L1:O180 Tactical Sustainment Flashcards
What is tactical sustainment
the provision of logistics, financial management, personnel services, and health service support necessary to maintain operations until successful mission completion
Principles of sustainment
- integration
- anticipation
- responsiveness
- simplicity
- economy
- survivability
- continuity
- improvisation
Elements of sustainment
- logistics
- financial management
- personal services
- health service support
ADP 4-0
Sustainment
FM 4-0
Sustainment Operations
Main features of a division sustainment brigade
- assigned to a division
- employs sustainment capabilities to create desired effects in support of the DIV CDRs objectives
- can command up to 7x battalions
- provides direct support to all assigned and attached units
- coordinates and synchronized tactical-level sustainment ops to meet current and future operations
Main features of a division support battalion (DSSB)
- organic to a division sustainment brigade
- conducts maintenance, transportation, supply, field services, and distribution
- synchronizes and executes logistics
- commands and controls all organic, assigned and attached units
main features of a Brigade Support Battalion (BSB)
- provides direct support to a BCT
- capable of operating a SSA, ATHP, conducting field maintenance support, performing distribution ops, and providing Role 2 medical care
- FSCs are organic to BSBs, but support their associated maneuver battalion
- establishes the Brigade Support Area (BSA)
A Brigade Support Area (BSA) is able to defeat what kind of threat?
a level 1 threat
where is the Brigade Support Area located?
out of enemy medium artillery range, away from likely enemy avenues of approach
occupants of a brigade support area (BSA)
- brigade support battalion (BSB)
- forward support companies (FWD SPT)
- BNs’ field trains
- HHC, BCT
Brigade Support Battalion (BSB) staff is composed of:
A Commander, XO, CSM, unit ministry team, S1-6 shops, support ops officer, and sustainment automation support management office
functions of Brigade Support Battalion staff
- provides C2 for assigned and attached units
- provides CSS/FHP support to customer units external to the BSB
- provides HR, logistics, training, security, communications, and religious support to the BSB
the primary supply and transportation hub of the BCT is the:
Distribution Company
Main functions of the Distribution Company
- plans, directs, and supervises the distribution of supplies to the brigade
- conducts daily receipt, storage, and issue of class I-IX
- transports cargo to the brigade
- primary supply and transportation hub of the BCT