5-90. Bulling or forcing through is not the preferred breaching technique. Bulling or forcing through is a decision made when a commander (based on a rapid risk assessment) must react immediately to extricate a force from an untenable position within an obstacle and no other breaching assets are available. When a force is in a minefield and it is receiving fires and taking heavy losses, the commander may decide immediately bulling through the minefield is the lesser risk to the force rather than a withdrawal or reducing the obstacle. When breaching, a unit develops a scheme of movement and maneuver specifically designed to neutralize the effects of the obstacle and continue its mission. Maneuver company teams, tasks forces, and BCTs conduct the breach. Normally, a task force executes a breach and the company teams are assigned as support, breach, and assault forces. Higher echelon units will conduct a breach when the force-allocation ratio indicates that a confirmed enemy situation is beyond subordinate unit capabilities. When a subordinate unit cannot successfully conduct a breach, the higher echelon unit will task organize to conduct the breach. It will also conduct a higher-level breach when a subordinate unit has failed in its attempt to breach enemy obstacles.