2-170. A contingency CP is a facility tailored from the theater army headquarters that enables a commander to conduct crisis response and limited contingency operations within an AOR. Employing the contingency CP for a mission involves a trade-off between the contingency command post’s immediate response capability and its known limitations. These limitations include the scale, scope, complexity, intensity, and duration of operations that it can effectively command without significant augmentation. The contingency CP depends upon the main CP for long-range planning and special staff functional support. (See FM 3-94 for doctrine on theater army CP organization and operations.)