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What are Army Support Relationships?
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Direct Support General Support Reinforcing General Support-Reinforcing (DS, GS, R, GSR)
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What are the Logistics Planning Considerations for OFFENSIVE Operations?
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Class III, V, & VII priority Casualty rates are higher Medical assets FWD Extended LOCs Congested road networks Plan for Alternate resupply methods (ex: air lift / air drop)
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What are the Principles of Sustainment?
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Integration Anticipation Responsiveness Simplicity Economy Survivability Continuity Improvising
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BCTs are organized with the self-sustainment capability for up to how many hours of combat?
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72 hours
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What are the Logistics Planning Considerations for Civil Support Operations?
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Class I, III, & VIII primary Medical Services likely Transportation assets in high demand Interagency coordination
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What are the Logistics Planning Considerations for Stability Operations?
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U.S. and multinational forces in a wide range of missions including: - Internment/Resettlement (I/R) operations - Restore essential services Class I and H2O increased for local consumption Local purchases increase to infuse cash in economy
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Beyond 72 hours, sustainment organizations at what levels are required to conduct replenishment of the BCT's combat loads?
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Division and Corps levels
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True or False? A sustainment brigade is a scalable, adjustable, networked brigade comprised of a headquarters, and both functional and multifunctional subordinate sustainment units.
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True
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What are the base organizations from which sustainment units are task-organized for various operations?
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The combat sustainment support battalions (CSSBs) of the sustainment brigade.
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What do the companies of combat sustainment support battalions provide?
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Supplies and services, ammunition, fuel, transportation, and maintenance
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What are Command Relationships?
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Organic Assigned (relatively permanent) Attached (relatively temporary) OPCON - Operational Control TACON - Tactical Control
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What is the core of sustainment for the brigade combat team (BCT)?
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The brigade support battalion (BSB).
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Who is responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing human resources support?
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The BCT personnel and administration section personnel staff officer (S-1).
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Who is the BCT commander's personal legal advisor?
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The BCT judge advocate
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What are the two basic configurations of battalion trains?
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Unit trains or echeloned trains
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What makes up the Company Trains?
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The first sergeant, medical aid/evacuation teams, supply sergeant, and the armorer
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Strategic Logistics = ?
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Global Capability Power and Influence
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What are the two types of Battalion trains?
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Combat trains and field trains
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Who is the Officer in charge of the combat trains command post (CTCP) most of the time?
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The S4
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Who could lead the FTCP?
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The HHC commander
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What is the logistical, personnel, and administrative hub of the BCT?
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The Brigade Support Area (BSA)
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Who is responsible for the command and control of all units in the BSA for security and terrain management?
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The BSB CDR
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What are fully integrated with the BCT battle rhythm through integrated planning and oversight of ongoing operations?
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Sustainment Operations
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What are used to initiate and maintain synchronization between operations and sustainment functions?
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The sustainment synchronization matrix and sustainment report.
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What enables the BSB commander and staff to maintain visibility of current and projected requirements; to synchronize movement and materiel management; and to maintain integrated visibility of transportation and supplies?
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Situational Understanding (SU)
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What are some of the fielded systems that the BSB uses to ensure effective SU and logistics support?
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Battle Command Sustainment Support System (BCS3), Movement Tracking System , and Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below (FBCB2)
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What system gives the commander the latest available status of critical weapons systems, fuel, ammunition, and personnel?
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BCS3
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Who uses BCS3, FBCB2, and DHIMS/MC4 to support mission planning, coordination of orders and subordinate tasks, and to monitor/ensure execution throughout the mission?
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The brigade surgeon's section
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What is the goal of sustainment reach?
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To reduce the amount of supplies and equipment in the AO in order to sustain combat power more quickly.
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Who is the principal staff officer for coordinating sustainment reach operations for supported forces?
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The support operations officer
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Who advises the commander on support requirements versus available support assets?
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The support operations officer
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Who is the lead planner for sustainment in the BCT?
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The BCT S4
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What are the routine BCT S-4/BSB support operations contract support-related tasks?
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Planning, developing in-theater requirements, Assisting the contract management and contract quality control process, and Contract management.
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What is paragraph 4 of an OPORD?
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Concept of Support
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What does Tactical Sustainment Support?
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Battles and Engagements, Combat operations at Company/Battalion through Corps.
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What is Tactical Support generally measured in?
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Days or Hours
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While Army units make up the bulk of the tactical sustainment structure, support may also come from?
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host nation (HN), joint, and multinational military organizations, Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of the Army (DA) civilians, and civilian contractors.
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The sustainment characteristics are—
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Integration, Anticipation, Responsiveness, Simplicity, Economy, Survivability, Continuity, Improvisation, Integration, Flexibility, Adequacy, Attainability, Sustainability
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What are the sustainment warfighting functions?
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Related tasks and systems, which provide support and services to ensure freedom of action, extend operational reach, and prolong endurance.
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What are the key sustainment subfunctions? Logistics:
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Supply. Acquires, manages, receives, stores, and issues all classes of supply required to equip and sustain Army forces. Supply also covers turning in, exchanging and/or disposing of items. Field services. Feeds, clothes, and provides personal services for soldiers. Field services include clothing exchange, laundry, shower, textile repair, mortuary affairs, aerial delivery, and food services. Maintenance. Preserves materiel in serviceable and operational condition, returns to service, or updates and upgrades its capability. Transportation. Moves and transfers units, personnel, equipment, and supplies to support operations. •Distribution. This consists of the synchronization of all elements of the logistical system to provide adequate support. Operational Contract Support. Such support integrates and manages the acquisition, provision, and use of all types of support from commercial sources. General Engineering Support. General engineering includes those engineering capabilities and activities, other than combat engineering, that modify, maintain, or protect the physical environment.
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What are the Personnel Services:
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Human resources support. Provides all the activities and systems needed to man the force. These activities include personnel accounting; casualty management; essential personnel services; postal operations; and, morale, welfare, and recreation.
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Health Services Support:
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Health services support. Maintains the force by preventing disease nonbattle injury (DNBI) casualties; evacuating battlefield of casualties; providing forward medical treatment; providing care during evacuation; ensuring availability of medical Class VIII supplies and equipment; and, providing veterinary, dental, and laboratory services.
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Other Sustainment Related Functions: Explosive ordnance disposal Internment and Resettlement (I/R) Operations
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Neutralizes conventional, nuclear, chemical, and biological munitions and devices presenting a threat to operations I/R operations are included under the Sustainment WFF (FM 3.0). Although not a major sub-function of the sustainment WFF, I/R are supported by logistics, personnel services, and HSS.
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What is the sustainment priority?
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To maintain the momentum of the attack
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The three levels of sustainment;
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Strategic, Operational and Tactical
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Sustainment war fighting function;
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Related tasks and systems that provide support and services to ensure freedom of action, extend operational reach, and prolong endurance.
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The sustainment WFF consists of three major sub-functions:
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logistics, personnel services, health services support
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Logistics
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Supply Field Services Maintenance Transportation Distribution Operational Contract Support General Engineering Support
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Personnel Services
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Human Resource (HR) Support Religious Support Financial Management (FM) Operations Legal Support Band Support
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What is Health Services Support (HSS)?
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(HSS) system is a tiered system that provides the right medical care at the right place on the battlefield. Each role of care has the capability to provide the same Combat Health Support as the previous role.
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What are the roles of (HSS)?
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Role I care is the first care a soldier receives and consists of self and buddy aid, immediate lifesaving measures, and evacuation. Role II care is provided by the Brigade Support Battalion and medical units in the divisional sustainment brigade. Level II care adds resuscitative treatment, patient holding capability, dental, lab and x-ray to these units level I care capability. Role III care adds surgical capability and more comprehensive holding capability and is provided by corps level medical units. Role IV care is the most definitive level of care and is provided by fixed hospitals either in a mature theater such as Europe or in the United States.
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Classes of Supply; The ten categories into which supplies are grouped in order to facilitate supply management and planning
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I. Rations (subsistence) and gratuitous issue of health, morale, and welfare items. II. Clothing, individual equipment, tentage, tool sets, and administrative and housekeeping supplies and equipment. III. Petroleum, oils, and lubricants. (PLO) IV. Construction materials. V. Ammunition. VI. Personal demand items. VII. Major end items, including tanks, helicopters, and radios. VIII. Medical. IX. Repair parts and components for equipment maintenance. X. Nonstandard items to support nonmilitary programs such as agriculture and economic development.
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What are the three Joint Logistic Imperatives?
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Unity of Effort JLE White Visibility Rapid & Precise Response
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CJFLCC: Major Roles Sustainment;
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Sustainment is the synchronize of request, reception, transport and distribution of all materials/services to support the joint land force and joint force across the theater/JOA.
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What is Operational Sustainment?
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To provide logistics and personnel support activities required to sustain the force in campaigns and major operations within the joint operations area.
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Theater Sustainment Command (TSC)
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Theater opening Theater Sustainment Brigade Theater Distribution Theater Petroleum Human Resource Center AL&T Theater Aviation Maintenance EOD FIN MGT Center
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What are the three main functions of the Sustainment Brigades?
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Theater openings Theater Distribution Tactical Sustainment
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What are the levels of Sustainment?
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Strategic Operational Tactical
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What is Effective Logistics?
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Effective Logistics is seamless and continues, resulting in no clear-cut dividing line between the levels of logistics.
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Which of the three levels of Sustainment is most important?
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Operational Logistics - It links the three levels
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What is the Sustainment Warfighting Function (WFF)?
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The Sustainment WFF is related tasks and systems that provide support and services to ensure freedom of action, extend operational reach and prolong endurance.
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What are the three Major Sub-Functions of the Sustainment Warfighting Functions (WFF)?
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Logistics Personnel Services Health Services Support
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In the Sustainment WFF (LOGISTICS consist of what)?
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- Supply - Field Services - Maintenance - Transportation - Distribution - Operational Contract Support - General Engineering Support
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In the Sustainment WFF (PERSONNEL SERVICES consist of what)?
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- Human Resource (HR) Support - Religious Support - Financial Management (FM) Operations - Legal Support - Band Support
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In the Sustainment WFF (HEALTH SERVICE SUPPORT consist of what)?
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- All Support and services to promote, improve, conserve, or restore the mental and physical well being of personnel in the Army and, as directed in other Services, agencies and organizations.
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What is the most critical principle of Sustainmment?
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Intergration
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What are the normal measurements of a Brigade Support Area (BSA)?
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About 4km x 7km
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What are TRAINS when discussing combat and field trains?
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Any grouping of personnel, vehicles and equipment organized to provide support to battalions and companies.
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BCT sustainment is accomplished by its organic BN. What is it called?
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Brigade Support Battalion (BSB)
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BSB Support to subordinate battalions is primarily executed through whom?
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Forward Support Companies (FSCs)
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What is HPT?
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On System FSC BSB
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What are the four logistics planning considerations?
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Offensive Defensive Stability Civil Support
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What are the Logistics Planning Considerations for Defensive Operations?
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Class III usage lower (unless mobile defense) Class IV requirements higher Class V Priority, usage higher
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Who has Tactical Sustainment Duties in a BCT?
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Executive Officer S1 S3 S4 Surgeon SPO - Sustainment FCS - FSCs are not located in a Stryker Brigade
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What is the most important of all the Principles of Sustainment?
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Integration
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What is 35MM?
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Class III - (Fuel) Class V - (Ammmunition) Medical Maintenance
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What is Throughput?
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Bypassing 1 or more echelons
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Sustainment Efficiency vs. Effectiveness
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Strategic - The capacity of the nation's industrial base, The nation's ability to project and sustain military power Operational - Integrate or coordinate national, DOD, combatant command, Service and functional components, multinational, interagency and other partner capabilities and HNS Tactical - Support is service-oriented and executed
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What are the levels of sustainment?
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STRATEGIC OPERATIONAL TACTICAL
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Seamless and continuous resulting in no clear cut devising line between the levels
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Effective Logistics
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3 major sub-functions of the sustainment WFF
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Logistics Personnel services Health services support
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What are the elements of the LOGISTICS sub-function.
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Supply Field Services maintenance Transportation distribution Operational contract support General engineering Support
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what are the elements the PERSONNEL SERVICES sub-function?
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Human Resources (HR) support Religious support Financial Management (FM) Operations Legal Support Band support
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What is the element of the HEALTH SERVICE SUPPORT sub-function?
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all support and services to promote, improve, conserve, or restore the physical and mental well being of personnel in the army and as directed other services! agencies and organizations.
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operational process of synchronizing all elements of the logistics system to deliver the right things to the right places and right time to support the commander
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Distribution
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Process of planning for and obtaining supplies, services, and construction from commercial sources in support of operations along with the associated contractor management functions......it is the least familiar
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Operational Contract Support
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WFF
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War Fighting Function
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skipping at least one level in the supply/ distribution chain
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throughput distribution
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Local Haul distribution planning distance
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80KM
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Line Haul distribution planning distance
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160KM
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How many trips a day can Local Haul distribution make
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one per six hour shift/ 4 total
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How many trips can long Haul distribution make per day?
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TWO
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Joins all elements of sustainment
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Integration
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Principle of sustainment that avoids complexity in both planning and executing sustainment operations. clarity of tasks, standardized and interoperable procedures, and clearly defined command relationships
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simplicity
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Principles of sustainment
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Integration anticipation responsiveness Simplicity economy Survivability Continuity Improvisation
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Realm of supporting battles and engagements at Corps level and below
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Tactical Logistics
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Principle of sustainment that provides the most efficient support to accomplish the mission.
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Economy
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Principle of sustainment that has the ability to protect personnel, information, infrastructure and assets from destruction
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Survivability
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what level does the LSA support?
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Division
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what level does the BSA support?
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Brigade
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Grouping of personnel, vehicles, and equipment organized to provide support to battalions and companies
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Trains
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Where do Maneuver companies deploy their trains
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Close behind combat elements.
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Where is the LSA deployed
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60-75KM behind the FLOT
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Receives is LOG from the ESC
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LSA
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How is sustainment accomplished in the BCT
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By using its organic Brigade Support Battalion(BSB)
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Logistical executor for the BCT
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BSB
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Provides Role I and Role II force health protection for the brigade
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Brigade Support Medical Company (BSMC)
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Establishes and operates the water distribution point in the BSA
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Water Section
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Primary concern is external customer support to designated battalions
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Support Operations(SPO) Section
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Has overall staff supervision for the BCT S-4 and Logistics
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Deputy Brigade Commander (DBC)
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Primary logistics planner for the BCT
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S-4
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Monitors unit logistical status during operations, advises the commander and coordinates with the BSB
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S-4
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"support request central"
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SPO
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External support coordinator for the BCT
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SPO
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35MM
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Class 3 (fuel) Class 5 (ammo) Maintenance Medical
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Responsible for protection of the BSA?
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HHC Commander
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Role of care the HHC's medical platoon provides to the battalion?
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Role I
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Plans personnel related sustainment functions?
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Battalion S-4, assisted by the S-1
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Controls the combat trains?
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S-4
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Supervises the field trains?
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HHC Commander
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Senior logistics commander at the battalion level for supply, transportation and maintenance?
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FSC Commander
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Anticipates and forecasts requirements and works with the maneuver battalion S-4 to meet their needs?
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SPO
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Controls the the combat logistics patrols?
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Distribution platoon leader from the FSC
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What are the two levels of maintenance?
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Sustainment Maintenance Field Maintenance
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Level of maintenance that repairs and returns items to the supply system?
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Sustainment Maintenance
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Level of maintenance that rapidly repairs and returns items to the user?
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Field Maintenance
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Field Maintenance begins with what?
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PMCS
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Field Maintenance point located in or near the combat trains?
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Unit Maintenance Collection Point (UMCP)
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Field Maintenance that occurs inside the BCT?
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Recovery
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Maintenance items pushed out of the BCT and returned to the supply system?
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Evacuated
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Serves as the Movement Control Officer (MCO) for the brigade?
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BCT S-4
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If the SPO can not support a transportation mission, the mission is passed to who?
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The Sustainment Brigade
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Bottom up ammunition supply Process?
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Required Supply Rate (RSR)
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Top down ammunition supply process?
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Controlled Supply Rate (CSR)
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Who determines the BCT RSR?
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BCT S-3
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Who establishes the Controlled Supply Rate (CSR)?
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Army Command
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Amount of ammunition the maneuver commander estimates to sustain unrestricted operations?
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Required Supply rate (RSR)
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Amount of ammo allocated to subordinate commands after constraints are considered?
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Controlled Supply Rate (CSR)
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Who is responsible for recovery?
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Owning unit
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Coordinated effort among maintenance, transportation, and supply elements?
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Evacuation
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Eliminates an echelon of support present in the legacy force by maximizing the use of ammo configured loads, replacing the old stockage based system?
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Modular Ammo System
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Forecast fuel consumption over time with input from the maneuver battalions?
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BCT S-4 and the BSB SPO
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Fuel is pushed to The BSB from POL storage units by using what?
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Truck Companies
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How much fuel can an armored BCT expect to use during major combat operations?
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120,000 gallons
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What is the purpose of RSOI?
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To build combat power
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What is the acronym RSOI?
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Reception Staging Onward Movement Integration
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What does the J in JRSOI stand for?
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Joint
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What does Integration do in the RSOI process?
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Brings together all elements of logistics
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Where are the water distribution capabilities located?
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At the BSA
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Supplements bulk water and sometimes supersedes it?
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Bottled Water
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Furthest foreword that bath laundry and textile support are located?
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Brigade Rear
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Where is the Mortuary affairs collection Point usually located?
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At the BSA in vicinity of the BSB
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At the Battalion level where is the forward MACP located?
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Near the BN aid station to aid in medical identification
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What are the 3 personnel functions of human resources?
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Military Personnel Manning Personnel services Personnel support
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Manning comprises three critical functions:
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Personal accounting / Strength reporting Personnel Readiness Management Replacement Management
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Critical personnel function of Personnel support is what?
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Getting the right soldier to the right place at the right time
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First care a soldier receives, consists of self and buddy aid! immediate life saving measures! and evacuation?
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Role I care
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Care provided by the BSB and medical units in the divisional sustainment brigade. Adds resuscitative treatment , patient holding capability, dental, lab and x-Ray?
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Role II care
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Role of care adds surgical capabilities and mor holding capability, provided by corp level medical units?
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Role III care
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Treatment in the battalion area is restricted to what role of care?
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Role I care
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What type of maintenance focuses on repairing and returning items to the end user rapidly for immediate employment?
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Field Maintenance
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There are now only two levels of ground maintenance instead of four. What are they?
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Sustainment Maintenance Field Maintenance
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Sustainment Maintenance includes what was formerly known as what two maintenance supports?
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Depot General Maintenance
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Field Maintenance includes what was formerly known as what two maintenance supports?
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Direct Support Unit/Organizational Support
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Limited back up support is provided to the maneuver battalions by?
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Maintenance Support Teams (MST)
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Each maneuver battalion has a _____ _____ _____ with a Distribution/Supply Platoon and a Maintenance Platoon.
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Forward Support Company (FSC)
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_____ _____ _____ performs tasks in support of the battalions where multi-capable maintainers focus on repair by replacement.
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Field Maintenance Company (FMC)
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_____ is where tactical units move equipment to their UMCP or another designated MCP along the MSR.
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Recovery
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The _____ _____ _____ eliminates an echelon of support present in the legacy force by maximizing the use of ammo configured loads, replacing the old stockage based system with a distribution based system---
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Modular Ammo System
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How many steps in logistic planning process?
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7 steps
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Sources of logistic intelligence
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state department intelligence preparation SOF/civil affairs units
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Which one of the following Strategic level logistics organization provides common and commercial air, land and sea transportation, terminal management and aerial refueling to support global deployment, employment, sustainment and redeployment of US forces?
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USTRANSCOM
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Joint logistics takes place within the physical domains of?
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Air, Land, Maritime and Space
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Army Logistics include all except
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Personnel services
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The commander comes to you and says SGM, I want to avoid complexity in planning and executing our sustainment operations during the mission I want our task to be clear, standardized and interoperable. Which sustainment principle is your commander describing?
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Simplicity
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Considering the operating framework which level of war does joint logistics have the most significant impact?
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Operational
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The ________ is the senior logistics commander at the battalion level for supply, transportation and maintenance.
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Forward Support Company (FSC) Commander
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The ______ plans, coordinates, synchronizes and executes replenishment operations is support of brigade operations:
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Brigade Support Battalion (BSB)
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Which of the following is not a Health Service Support Function?
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Mortuary Affairs Collection Point
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The ______ is the lead for the Army's national-level maintenance and supply programs which are managed and executed by its subordinate Life Cycle Management Commands (LCMCs).
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Army Material Command (AMC)
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At the strategic level joint logistics is characterized by the vast capacity of the nation's _____?
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Industrial base
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44. ______________ is the stage of RSO&I phase where life support is provided each unit until it becomes self-sustaining
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Staging
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The Army classifies supplies into 10 classes. Class _____ covers maintenance repair parts.
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Class IX
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In US doctrine there are three levels of logistics. Which level supports the commander's ability to fight battles and engagements?
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Tactical
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Under emerging modularity concepts, each division has an organic/assigned sustainment brigade.
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False
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Which of the following is not a distribution method?
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Forward support distribution
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Integration, Anticipation, Responsiveness, and Simplicity are 4 of the 8 Principles of Sustainment. The remaining four are ________.
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Continuity, economy, survivability, improvisation
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As the unit's newly assigned operations SGM you have been tasked with completing a logistics estimate. Which step below best describes the first action you would take?
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Conduct logistic situation analysis
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Which of the following missions are doctrinally correct and could possibly be tasked to a sustainment brigade?
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Conduct logistic situation analysis
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You are the BSB support operations NCOIC and have just learned your brigade's decisive operation was unexpectedly successful and is currently in pursuit of the enemy. You are greatly concerned the forces may run out of fuel in the midst of pursuit operations. Your unit takes initiative and you dispatch a forward logistics element (FLE) with fuel and supplies sufficient for the task force. Which two principles of sustainment are you applying?
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Continuity & Responsiveness
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Field services are one of the Logistics functions within the Sustainment War Fighting Function. Which of the following is NOT a field service?
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Maintenance
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The authorized quantity of supplies units carry on their
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Unit Basic Load (UBL)
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Sustainment brigades at the corps and division levels are tailored to tactical missions using functional companies as the building blocks.
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True
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Which principle of sustainment is characterized by the joining of all of the elements of sustainment?
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Integration
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Which one of the following principles of maintenance is the foundation of material readiness?
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Operator Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services (PMCS)
