Water Bulk Or Bottled? It's a Bigger Issue Than That

Abstract

Providing water on the battlefield is an extremely complex requirement because water supports every facet of combat activity, including troop hydration, feeding and hygiene, construction, vehicles, weapon systems, airplanes, and medical. Water support concepts were studied during the Focused Logistics Wargame (FLOW 2001). The wargame's scenario consisted of four logistics moves: humanitarian mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo complicated by an earthquake in Los Angles, an excursion to Korea's show of force in Southwest Asia, and reconstitution with a humanitarian mission to Papua, New Guinea. During these moves, three issues concerning water support surfaced.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA420524

Entities

People

  • Lee O. Wyatt

Organizations

  • Air University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Department Of Defense
  • Doctrine
  • Environment
  • Fresh Water
  • Governments
  • Groundwater
  • Lessons Learned
  • Logistics
  • Middle East
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Southwest Asia
  • Surface Transportation
  • United States Government
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Water Resources

Readers

  • Environmental Engineering
  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.