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Sustainment of Army forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom : battlefield logistics and effects on operations /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Peltz, Eric, 1968-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2005.
Subjects:
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Equipment and supplies.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Logistics.
Military supplies.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Figures
  • Tables
  • Summary
  • Acknowledgments
  • Glossary
  • Setting the stage
  • The debate over materiel sustainment performance
  • The success of major combat operations
  • Distribution based logistics
  • Fuel sustainment
  • Fuel supplies remained relatively robust
  • Theater preparatory tasks
  • Planning and resourcing refuel operations
  • Dry cargo sustainment
  • Dry cargo distribution during combat operations
  • A shortfall in trucks
  • Distribution planning
  • Theater distribution system ownership: potential deployment effects
  • Changes in the demand for distribution assets
  • Environmental and other effects on distribution capacity
  • Limited distribution capacity
  • Keeping distribution running: convoy support centers
  • Situational awareness and in-transit visibility
  • Supply levels during combat operations
  • Transportation of bottled water
  • The supply of food to the theater
  • Ammunition supply during combat operations
  • Spare parts support
  • Authorized stockage lists
  • On the move supply and maintenance system signal connectivity
  • Effects of CONUS spare parts packaging on distribution
  • Theater distribution center startup
  • Priority was given to food, water, and ammunition
  • Use of intratheater air
  • The effect of changes in the redeployment plan
  • Spare parts support during stability operations
  • Packaged petroleum, oil, and lubrication products
  • Equipment readiness
  • Soldier readiness
  • The pause in the advance at An Najaf
  • Effects and implications of sustainment performance during OIF
  • Combat operations
  • Stability operations
  • Implications for the future
  • Requirements of distributed operations with long LOCs
  • Low supply levels in maneuver brigades produced a strong sense of risk
  • The criticality of logistics situational awareness
  • Units employed a combat readiness standard
  • Preparing for uncertainty
  • Appendix: truck availability
  • References.