What's for Dinner? The Army's Plan for Feeding the Force Beyond the Year 2000.

Abstract

Is the Army's plan for feeding the force beyond the year 2000 viable and adequate? In the 21st century, food will become a precious commodity. One that will need to be safeguarded and managed carefully. In order to deal with this dilemma, the Army will need to develop new food initiatives and policies on how to procure, manage, equip and distribute its food supply. This type of managerial oversight must be sustained from the marketplace until the food reaches the customer (soldiers) in the field. The development of new ways to preserve, prepare, store, and deliver food on and off the battlefield is on the horizon. The principles of focused logistics will be used to enable the logistician to provide the battlespace commander the right meal, at the right place, at the right time.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA326577

Entities

People

  • Robert J. Mcneil

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Commerce
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Environment
  • Food
  • Food Preparation
  • Food Service Personnel
  • Governments
  • Logistics
  • Meals
  • Periodicals
  • Personnel Management
  • Shelf Life
  • Training
  • United States
  • Vegetables
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Agricultural and Food sciences

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