JOINT SUSTAINMENT THAT WORKS


and others at the subordinate joint force headquarters.


As a means to resolve the inevitable prob- lems, the joint planner can start setting up or


coordinating with boards, cen-


ters, offices, cells and groups early in the planning process. A savvy planner will start developing the battle rhythm of these organizations to facilitate timely decisions and to provide the venue for problem resolution.


APPLYING THE RULES Imagine being on a joint staff executing crisis action planning to establish an expeditionary forward operating base from which Army, Air Force and Naval aircraft will operate in support of a small-scale contingency operation that may also involve humanitarian operations. Looking at a list of core logistics functions from JP 4–0, Joint Logistics (online at http://www.dtic. mil/doctrine/new_pubs/jp4_0.pdf ) may help. (See Figure 1.)


SUPPORTING FUEL OPS


SSG Jack Colston, the reports sergeant with the 371st Sustainment Brigade (SB), inspects equipment Jan. 7 at the Tactical Petroleum Terminal (TPT), Camp Buehring, Kuwait. The TPT supplies fuel to all military installations throughout Kuwait. DLA is the executive agent for bulk fuel and the Army is the executive agent for the management of overland petroleum support. (Photo by SSG Kimberly Hill, 371st SB)


boards, centers, offices, cells and groups. (For specific definitions of these bodies, go to JP 1–02, the DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, at http:// www.dtic.mil/doctrine/new_pubs/ jp1_02.pdf; and JP 3-33, Joint Task Force Headquarters,


at http://www.dtic.mil/ doctrine/new_pubs/jp3_33.pdf.)


Doctrine provides for the establish- ment of a number of boards, centers, offices, cells and groups. Tese bod- ies are designed to serve primarily as


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Tese bodies have slightly different func- tions depending on whether the action requires a decision or is an enduring requirement. Additionally, they may be formed at different headquarters— some at the geographic command level


coordinating authorities: Tey make or recommend decisions to rectify problem areas or reduce the friction that occurs when multiple services are operating in the same area, often competing for the same space and resources.


Considering Rule 1, each service should plan to deploy the sustainment capabili- ties needed to support itself. Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps compo- nent planners will consider their own force’s deployment and determine when and where the supplies, maintenance to support deployed equipment, health service support and life support for their personnel are required.


If their service is an executive agent, component planners also must consider the capabilities required to support other services. For example, the Army is the executive agent for mortuary affairs and veterinary support, so it needs to plan to bring those resources for all service forces deploying. As the executive agent responsible for providing bulk petro- leum, barrier materials, subsistence and


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