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
Main functions of the Field Maintenance Company
- 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
Maintenance principles
- COs are responsible for establishing a command climate that ensures all assigned equipment is maintained IAW appropriate technical manuals and AR 750-1
- Preventive maintenance checks and services (PMCS)
- COs are responsible for providing resources, assigning responsibility, and training Soldiers to achieve maintenance standards
- Expeditious return of not-mission capable equipment back to operational status
- COs are responsible for readiness and safety of equipment
- Expeditious return of non-mission capable equipment back to operational status
What is the CO’s program to evaluate unit maintenance programs on a day to day basis known as
Command Maintenance Discipline Program (CMDP)
Purposes of the Command Maintenance Discipline Program
- 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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