The Army's Operational Logistics Doctrine For The Twenty-First Century, Major Kent S. Marquardt, USA, 42 Pages. Currently, there is no Army operational level logistics doctrine. Since Army logistics has responsibility for prompt and sustained support, operational logistics doctrine should be applicable to all areas that fall under the Army's responsibility to provide logistics support for itself, other services, allies, and agencies. Army operational logistics doctrine should link the foxhole to the industrial base and encompass the ability to anticipate and improvise based upon the situation. The methodology of this paper considers several things. First, it defines the different levels of war and logistics as specified in joint doctrine. Next, it shows how doctrine is derived and how the manuals present doctrine. Third, it compares fundamental logistics precepts presented in current Army manuals and Joint Publications. Finally, current logistics doctrine is evaluated against criteria established in TRADOC Pam 525-5, Force XXI Operations: A Concept for the Evolution of Full Dimensional Operations for the Strategic Army of the Early Twenty-First Century in order to discern the best Army logistics doctrine at the operational level. The following questions are answered: (1) What is operational logistics. (2) What are the levels of war, as they apply to Army logistics. (3) What is doctrine and how does it fit into the Army's operational context. (4) what guides the contents of Army manuals. (5) How do these manuals fit into the structure of logistics doctrine. (6) What is the difference between logistics doctrine in joint and Army manuals. (7) How does this doctrine compare against evaluation criteria established by Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). (8) What should be the operational logistics doctrine for the Army. (9) In what manual should this operational logistics doctrine reside.


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    Title :

    Army's Operational Logistics Doctrine For The Twenty-First Century


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    Publication date :

    1999


    Size :

    53 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


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    No indication


    Language :

    English




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