Mission Essential Task List (METL)
UNIT Standard Operating Procedures
1. Mission. UNIT deploys, on order, as an aviation task force anywhere in the world to
conduct combat aviation operations
a. The primary mission of an assault helicopter battalion is to assault forces (combat
arms, combat support and combat service support), using the firepower, mobility, and total
integration of helicopter assets, maneuver on the battlefield under the control of the Air Assault
Task Force Commander (AATFC) to engage and destroy enemy forces or seize and hold key
terrain. (FM 1-113)
b. 82nd Aviation Brigade Mission: On order, 82nd Aviation Brigade deploys worldwide to
find, fix and destroy enemy forces using aerial fire and maneuver to concentrate and sustain
combat power
c. 82nd Airborne Division Mission: Within 18 hours of notification, the 82nd Airborne
Division strategically deploys, conducts forcible-entry parachute assault and secures key
objectives for follow-on military operations in support of U.S. national interests.
2. Mission Essential Task List.
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Deploy the Force - Transition the battalion from day-to-day training/readiness activities
to a wartime footing. Extends to alerting the battalion of impending deployment and
preparing aircraft, personnel and equipment for transport.
Conduct – Controlling the battalion elements in a tactical environment.
Conduct Aviation Operations – Conduct assault helicopter operations under the direct
control of either the Aviation Brigade or Infantry Division/Brigade.
Sustain The Force – Sustain the ability of the battalion to conduct assault helicopter
operations through maintenance and supply actions/activities and return depleted supply
stockages or damaged/inoperable materiel to a combat-ready status as rapidly as
possible.
Protect the Force – Manage the risk associated with combat operations from enemy,
environmental, or human factors, preventing unnecessary losses to “non-combat”
actions.
Support to Counter Drug Operations – Participate in Operation Bahamas, Turks and
Caicos (OPBAT), a US Army Southern Command mission that conducts over-water
aerial interdiction flights in support of the Drug Enforcement Agency and Drug
Enforcement Unit.
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Mission Essential Task List (METL)
UNIT Standard Operating Procedures
UNTI
PERFORM ACTIONS
ASSOCIATED WITH FORCE
PROJECTION AND
DEPLOYMENT
UNIT
DEPLOY THE FORCE
CORSAIR BATTLE TASKS
Alert/Marshal
Assemble
Move to and Occupy AA
COMMAND AND CONTROL
C2 THE FORCE
EXECUTE TACTICAL
OPERATIONS
CONDUCT AVN
OPERATIONS
PROVIDE COMBAT SERVICE
SUPPORT
SUSTAIN THE FORCE
CONDUCT SURVIVABILITY
OPERATIONS
PROTECT THE FORCE
SUPPORT TO COUNTER
DRUG
Conduct Aerial C2 Operations
Establish and Maintain a Tactical
Operations Center
Plan, Coordinate, and Control
Tactical Operations
Provide Tactical Command,
Control, Communications, and
Computers
Conduct Air Assault Operations
Conduct Air Movement
Operations
Conduct Aerial C2 Operations
Conduct AVUM Operations
Maintain Helicopters, Vehicles,
and Equipment
Conduct FARP Operations
Conduct Combat Service
Support Operations
Provide Food Service Support
Provide Medical Support
Requisition, Acquisition, and
Distribution of Supplies and
Equipment
Provide Food Service Support
Provide Medical Support
Perform Aircraft Recovery
Conduct Threat Assessment
Conduct Casualty Evacuation
Establish Physical Security
Support Counter-Drug
Operations
Conduct Civil-Military Operations
Support Host Nation Counter
Drug Efforts
Support Detection and
Monitoring of Drug Shipments
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