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2 Military Logistics and the Army After Next Requirements
2 Military Logistics and the Army After Next Requirements
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Roland G Ruppenthal Logistical Support of the Armies USArmyin World WarII, Vol.II We have a clear vision for 21st century global military logistics.
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Some logistics functions are carried out for the Army by joint organizations and the DoD, as well as by the other services. The Defense Logistics Agency provides a variety of supplies, including fuels, directly to operational forces.
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When the Persian Gulf War began, the United States was fortunate that Saudi Arabia possessed a significant port and airfield infrastructure (developed over the preceding 20 years by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the Saudis)
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This planning document describes a military that will have total SA of the battle space in which it will operate; the ability to protect its forces from enemy attack on the ground, from the air, or from space; and the ability to provide focused logistics support (DoD, 1996~. According to the ICS, focused logistics represents ".
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The goal of the RAIL is to reduce sustainment requirements and logistics infrastructure by focusing on a high velocity, agile, responsive logistics system based in the continental United States (DA, 1997~. In developing the logistics structure for Army XXI, logistics planners are incorporating the RML concepts into force structures and reducing the need for forward logistics units.
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But the logistics burdens also include logistics personnel and equipment in combat support and combat service support organizations (providing supplies, maintenance, transportation, medical services, and other support for the combat units) and the supplies and support required to keep these logistics organizations in operation.
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BURDEN REDUCTION GOALS After reviewing logistics burdens in past military operations and Army concepts and plans for the future, the committee determined that the logistics burdens, especially fuel and ammunition, could be readily translated into logistics burden reduction goals to reduce logistics demand. The committee concentrated on the following logistics burden reduction goals: reducing fuel demand increasing fuel energy by weight managing fuel and energy reducing lethal system weight reducing the number of rounds of ammunition required per target reducing weight per round of ammunition increasing system reliability lightening soldier systems increasing soldier effectiveness optimizing system designs providing "just right" logistics In the initial Army briefing to the committee in September 1997, the AAN concept was based on a self-deployment capability for AAN vehicles.
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Thus, given background information on logistics and the AAN, the committee investigated technology developments necessary to reduce logistics burdens while meeting AAN performance goals. 3These included: armor; lightweight materials; command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR)
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