The Implementation Of The Army Containment System

The concept of sustainment is definitely not new in the grand scheme of things. Over the years, the ways we have carried out sustainment operations has advanced dramatically though. In olden days, the warfighting elements had to get their soldiers the products needed to participate in day-to-day operations or else a stop movement would ensue. The extreme inefficiency, according to todays’ standards, that they would have worked under was remarkably profound. Concepts such as airdrops to resupply forward troops would sometimes never make it to the intended troops. Due to lack of coordination or inadequate supply communication the Supplies would be dropped in a location in an area unfeasible for recovery due to lack of coordination or inadequate supply communication, sometimes they would even fall into the enemy’s hands. …show more content…
Due to implementation of the supply ordering process through use of computer-based systems, there has been exponentially decreased amounts of time required to process and receive our everyday sustainment needs such as; parts, food, equipment, and even the personnel required to complete the mission. This improvement has taken time to come to fruition though. There has been a true learning curve over the years that has caused more inefficiencies throughout the services, but as we increase the quality and quantity of training on how to use these systems, we have learned to become much more organized in the ways we do