Balancing Petroleum Force Structure/Capabilities between Active and Reserve Components

Abstract

This paper describes organizational and operational concepts associated with Army petroleum force structure that are required for early entry tactical receipt, distribution, command and control, quality surveillance, and engineering oversight of Inland Petroleum Distribution (IPDS) capabilities, thereby allowing the Army to execute Title X responsibility for the inland distribution of petroleum in a theater of operation. It also discusses the impact of not having any petroleum brigades in the active force structure to meet theater receipt, storage and distribution during the early stages of combat operations. It brings to light the importance of having petroleum expertise resident in the active force to continue developing future technical expertise in planners and managers at the sustainment brigade, the Expeditionary Sustainment Command (ESC), Theater Sustainment Command (TSC), Army Service Component Command (ASCC), and Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) levels.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA589341

Entities

People

  • Kenneth R. Hook

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Procurement
  • Combat Operations
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Command And Control
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deployment
  • Doctrine
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Force Structure
  • Logistics
  • Materials
  • Military Science
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Engineering.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control