Per the U.S. Army Field Manual No. 4-0, the 528th Sustainment Brigade (SO) (A) sets operational support conditions in order to enable Army Special Operations Forces (ARSOF) operations. Key tasks include providing tailored logistics management, limited aerial delivery, unique ARSOF surgical capability, signal, military intelligence and command and control of assigned, adjacent, and mission aligned elements. The 528th Sustainment Brigade (SO) (A) is organic to the operational employment of the 1st SFC (two-star operational HQ) and is considered part of the deployed force structure when an ARSOF led special operations JTF is employed. Serve as the lead component for support for 1st SFC with respect to conducting ARSOF logistics, medical, communications and military intelligence operations. The 528th Sustainment Brigade (SO) (A) primary purpose of fulfilling global operational requirements of emerging requirements.