Kalos, as a matter of terminology, S-3 refers to operations at the battalion and brigade level. Division level operations is G-3.
In the 1990's, battalion staffs had only four sections: S-1 through S-4. Brigades occasionally had an S-5, which was host nation relations. This is the framework Twilight: 2000 will inherit.
Nowadays, it seems like there's a staff section at the battalion level for the guy who makes coffee and another one for the clowns who pile out of the little car. I can't say whether this has made battalion operations more eficient or more effective, but it seems like there were twice as many people seated around the table at a battalion command and staff meeting as when I was active in the 90's. Lots o' captains.
On a related note, a friend (also a captain) was transferred to division staff at BIAP partway through my tour. I never saw the inside of the division headquarters, so his feedback is all heresay. Apparently, though, the place was rotten with captains, majors, and light colonels looking for meaningful things to do. Obviously, in Twilight: 2000 this reservoir of leadership (ahem) will have been drained dry by 2000.
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