3-88. The sustainment brigade (special operations) (airborne) plans, integrates, and assesses the need for sustainment to ARSOF. The brigade is designed to serve as an early entry element to provide mission command of one combat sustainment support battalion in support of a conventional force subordinate to the joint special operations task force. The brigade synchronizes and manages sustainment and distribution operations; determines and anticipates sustainment requirements; plans, coordinates, and synchronizes both current and future sustainment operations for deployed ARSOF units.