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| The science of planning and carring out the movement and maintenance of forces. |
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| The essential capabilities, functions, activities, and tasks necessary to sustain all elements of operating forces in theater at all levels of war. |
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| 3 levels of logistic support |
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| Strategic, Operational, and tactical |
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| the level of war at which a nation, often as a member of a group of nations, determines national or multinational security objectives and guidance, and develops and uses national resources to accomplish thoes objectives. |
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| The level of war at which campaigns and major operations are planned, conducted, and sustained to accomplish strategic objectives withing theaters or areas of operations. |
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| the level of war at which battles and engagements are planned and executed to accomplish militar objectives assigned to tactical units or task forces. |
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| 6 functional areas of tactical logistics |
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1. Supply
2. Maintenance
3. Transportation
4. General Engineering
5. Health Services
6. Services |
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| cyclic process of acquiring and issuing material to supported units. may be consumable or durable. |
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| Actions taken to keep materiel in serviceable condition and actions required to return material to serviceable condition. |
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| Moving from one location to another using railways, highways, waterways, pipelines, oceans and airways. |
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| Considered a CSS function while combat engeenering is considered a combat support function. |
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| Health Services Support seeks to minimize the effect that wounds, injuries and disease have on unit effectiveness, readiness, and morale. |
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| Provides for the effective administration, management, and employment of military organizations. |
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| Combat Service Support Element |
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| Marine air-ground task force (MAGTF) element is task-organized to provide the full range of combat service support necessary to accomplish the MAGTF mission. |
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| 7 principles of logistics support |
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1. Responsiveness - right support in the right place ant the right time.
2. Simplicity - efficiency in both the planning and execution of logistics opperations.
3. Flexability - ability to adapt
4. Economy - providing sufficient support at the least cost
5. Attainability - provide the minimum required to begin combat operations.
6. Survivability - capacity of the organization to protet it's forces and resources.
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| War Reserve Material (WRM) |
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| Mission-essential principal end items required to attain operational objectives. Inventories acquired at peace time. |
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| Limited technical Inspection (LTI) |
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| Table of Authotized Material (TAM) |
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| A source document of informations for logistics planning. Three supply-types of material, subsistence, and petroleum, oils, and lubricants. |
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| The equipment required to possess and maintain in order to accomplish it's mission. |
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| Table of Organization (T/O) |
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| a document which provides the authority for personnel staffing of a unit and the basis for all other resources. |
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| MEF Foreward (brigade) will sustain for... |
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| The Martime Prepositioning Force (MPF) concept |
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| Each martime prepositioning ships squadron (MPSRON) is designed to sustain one MEF (Fwd)-Sized unit for 30 days in most classes of supply. |
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