What does A1 staff manage?

• A. Operations planning
• B. Logistics management
• C. Manpower & Personnel
• D. Intelligence gathering

Answer: (C)

A1 staff focus on manpower and personnel—the human resources side of the unit. They oversee planning for how many people are needed, what skills are required, and how personnel are managed day to day. Their responsibilities include personnel records, assignments, promotions, awards, payroll and leave, welfare and morale, substitutions, and other admin actions that keep the workforce effective and properly documented. This role is distinct from operations planning, which sits with the operations staff and handles mission timing and tasking; from logistics management, which the logistics staff handles for supplies and sustainment; and from intelligence gathering, which falls to the intelligence staff. So the A1 team is about Manpower & Personnel.