2-250. Commanders, with input from their staffs, determine the degree to which potential threats and hazards can disrupt operations, and then they counter or mitigate those threats and hazards. Many of the assets grouped within the protection warfighting function, such as MP units, engineers, CBRN assets, and other forces with protection responsibilities, will probably be assigned or attached to BCTs in the close area to accomplish their mission, limiting the availability of their associated capabilities in the support or consolidation areas.