Roles

ORBAT rules

Every rule the ORBAT builder checks, by combat area and unit type.

Rules: 99
Required: 45
Advisory: 54

What these rules are

To keep every ORBAT consistent and fair, each role and unit type has rules on how an ORBAT may use it: which unit it sits in, how many people it can command, and who it needs nearby.

The ORBAT builder checks these rules on every ORBAT built for a mission, and this page lists them all in one place. Pick a role or unit type to read its rules.

Required: The ORBAT cannot be published until it is put right.
Advisory: The planner may go ahead, but gives a reason.

Needs attention

Rules that clash, rules that reach into another combat area, and upcoming ORBATs that break a rule.

Clashing: None: every rule can be kept together.
Crossing combat areas: 9 rules name a role in another area.
Broken on upcoming ORBATs: Operation Stubborn Resolve 25 Oct · 9 rules broken

TBD 29 Oct · 1 rule broken

Test 30 Oct · 1 rule broken

The Iron Fist (Part I) 1 Jan · 9 rules broken

Operation Bastion 10 Jan · 7 rules broken

TBD 10 Jan · 8 rules broken

Required rules 45

These stop an ORBAT being published. Every other rule is Advisory.

Company Commander (≤64) Sits only in a Task Force, a Battalion or a Company. Commands at most 63 people, in its unit and the units below. At most one in a unit.
Squad Leader (≤15) Taken Acting, needs a supervisor in reach. Commands at most 14 people, in its unit and the units below. Sits only in a Squad. At most one in a unit.
Platoon Medic Sits only in a Platoon. Needs a Platoon Commander (≤32), a Platoon Commander (≤45), a Platoon Commander (≤64) or a Platoon Leader (≤45) in its unit.
Fireteam Leader (≤6) Commands at most 5 people, in its unit and the units below. Sits only in a Fireteam. At most one in a unit.
Infantry Team Leader (≤8) Commands at most 7 people, in its unit and the units below. At most one in a unit.
SF Team Leader (≤6) Commands at most 5 people, in its unit and the units below. At most one in a unit.
Squad Commander (≤15) Commands at most 14 people, in its unit and the units below. At most one in a unit.
Squad Commander (≤28) Commands at most 27 people, in its unit and the units below. At most one in a unit.
Platoon Commander (≤32) Commands at most 31 people, in its unit and the units below. At most one in a unit.
Platoon Leader (≤45) Commands at most 44 people, in its unit and the units below. At most one in a unit.
Platoon Commander (≤45) Commands at most 44 people, in its unit and the units below. At most one in a unit.
SF Commander (≤45) Commands at most 44 people, in its unit and the units below. At most one in a unit.
Platoon Commander (≤64) Commands at most 63 people, in its unit and the units below. At most one in a unit.
Company Commander (≤128) Commands at most 127 people, in its unit and the units below. At most one in a unit.
Acting Fireteam Leader (≤5) Sits only in a Fireteam. At most one in a unit.
Squad Medic Sits only in a Squad. Needs a Squad Commander (≤15), a Squad Commander (≤28) or a Squad Leader (≤15) in its unit.
Mortar Section Leader At most one in a unit.
Artillery Section Leader At most one in a unit.
sUAS Team Leader At most one in a unit.
Light Vehicle Section Commander At most one in a unit.
AFV Section Commander At most one in a unit.
MBT Section Commander At most one in a unit.
Squad Holds at most one Squad Medic.
Platoon Holds at most one Platoon Medic.
Combat Medic Sits only in a Fireteam or a Training.

Recent changes

UAS Operator (Attack/Reconnaissance) Took off: Sits only in a Task Force. · Lieutenant Colonel James · 1 week ago Not yours to undo
UAS Operator (Reconnaissance) Took off: Sits only in a Task Force. · Lieutenant Colonel James · 1 week ago Not yours to undo
UAS Operator (Attack/Reconnaissance) Added: Sits only in a Task Force. · Second Lieutenant Stormaple · 1 week ago Undone
UAS Operator (Reconnaissance) Added: Sits only in a Task Force. · Second Lieutenant Stormaple · 1 week ago Undone
Combat Medic Made it required: Sits only in a Fireteam or a Training. · Lieutenant Colonel James · 2 weeks ago Not yours to undo
Combat Medic Added: Sits only in a Fireteam or a Training. · Lieutenant Colonel James · 2 weeks ago Not yours to undo
Squad Changed to: Holds exactly one SF Commander (≤45), Squad Commander (≤15), Squad Commander (≤28) or Squad Leader (≤15), counted together. · Lieutenant Colonel James · 2 weeks ago Not yours to undo
SF Sniper Changed to: Needs an SF Spotter, a Spotter (Assisted) or a Spotter (Manual) in its unit. · The platform · 2 weeks ago Not yours to undo
Sniper Changed to: Needs an SF Spotter, a Spotter (Assisted) or a Spotter (Manual) in its unit. · The platform · 2 weeks ago Not yours to undo
Squad Medic Changed to: Needs a Squad Commander (≤15), a Squad Commander (≤28) or a Squad Leader (≤15) in its unit. · The platform · 2 weeks ago Not yours to undo
Artillery Cannoneer (Gunner) Changed to: Needs a Forward Observer or a Joint Fires Observer anywhere in the ORBAT. · The platform · 2 weeks ago Not yours to undo
Mortarman (Gunner) Changed to: Needs a Forward Observer or a Joint Fires Observer anywhere in the ORBAT. · The platform · 2 weeks ago Not yours to undo
UAS Operator (Attack/Reconnaissance) Changed to: Needs a Forward Air Controller or a Joint Fires Observer anywhere in the ORBAT. · The platform · 2 weeks ago Not yours to undo
Fixed-wing Pilot (Multi-role) Changed to: Needs a Forward Air Controller or a Joint Fires Observer anywhere in the ORBAT. · The platform · 2 weeks ago Not yours to undo
Fixed-wing Pilot (CAS) Changed to: Needs a Forward Air Controller or a Joint Fires Observer anywhere in the ORBAT. · The platform · 2 weeks ago Not yours to undo

Undo where you may set the rule; pick its role for its own history.

Making a rule Required or Advisory

Holders of Promote ORBAT rules make a rule Required, or Advisory again, from its row on the role. When more than one must agree, the ask waits on the rule; the one who asks counts as the first.

1 must agree to make a rule Required, and 1 to make one Advisory again.

A rule naming another combat area's role is made Required only once that area agrees too.