Sustainment of Army Forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Battlefield Logistics and Effects on Operations
Abstract
This monograph describes how Army forces were sustained with materiel during Operation Iraqi Freedom, examines how well this support performed, and discusses the effects on operations, with an emphasis on the period from the start of ground combat to the fall of Baghdad. The findings should be of interest throughout the Army as well as the broader Department of Defense supply chain, deployment planning, and force development communities. The findings have implications for the design of the logistics system, logistics process improvement efforts, future force design and warfighting concepts, and the acquisition of end items such as vehicles, as well as logistics enablers such as information systems that provide logistics situational awareness. The research documented in this monograph was conducted as part of a project called Army Logistics in OIF: Key Issues for the Army. The project's goal was to produce an independent assessment of the Army's logistics experience in Operation Iraqi Freedom. It was sponsored by the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4, Headquarters Department of the Army. Companion reports will address a wide variety of related topics, including end-to-end distribution from the continental United States (CONUS) to units in the field, spare parts demand characterization, tactical inventory effectiveness, Army Prepositioned Stock (APS) brigade set sustainment stock effectiveness, APS theater-level sustainment stocks and CONUS-based war reserves, the Army Working Capital Fund (AWCF) requirements and resourcing processes and the agility of the AWCF with respect to supporting contingency operations, and the deployment of Army forces for OIF.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2005
- Accession Number
- ADA449334
Entities
People
- Eric Peltz
- John M. Halliday
- Kenneth J. Girardini
- Marc L. Robbins
Organizations
- RAND Corporation