The United States has now invaded Iraq on two separate occasions. These invasions offer some interesting similarities such as occurring on nearly the same terrain with similar equipment and against Iraqi forces under the leadership of Saddam...
The army's charter is to fight and win the nation's wars, however, history has shown that the most frequent operations the armed forces will be involved in fall into the realm of Operations Other Than War (OOTW). Further, as the army develops the...
As the army organizes to fight in the 21st Century, logisticians will need the capabilities to keep pace with the high technology weapons of the modem battlefield. The maneuver forces will be smaller, more lethal, more dispersed and highly mobile....
Presently, United States Army battlefield supply distribution does not involve unmanned aerial logistic vehicles. The United State military's Joint Vision 2020 and its tenet of Focused Logistics provide vision for force development allowing for the...
This study is a forerunner of the December plan for the introduction of an Army logistical command in South Vietnam (Socialist Republic of Vietnam or RVN).
This monograph examines the ability of the COSCOM to execute operational logistics tasks in a single corps contingency as outlined in FM 100-7 Decisive Force: The Army in Theater of Operations. The monograph concludes that the COSCOM cannot execute...
Thesis Statement: Compare logistics at the first 100 days during World War II in France with the logistics at Taskforce Uruzgan in Afghanistan.
Abstract: Throughout the years, during every war, Soldiers needed support from logistic elements. A...
This monograph on logistic support to Vietnam is an historical account of significant actions and events, and includes discussions of the logistic environment, decisions, techniques, accomplishments, and lessons learned during the years 1965-1971.
The purpose of this research is to investigate Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF) ammunition forecasting methods and determine if the current planning method can and will be capable of supporting the future military challenges of the SAF, as part of the...
Under the Army's Force XXI campaign, the Army has redesigned the heavy division for the 21st century, aptly naming it Division XXI. In designing Division XXI, the Army made a key decision to radically alter the way logistics will be conducted at...
The War in Burma is all too frequently forgotten as a source of relevant military experience. Admittedly it did not have the strategic importance of other theatres such as the Pacific or North West Europe, but it did witness some of the hardest and...
When GEN McKiernan and LTG Wallace began planning operations in Iraq, they were able to draw upon a pool of graduates from the School for Advanced Military Studies (SAMS). Unlike the operational planning, there was no pool of trained logistics...
This monograph examines the Army’s future operational level logistic support in an effort to determine whether or not the Army can successfully execute its Objective Force transformation without an aerial-based sustainment and distribution...
This monograph discusses logistics in contingency operations. Specifically it explores an expanded role for USTRANSCOM in CONUS-based force deployment operations. The paper looks at logistics as an important and often overlooked tool for conducting...
The United States Army Reserve (USAR) provides forces critical to the success of the Regular Army and to support national military strategy as an operational force. The USAR continues to confront issues associated with a volunteer force serving in...
On 10 January 1998, 8th Army became an Army Service Component Command (ASCC), an organization with multiple capabilities and increased flexibility. An ASCC is both a unit and a function designed to render operational support to army units as well...
Multinational logistics is proposed as having considerable potential, but this has yet to be substantially realized in any post-Cold War coalition operation. This delta between what is perceived possible and the current level of logistic support to...
During the period from 1962 to 1964, the U.S. Army reorganized its combat divisions under the ROAD concept. The ROAD concept is one of a fixed base of control and combat support units to which are attached varying numbers of maneuver and combat...
This monograph examines the feasibility of logistically supporting a heavy division-sized force conducting deep maneuver. Historically, deep maneuver forces have performed such missions as raids to cut enemy supply lines and command and control...
This study assesses the role of operational logistics in a war environment and in an operations other than war (OOTW) environment by way of conducting a historical analysis of Desert Storm and humanitarian assistance operations in Somalia. A...