In simplistic terms we can all understand what sustainment is. Giving a generic definition of providing necessary supplies to continue operations for an extended duration of time, is fairly simple. According to ADP 4-0 which is the Army's doctrine for sustainment operations; "sustainment is the provision of logistics, personnel services, and health service support necessary to maintain operations until successful mission completion." Sustainment has always been the achilles tendon of continued mission success during fast paced operations. Knowing that sustainment directly supports ADP/ADRP 3-0, Unified Land Operations, we must have effective sustainment in order to win ongoing conflicts. There are examples all the way back to the Continential
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With these lessons learned, and with the transformation into a Brigade level concept of deploying, new ideas and practices were put into operation. In today's Army, Brigade Commanders have organic sustainment battalions that are responsible for ensuring the requirement for logistics are met. Army Sustainment said, "Army logisticians have eliminated redundancy, streamlined logistics support, and removed unnecessary layers of logistics command to extend the operational reach of the brigade commander." As the Army changed it's doctrine to incorporate the new operational structure that ensures logistic support all the way down to the Company level, we have seen this to be a much more efficient method of performing sustainment operations, atleast in today's conflict. With the number of remote outpost's, and small forward operating bases that are strewn throughout the countryside in Afghanistan and Iraq, having effective and efficient sustainment methods is imperative. Sustainment in the current operations are a success, although it had to go through some growing pains to get as successful as it
With these lessons learned, and with the transformation into a Brigade level concept of deploying, new ideas and practices were put into operation. In today's Army, Brigade Commanders have organic sustainment battalions that are responsible for ensuring the requirement for logistics are met. Army Sustainment said, "Army logisticians have eliminated redundancy, streamlined logistics support, and removed unnecessary layers of logistics command to extend the operational reach of the brigade commander." As the Army changed it's doctrine to incorporate the new operational structure that ensures logistic support all the way down to the Company level, we have seen this to be a much more efficient method of performing sustainment operations, atleast in today's conflict. With the number of remote outpost's, and small forward operating bases that are strewn throughout the countryside in Afghanistan and Iraq, having effective and efficient sustainment methods is imperative. Sustainment in the current operations are a success, although it had to go through some growing pains to get as successful as it