the battalion. Coordinates strategic &
operational deployment of BSB
4. What is the removal of serviceable components with the commander's
authorization in accordance with AR 750-1 from unserviceable but
economically reparable equipment for immediate reuse in restoring another
like item of equipment to combat serviceable condition. The unserviceable
component must be used to replace the serviceable component or retained
with the end item that provided the serviceable component? - ANSWER ✔
Controlled Exchange
5. What is the authorized removal of serviceable components from material
designated for disposal (uneconomically repairable equipment with no intent
to repair end item)? - ANSWER ✔ Cannibalization
6. If you are retrieving or freeing immobile, inoperative, or abandoned materiel
from current position to a maintenance site for repair, evacuation, or
disposal, what are you doing? - ANSWER ✔ Recovery
7. What unit is responsible for recovery? - ANSWER ✔ FSC
8. It is the Moving of an item from a collection point to a higher-level logistics
activity for repair, cannibalization, or disposal. - ANSWER ✔ Evacuation
,9. What are maintenance planning factors? - ANSWER ✔ Time, capacity,
and Capability
10.What is a strategic asset deployed to an installation consisting of an
authorized quantity of assets used to maintain established readiness levels or
meet training availability requirements during peacetime? - ANSWER ✔
Operational Readiness Float (ORF)
11.Is ORF a property book item? - ANSWER ✔ Yes
12.What is the mission of the field maintenance Platoon? - ANSWER ✔
Provide field level maintenance to the battalion/squadron.
13.What organization does the field maintenance platoon belong too? -
ANSWER ✔ FSC
14.BDE Surgeon - ANSWER ✔ • Publishes medical portion of BCT orders
(Annex F).
• Coordinates with the BSMC; the battalion medical platoons and
sections; the BSB medical operations section; and other staff
elements.
• Plans, integrates, and synchronizes the AHS support with the BCT
maneuver plan to include medical IPB, patient tracking, and medical
reporting.
-Personal staff officer responsible for Army Health Service Support in the
BCT.
-Exercises technical control and staff oversight over medical activities in the
BCT.
15.Support Operations (SPO) - ANSWER ✔ The SPO manages the theater
distribution network linking the strategic and operational levels of logistics
operations. The SPO, by exercising staff supervision over the DMC,
maintains visibility, capacity, and control of the distribution system.
16.Distribution Management Contractor (DMC) - ANSWER ✔ Through the
coordinated efforts of its internal branches, the DMC exercises control using
, current and emerging information technologies that enable the DMC to
accurately monitor support from the strategic to tactical level in near real-
time. To ensure the continuous flow of support, the DMC maintains staff
supervision over all materiel managers and movement controllers. Each
branch has a specific function which enables the enterprise distribution
network.
17.Distribution Integration Branch (DIB) - ANSWER ✔ The DIB coordinates
and synchronizes the movement of all personnel, equipment, and supplies
into and out of the AOR. To do this job effectively, the DIB relies on
coordination and information exchange between the supply and the mobility
branches. A complete awareness of the logistics status of subordinate and
supported units enables the DMC to optimize resources and task subordinate
organizations in support of on-going and future operations.
18.Mobility Branch - ANSWER ✔ The mobility branch, comprised of an air,
land, and sea section, provide staff supervision of all allocated transportation
assets and coordinates directly with the movement control battalion (MCB)
assigned to either the TSC or ESC. The MCB coordinates all movement in
the theater. The mobility branch also coordinates with joint and strategic
partners (i.e. Joint deployment distribution operations center UDDOC] and
the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command [SDDC]) in
order to synchronize inter-theater and intra-theater deployment and
distribution efforts, and to optimize intra-theater distribution by employing
all transportation modes available in theater.
19.Supply Branch - ANSWER ✔ The supply branch provides staff
supervision over all supply operations except Class V and Class VIII. It
performs materiel management of supply (subsistence, general supplies,
construction material, and repair parts) for a designated area of
responsibility.
20.Operational Contract Support - ANSWER ✔ OCS is the integration of
commercial sector support into military operations. Conducts contract
support integration, synchronizing, operational planning, requirements
development, and contracting in support of the deployed military forces and
other designated organizations in their assigned support area. They develop,
review statements of work or performance work statements, independent
government estimates, requirement justification documentation, and
