From force structure to operations to accountability, after-action reports from Iraq and Afghanistan highlight challenges met while fighting two wars
by COL Scott Fletcher, CW4 Wayne A. Baugh, and Devon Hylander
CONVOY PROTECTION
The need for sustainment units to defend themselves, their convoys, and their sustainment bases against opposing forces prompted the Army to institutionalize convoy security training at home station and to provide ammunition allocation and gunnery standards to sustainment units. Sustainment commanders now have guidance on deploying convoy protection platforms and training convoy escort teams. Here, Soldiers of the 101st Sustainment Brigade conduct a convoy through the Salang Pass in Afghanistan, which is one of the routes to move cargo and supplies from the main logistics hub at Bagram Airfield in eastern Afghanistan to Regional Command North, in March 2011. (Photos courtesy of Army G-4.)