| Combat Service Support Guide Contributor(s): Edwards, John E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0811731553 ISBN-13: 9780811731553 Publisher: Stackpole Books OUR PRICE: $16.10 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2004 Annotation: This new, fourth edition provides concise, updated guidance and procedures for providing logistical support to a deployed army on 21st-century battlefields. The book addresses the differences between offensive, defensive, retrograde, and unconventional warfare operations and the correspondingly different ways military logistical systems work. Condensed and synthesized from hundreds of army regulations and manuals, it includes definitions of all classes of military supply and support services. It outlines concepts for military support areas, supply modes and routes, use of ground and air transportation in the theater of operations, and planning data for critical commodities such as ammunition, fuel, electronics, food, and medical support. Included are many tables of planning data needed for shipment and storage of items, and examples of most-used logistics planning and reporting documents. All technical terms are listed and defined, and key references, websites, and automated data sources are also listed. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Military Science - Technology & Engineering | Reference |
| Dewey: 355.415 |
| LCCN: 2004013894 |
| Series: Combat Service Support Guide |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 5.56" W x 8.28" (0.81 lbs) 275 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Packed with logistics data, tables, and operational methods for CSS at the tactical level. Includes automated logistics planning tools, complete references, glossary, and Internet directory Now in its 4th edition, this increasingly popular guide contains the newest CSS policies, procedures, organizations, and methods for use in Army of Excellence divisions, Force XXI divisions, and interim brigade combat teams. Information and data are provided for planning and executing CSS in the attack, defense, retrograde, and during unconventional warfare and military operations other than war. Contains complete examples of orders, forms, and formats, and methods to establish, defend, and operate from a base support area. |