The objective of this monograph is to present a general description of the organization and activities of the transportation zones, including the separate installations over which the zone transportation officers have jurisdiction. More detailed...
The purpose of this monograph is to examine the logistical transportation gap in the tactical segment of the U.S. Army distribution system of the Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) and to provide recommendations for future capabilities and...
This document, prepared by the Office of the Chief of Transportation, discusses transportation via ocean, rail, highways, and others, along with issues regarding storage. The purpose of this monograph is to outline the operating relationships of...
This document addresses the addition of a transportation section in the corps and Army headquarters. Topics include the functions of the Transportation Corps, Transportation Corps with the Field Forces organization, and operations.
The need for continued expansion of military transportation became increasingly apparent during the Second World War. This paper highlights many issues regarding the importance of transportation including: organizational development;...
Office of the Historian, U.S. Army Transportation Training Command
There are six sections to this document. Section I contains information on training in the pre-Korean period. The second section details the outbreak of hostilities. Part III explains the communist offensive and world-wide troop build-up, 1951....
This monograph explores the capability of army tactical headquarters to fight and sustain combat brigades and task forces simultaneously. Its focus is on the tactical transportation shortfall which exists in the army today, the impact of this...
This monograph examines the impact of infrastructure on strategic mobility operations. Doctrine does not take a holistic view of strategic mobility. Getting equipment and personnel into a theater of war is only possible if sufficient ports,...
This study investigates the use of rail transportation as a method to simultaneously transport military personnel and equipment from a unit’s home station to the Joint Readiness Training Center or the National Training Center. It describes the...
Furnished by the Office of the Quartermaster General of the Army, Transportation Division. Contains the regulations concerning rail and commercial vessel transportations of troops, individuals, supplies, equipment, property, animals, obtaining...
Railroads have played a key role in the conduct of war for well over a century. Few can dispute the contributions rail has made at the strategic and operational levels of war. Tactical use of railroads, however, is an entirely different matter....
Under public pressure to reduce defense spending and a Congressional demand for increased efficiency created by the collapse of the Soviet Union during the early 1990's, the United States Army has repeatedly been accused of maintaining unnecessary...
Presents the problem of transportation and trade control in wartime and the correlation of this problem with then-current military planning for mobilization.
Seeks to review and analyze transportation organization and problems in the Fear East with the view of determining the suitability of such organization and lessons learned for possible future applications.
This study compares the Air Force and Army logistics constructs in an effort to gain insights that might help improve upon the Air Force's fledgling multifunctional logistics effort. While logistics means many things to many people, this study...
This monograph examines the Palletized Load System to determine if it will effectively support the transportation requirements of current and evolving doctrine. The PLS, a self loading and unloading truck and trailer system, will be fielded in the...
Discusses problems involved in operation of various means of transportation and attempts to establish policies for the integration of transportation within a theater of operations, and policies for use of civilian means available and their...
Little emphasis is being placed upon military railroading today by Defense Department planners. Rail is overshadowed by motor transport and theater air when it comes to supporting large unit operations. In doing that, logisticians may be...
As the United States Army transforms into a strategically responsive, lighter force, it will have the capability to conduct full spectrum operations anywhere in the world. Its highly lethal, deployable, and mobile units will be prepared for any...