Logistic Support of Theater Combat Operations Under Unified Combatant Command
Abstract
One of the greatest challenges facing the unified combatant commander is garnering the wherewithal to maximally sustain combat effectiveness in the theater of operations in wartime. The collapse of the Soviet Union, our inability to specify the next threat, declining military budgets and reductions in force structure have combined to highlight the necessity to be able to operate more efficiently with least and do so in a responsive and effective fashion. Each Service component provides the CINC multiple logistic support capabilities. However, when employed simultaneously, these capabilities will often overlap or be duplicitous in nature if not properly integrated and coordinated. The CINC must therefore reorganize assigned logistic support forces and redirect available resources to ensure the most effective organization is in being, ready and able to smoothly transition from a peacetime to a wartime footing within the prescribed time frame. The advent of scarce resources and uncertainty requires a rethinking and adjustment of Department of Defense organizational, operational, and funding policies applicable to combatant commanders in order to provide the CINC the authority required the effect the necessary changes.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 19, 1992
- Accession Number
- ADA253309
Entities
People
- W. K. Fantroy
Organizations
- Naval War College