Force Multiplying Technologies for Logistics Support to Military Operations (2014) / Chapter Skim
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1 Introduction
1 Introduction
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Typically, as wars end and the size of the armed forces is reduced, great emphasis is placed on increasing the tooth to tail ratio -- that is, the number of personnel and resources involved in direct combat operations relative to that of those carrying out support functions. This is done under the assumption that improvements in technology can reduce the amount of support required and that logistics missions can be shifted from the active Army to reserve components or contractor organizations and called on to respond when they are needed.
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. During Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, and the numerous smaller combat and humanitarian military operations that have taken place in recent history, contractors have provided high-level technical logistical support for some weapons systems, replacing military elements that in the past would have provided the support.
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.3 This vision of future military posture and the challenges facing future military operations is being articulated and grappled with at a time of deep cuts in defense spending, with the Army being hit especially hard. As troops are withdrawn from Afghanistan, the Army is resetting its structure to deal with future missions and a probable significant reduction in force size.
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Army, operating as part of a multiservice or coalition armed force and tasked to provide support to others, to reduce its logistics demands and logistics force structure. PREVIOUS STUDIES OF LOGISTICS Military logistics is a well-studied subject.
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Identify S&T initiatives to predict and resolve equipment faults and failures to reduce life cycle sustainment costs. Describe solutions to logistics challenges that contribute to the integration and execution of Army logistics capabilities that improve responsiveness, agility, flexibility, and precision within a Joint concept of employment, to include optimization of SOF and conventional force interdependence within the areas of strategy, policy and concepts.
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Army Engineer Research and Development Center G-4 staff Program Executive Office Ammunition Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems Rapid Equipping Force U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center U.S.
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In carrying out the study, the committee did not emphasize logistics issues dealing with the individual soldier because the 2013 NRC report Making the Soldier Decisive on Future Battlefields (NRC, 2013) had already addressed the individual soldier in depth, nor did the committee review the logistics organization of the DoD and its combatant commands level unless they directly affected Army logistics activities.
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The first part, Chapter 2, provides background information on logistics operations; the interface between the Army, the SOF, and the other Services and Joint activities. The second part, Chapters 3-8, describes methods for reducing demand through potential technological and process improvements in logistics operations and support that would enable logistics activities to be more efficient and effective.
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