This includes psychological counselling, training and further education in the psychological field as well as emergency psychological assistance, Care. Recruitment, personnel management, logistics, command support and PPS A operations abroad are also part of our department's responsibilities. For unplanned operations in Switzerland and abroad, the staff of the PPS A is committed to creating and maintaining favourable conditions for its militia members. The latter are incorporated and organised in a specialised staff, respectively in the headquarters (HQ PPS A).

The 240 or so militia specialists work in a planned manner, individually or in small groups, throughout the year. They can be found wherever they are needed. They are led by a (militia) head of the headquarters (HQ). The HQ has a staff that is responsible for the planning and deployment of the specialised staff of the PPS A. On request and if necessary, it can support a larger deployment (a mobilisation). In addition, the head of the HQ leads the areas of counselling, training and, successively, a detachment with troop psychologists.