FEWER DELIVERIES
Efficient electrical power generation reduces fuel needs and delivery requirements. Here, a CH-47F Chinook helicopter from Task Force Attack, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, attached to 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, begins to hover near a coalition convoy in southeastern Afghanistan. The Chinook was sling-loading two fuel blivets to resupply the convoy July 17, 2011. (Photo by SGT Richard Wrigley.)
To illustrate the concept, imagine supple- menting a tactical convoy commander’s situational awareness, such as details of time and location, with energy-related information that many of us enjoy in our own cars: remaining fuel, consumption rate (mpg meter), and refueling locations. Presented in a useful way, this informa- tion could enable the commander to make more informed decisions on march speed, routes, and rest stops, taking into account the threat, mission time con- straints, and alternate routes.
The approved ICD will provide the basis for Army investment in doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leader- ship, personnel, and facilities solutions
that will strengthen operational energy performance. Meanwhile, resources are available that can help identify how energy contributes to our responsibilities:
The Power and Energy Strategy White Paper (online at http://www.
arcic.army.mil/Docs/PE%20 Strategy%20Apr%202010.pdf? bctid=656414847001), prepared in April 2010 by the U.S. Army Capa- bilities Integration Center, Research, Development, and Engineering Com- mand, and the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4, explains how energy contributes to Army operational capabilities.
A short introductory operational energy video is on the Army’s website
THE MILITARY EXISTS TO PROTECT NATIONAL SECURITY AND TO
PROJECT POWER, AND ENERGY CONTRIBUTES SIGNIFICANTLY
TO THOSE PURPOSES.
ASC.ARMY.MIL 21
(
http://www.army.mil/media/ amp/?bctid=656414847001).
The Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy, and Environment and the Army G-4 sponsored an Army Operational Energy Roundtable at the U.S. Army War College in November 2011 to address the Army’s challenges in ensuring a sustainable energy future. The conference leaders con- cluded with a commitment to infuse change and make operational energy into a force multiplier.
Senior Army leaders have committed to improving operational energy performance. In order to succeed, we all must become part of the new Army energy culture.
COL PAUL E. ROEGE is Chief of the Operational Energy Office within the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army, G-4 (Logistics). He holds a B.S. in applied sciences
Military Academy, an M.S.
from the United States in business
administration from Boston University, and an M.S. in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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