Staff (military) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A military staff (often referred to as general staff, army staff, navy staff, or air staff within the individual services) is a group of officers and enlisted personnel that are responsible for the administrative, operational and logistical needs of its unit. It provides bi-directional flow of information between a commanding officer and subordinate military units. A staff also provides an executive function where it filters information needed...
At the BDE and below they will be the straight shops S1, S2, S3, S4...the outlier is in a logistics unit there is a non-numbered staff section called Support Operations. They are a fusion of S3 and S5 that coordinates the delivery of sustainment and Logistics. Not to be confused with the Brigade/BN S4. The Support Operations Officer is to Logistics what the Fire Support Coordinator is to Brigade Artillery Fires.
Shouldn't a 1LT already know those things? :)
Anyway, I'm retired so I don't really give a damn so here you go (though please keep in mind these are not official sources):
https://www.quora.com/What-is-S1-S2-S3-S4-S5-and-S6-in-regards-to-the-U-S-Army
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Army
What is S1, S2, S3, S4, S5 and S6 in regards to the U.S. Army? - Quora
These are staff sections and positions in the Battalion or Brigade Headquarters. S1 - Personnel, S2 - Intelligence, S3 - Operations, S4 - Logistics, S5 - Civil Affairs, S6 - Communications. At the Battalion level the staff officers would normally be Captains with the exception of the S3 who would be a Major. To learn about the task organization and duties of these staff elements I will refer you to FM 101-5 Staff Organization and Operation. If...
Just giving you crap LT! But hey, you're doing the right thing. Asking a community such as RP who already have a wealth of knowledge.
Continue with Facebook 
Continue with Google