L1:O180 Tactical Sustainment Flashcards

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What is tactical sustainment

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the provision of logistics, financial management, personnel services, and health service support necessary to maintain operations until successful mission completion

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Principles of sustainment

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  • integration
  • anticipation
  • responsiveness
  • simplicity
  • economy
  • survivability
  • continuity
  • improvisation
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Elements of sustainment

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  • logistics
  • financial management
  • personal services
  • health service support
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ADP 4-0

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Sustainment

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FM 4-0

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Sustainment Operations

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Main features of a division sustainment brigade

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  • 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
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Main features of a division support battalion (DSSB)

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  • 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
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main features of a Brigade Support Battalion (BSB)

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  • 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)
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A Brigade Support Area (BSA) is able to defeat what kind of threat?

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a level 1 threat

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where is the Brigade Support Area located?

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out of enemy medium artillery range, away from likely enemy avenues of approach

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occupants of a brigade support area (BSA)

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  • brigade support battalion (BSB)
  • forward support companies (FWD SPT)
  • BNs’ field trains
  • HHC, BCT
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Brigade Support Battalion (BSB) staff is composed of:

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A Commander, XO, CSM, unit ministry team, S1-6 shops, support ops officer, and sustainment automation support management office

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functions of Brigade Support Battalion staff

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  • 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
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the primary supply and transportation hub of the BCT is the:

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Distribution Company

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Main functions of the Distribution Company

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  • 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
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Main functions of the Field Maintenance Company

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  • provides field maintenance support to the BSB, the brigade engineer battalion, and supported units in the BSA
  • provides limited support to Forward Support Companies and supported maneuver battalions
  • provides field maintenance on weapons, power generation equipment, missile and electronic weapons systems
  • provides welding and lift capabilities for the repair shops, recovery of organic equipment and recovery support to the BSB units and elements in the BSA
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Maintenance principles

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  1. COs are responsible for establishing a command climate that ensures all assigned equipment is maintained IAW appropriate technical manuals and AR 750-1
  2. Preventive maintenance checks and services (PMCS)
  3. COs are responsible for providing resources, assigning responsibility, and training Soldiers to achieve maintenance standards
  4. Expeditious return of not-mission capable equipment back to operational status
  5. COs are responsible for readiness and safety of equipment
  6. Expeditious return of non-mission capable equipment back to operational status
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What is the CO’s program to evaluate unit maintenance programs on a day to day basis known as

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Command Maintenance Discipline Program (CMDP)

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Purposes of the Command Maintenance Discipline Program

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  • establish maintenance discipline as regulatory guidance
  • standardize maint. discipline requirements
  • provide responsible personnel with a single listing of maintenance policy requirements
  • make the Army more efficient with respect to time spent monitoring subordinate actions
  • eliminate repeated findings of non-compliance w/policy
  • serve as a checklist for internal management controls
  • identify and resolve logistical problems adversely affecting readiness
  • est. reporting procedures required to identify maintenance issues
  • maintenance and sustainment of all MTOE and TDA equipment
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