Readiness and Manning quantifies personnel against authorizations from which sources?

• A. Modified Table of Organization and Equipment (MTOE) and TDA
• B. Unit rosters and deployment orders
• C. Training calendars and duty rosters
• D. Equipment readiness reports

Answer: (A)

Readiness and Manning bases its staffing against the official authorizations that structure a unit. Those authorizations come from the Modified Table of Organization and Equipment, which defines the authorized positions for a unit’s standard organization, and from the Table of Distribution and Allowances, which provides manpower requirements for mission-specific or support-type units. Together, these two sources establish how many people should be in each role and at what level the unit should be manned. Other items like unit rosters, deployment orders, training calendars, duty rosters, or equipment readiness reports reflect current personnel, missions, schedules, or equipment status, but they do not establish the official authorization against which readiness is measured.