7th Brigade Support Battalion

The **7th Brigade Support Battalion (BSB)** is a combat service support battalion of the Katona Special Expeditionary Corps featured in Saunders' Initiative: Blackjacks. The 7th BSB is part of the 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, subordinate to the 1st Katona Division, led by MAJ. Greenland.

A BSB is an organic part of a Brigade Combat Team (BCT), providing self-sustainment to the BCT for up to 72 hours of high-intensity combat before requiring replenishment. It consists of a headquarters, and headquarters company, field maintenance company, distribution company, medical company, and a forward support company assigned to each o f the other battalions in the BCT.

## Overview

A BSB is a multifunctional logistics unit which supports its parent brigade at the tactical level with supply distribution and management, field maintenance, and medial support. It is an expeditionary formation that deploys with its supported brigade, including conducting parachute assault operations. While each forward support company (FSC) operates in close proximity with their supported battalion, the rest of the BSB operates from a base or base cluster in a designated brigade support area (BSA). From the BSA, the BSB commander executes command and control of BSB units based on orders from the brigade commander.

## Organisation

### Headquarters and Headquarters Company

The Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC) provides command and control, administrative and logistical support for all units assigned or attached to the BSB. It can also provide command and control for security units occupying the brigade support area (BSA) and support for other units operating within the battalion’s area. It consists of a command group, coordinating staff, and headquarters company.

### Distribution Company

The role of the distribution company is to manage the daily receipt, storage, and issuance of supply class I, II, III, IV, V and IX in support of its parent brigade. Supplies are received from the division sustainment support battalion (DSSB) and distributed one of two ways: they can be directly delivered to the supporting forward support companies (FSCs), or the company will maintain a central supply point from which the FSCs come to pick up supplies.

### Field Maintenance Company

The field maintenance company's mission is to perform field-level maintenance support on or near unserviceable equipment or weapon systems for its parent brigade and BSB. The types of equipment covered include automotive, ground support, communications and electronics, land combat missile systems, and armament systems. Field-level maintenance includes not only removal and replacement of components but repair of components, with the ultimate goal of returning systems to operational status as quickly and as close as possible to the point of failure or damage.

### Brigade Support Medical Company

The brigade support medical company (BSMC) provides medical support to its BCT and on an area basis to any BCT units that do not have their own medical assets. The BSMC will set up its headquarters and a Role 2 field hospital in the BSA, typically with the BSB headquarters on the BSB base as it has limited self-defence capability.

### Forward Support Company

Forward support companies (FSCs) are organic to the BSBs of a BCT. Their mission is to provide direct support to the other battalions of its parent brigade. This includes field feeding, bulk fuel, general supply, ammunition, and field-level maintenance to the supported battalion. It may also provide support to other units in the brigade on a limited basis. Because of its close support, an FSC may be placed under the operational control of its supported battalion's commander as necessary

## Known Members

* MAJ. Greenland - Battalion Commanding Officer (Phantom Actual)
* Phantom 6-7 - Battalion Executive Officer
* Phantom 6-1
* Phantom 6-2