Army Water Sustainment: An Analysis of Capabilities and Capacities

Abstract

For the Army, access to water is fundamental to ensure unit readiness and preparedness to execute effective combat operations. Clean, potable water enables commanders to achieve military success in support of campaign and political objectives. Planners in general and logisticians specifically, at every level, must understand and analyze the Army s capability and capacity to purify and distribute water, in order to implement the Tenets of Unified Land Operations successfully. The intent of planning water purification and distribution operations is to determine if the Army can meet and sustain its forces water requirements during contingency operations effectively in anticipated, austere environments. Such capabilities are critical to enable the Army to perform its two core competencies of combined arms maneuver and wide are security. This paper offers an analysis of the Army s Active Component (AC) and Reserve Component (RC) current water purification and distribution capabilities and capacities; examines the Army s shortfalls in water support; and recommends steps to alleviate these shortfalls.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 22, 2012
Accession Number
ADA563771

Entities

People

  • Thomas P. Murphy

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combat Operations
  • Command And Control
  • Drinking Water
  • Education
  • Environment
  • Groundwater
  • Logistics
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Security
  • Sustainment
  • Training
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Water Purification
  • Water Resources
  • Water Supplies

Readers

  • Environmental Engineering
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.