They load equipment according to the individual unit loading plans. They also begin taking up wire and policing the area. The medical company increases evacuation to reduce the patients in the holding area requiring movement. Maintenance companies also increase evacuation if possible. Customers top off Class I, III,V, and IX levels before supply points close out.
All units begin uploading supplies and equipment as much as possible.
The support battalion commander forms a quartering party to facilitate the move. Whenever possible, the core of the quartering party is designated in the SOP and simply adjusted to account for the units that are in the BSA at the time. The party is a group of unit representatives sent to the new BSA to secure, reconnoiter, and organize the area before the arrival of the main body. The leader distributes this information to quartering party members. The leader also issues a warning order to all party members that tells them when and where the quartering party briefing will be and what their roles will be.