Doctrine for Logistic Support of Joint Operations, Part 5Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1995 |
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A. P. Hill Air Mobility Command airlift allocation assets assigned base C4 system campaign Chiefs of Staff CINCS civilian COCOM combat forces combat power combatant commander's commanders are responsible concept of logistic concept of operations coordinate critical items Department of Defense deployed deployment employment ensure equipment established evacuation facilities functions geographic combatant commander guidance host-nation support integrate Joint Chiefs Joint Doctrine joint force commander Joint Pub 1-02 Joint Staff Joint Warfare JOPES logistic capabilities logistic concept logistic functions Logistic planners logistic planning logistic resources logistic responsibilities logistic staff logistic support logistic system maintenance materiel military logistic military operations Military Sealift Command mission mobility Movement Control operating forces Operational Logistics OPLAN organization peacetime personnel petroleum Planning and Execution port priorities procedures Program requirements responsible for logistic resupply sealift Secretary of Defense Service component commands subordinate commanders sustainment theater logistic transportation units wartime HNS WWMCCS
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Page i - States in joint operations as well as the doctrinal basis for US military involvement in multinational and interagency operations. It provides military guidance for the exercise of authority by combatant commanders and other joint force commanders and prescribes doctrine for joint operations and training. It provides military guidance for use by the Armed Forces in preparing their appropriate plans. It is not the intent of this publication to restrict the authority of the joint force commander (JFC)...
Page 1 - The more I see of war, the more I realize how it all depends on administration and transportation. . .It takes little skill or imagination to see where you would like your army to be and when; it takes much knowledge and hard work to know where you can place your forces and whether you can maintain them there.
Page 11 - Operational control may be delegated and is the authority to perform those functions of command over subordinate forces involving organizing and employing commands and forces, assigning tasks, designating objectives, and giving authoritative direction necessary to accomplish the mission.
Page 13 - Evacuation policy is a command decision indicating how many days patients may be held within the command for treatment. Patients, who in the opinion of responsible medical officers, cannot be returned to duty status within the period prescribed are evacuated by the first available means, provided the travel involved will not aggravate their disabilities. (2...
Page 7 - FORSCOM is 1 of the 10 unified and specified commands which report through the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the Secretary of Defense.
Page 11 - ... giving authoritative direction to subordinate commands and forces necessary to carry out missions assigned to the command, including authoritative direction over all aspects of military operations, joint training, and logistics...
Page 4 - Logistics comprises the means and arrangements which work out the plans of strategy and tactics. Strategy decides where to act; logistics brings the troops to this point; grand tactics decides the manner of execution and the employment of the troops.
Page i - It sets forth doctrine to govern the joint activities and performance of the Armed Forces of the United States in joint operations as well as the doctrinal basis for US military involvement in multinational and interagency operations. It provides military guidance for the exercise of authority by combatant commanders and other joint force commanders and prescribes doctrine for joint operations and training.
Page 13 - It includes furnishing logistic support (major end items, materiel, and/or services) to, or receiving logistic support from, one or more friendly foreign governments, international organizations, or military forces, with or without reimbursement. It also includes planning and actions related to the intermeshing of a significant element, activity, or component of the military logistics systems or procedures of the United States with those of one or more foreign governments, international organizations,...