Sustainment Operations Paper

The Army Reserve provides Sustainment support duties for Active Duty missions. Sustainment Warfighting tasks provide support and services. There are three main Sustainment Warfighting Functions; Conduct logistics, Provide personnel services and Provide health service support. Sustainment tasks enable the Warfighting forces to extend operations and maintain capabilities. One of the most

The mission command system is expressed as the placement of individuals within a unit conducting operations with a specific set of procedures and principles in place to optimize the use of its equipment. What does it mean to recognize or comprehend the art of Command and the science of Control? There are six key principles of mission command in developing a cohesive team that support all aspects of a mission. The following essay will discuss these principles and examine examples of how the famous Operation Anaconda both endured victories and inadequacies.

When I went on mobilization to Fort Lewis, Washington and left my son in the care of my parents, I thought my parental duties would be set aside until I returned home. Unfortunately, the soldiers of 351st Ordnance Company would prove me wrong with their excessive alcohol consumption, commonly term “binge drinking,” and destructive behaviors. I would then spend the next year sharing the responsibility with four other junior noncommission officers in the task of taking care of soldiers. Despite the efforts of myself and the others we were not fully prepared to handle some of the outrageous events and lack of engagement from the leadership that would challenge us during the tour. My abilities as a junior noncommission officer and the understanding of leadership were redefined and I learned exactly what it meant to ensure soldiers have proper guidance, leadership, positive morale, and well-being.

The failure to step up in the heat of battle—courtesy of the Medical Department—led to apoplectic and private citizens to help care for wounded soldiers. The incompetence of the Medical Department also led to the most powerful of organizations, such as the U.S. Sanitary Commission, to lobby Congress and the War Department to change the Army Medical Department and help fund hospitals and supplies (Hawk).

You are the brigade S4 and are planning operations that commence in 48 hours. You are coordinating with the brigade S3 during your planning process to ensure you fully understand the tactical requirements of the operations. Which two principles of sustainment are you applying?

Kalynn Blassingame Cleary is a twenty-two-year-old Army combat medic stationed at West Point, NY. She currently is taking online classes to obtain her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology/Social Work at Collin College. Her current profession as a combat medic has permitted her to follow her lifelong dream and passion to help people when they are in need. During her enlistment process with the Army, she took a test that listed her aptitudes and it was determined that she would be a good fit as a combat medic. To be qualified as a combat medic, you have to go through 12 weeks of medical training and pass a 5-day final exam. Her current job as a combat medic is at the Cadet Health clinic, which is located at the United States Military Academy at West Point. “Every morning I run a sick call in the clinic, never knowing how many patients I am going to treat, the number normally ranges from five patients to fifty patients.” Kalynn said, “Every individual I treat has a unique set of qualities.” During her interview, Kalynn talked about how

SFC Burns' vast technical knowledge has aided the brigade efforts during the preparation stages for the execution of a real-world contingency Non-Combatant Evacuation Operations at Camp Buehring. Additionally,

Two specific areas of concern are noted in the majority of studies conducted. The first area of concern was that there was not a clear delineation of roles and responsibilities or organizational leaders (Haddow et al., 2014, p. 322). Since this event this has been an area that has shown considerable improvement. This has been accomplished through the use of NIMS and collaborative efforts of first responder leaders to craft an all hazards model of response. By doing both of these things, partner agencies are better able to fold into the rescue

SNC delivered a confident and complete order successfully addressing all paragraphs of the five paragraph order. SNC assigned primary and secondary tasks to subordinates and reiterated the Enemy Situation. SNC properly controlled the fire team’s formation utilizing proper dispersion and smoothly transitioned from column to wedge. Upon enemy contact SNC relayed a clear and effective ADDRAC and directed SNC’s fire team to provide suppressive fire. SNC maintained mission focus when SNC’s fire team took a casualty. SNC directed his fire team in a tactically appropriate manner as they evacuated the casualty. Upon return to MA-2A SNC submitted the map to higher without being prompted by the evaluator. SNC displayed suburb leadership potential

Army sustainment is based on an integrated process (people, systems, materiel, health services, and other support) indivisibly linking sustainment to operations. The concept focuses on building a combat ready Army, delivering it to the combatant commander (CCDR) as part of the joint force, and sustaining its combat power across the depth of the operational area and with unrelenting endurance (ADRP 4-0, Chap. 1, Intro.) Sustainment maintenance is off-system component repair and/or end item repair and return to the supply system or by exception to the owning unit, performed by national level maintenance providers. National level maintenance providers include the Army

The US Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City Clinic has a long tradition serving the men and women of the United States Coast Guard station in the Western Great Lakes region. This vital health care facility ensure the overall health and well-being of those in service to our country. The service they provide is a critical component, which is unlike any health care service seen in the civilian community. The impact they have on this region is immeasurable, without the support of this facility, the men and women who serve the people of this region would not be possible. This report examined the strengths, weakness, and opportunities as well as the threats that Air Station Traverse City face each and every day. The greatest threat reflects the

For the interview portion of the paper I spoke with an Army Commander who was with me on my recent deployment. He recounted a leadership challenge that occurred when he was the Commander of a MEDEVAC company on an extended deployment to Honduras. The mission in Honduras was to provide MEDEVAC coverage to various humanitarian mission in Honduras and El Salvador. During a humanitarian mission to bring medical aid to a geographically remote town in El Salvador 1 MEDEVAC helicopter crashed. The crash occurred approximately 4 months into the Army Commander’s rotation as the commander of the MEDEVAC Company. The helicopter landing zone (HLZ) selected for the mission was located along mountainous terrain and was only approachable along 1 side due to power lines. The second helicopter of a 2 ship mission approached the landing zone and upon making the turn to land lost power. The junior pilot relinquished flight controls to the senior pilot. Ultimately, the pilot in command was unable to regain power and he executed a controlled crash. The crash site was adjacent to the HLZ. The helicopter landed canted along a slop 1-2 feet from a 10-15 foot deep ravine. The rotor blades made contact with a tree that was providing

Nearly ten years ago I entered the Army service. Through these years my work in the medical service as a medical laboratory technician, biomedical research, and most recently as a registered nurse has challenged me to examine my own practice and technical skills. I have learned about compassion, respect, empathy, equity, understanding, benevolence, and other attributes that contribute to being a proficient nurse. Our service members, families, and military culture present unique challenges that demand diversification, flexibility, and adaptation to sometimes overwhelming circumstances. My love for our military men and women and the families that stand behind them causes me to seek best practices, and innovation. The military has done a tremendous job at advancing battlefield trauma care, and statistics indicate that we have standard setting rates of battlefield lifesaving.

Sustainment is defined by the Army as “the provision of logistics, personnel services, and health service support necessary to maintain operations until successful mission completion.” The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines sustain as “to provide what is needed for (something or someone) to exist, continue, etc.; to give support or relief to.”

Because of the lack of inputs from the crew there were a lot of confusions regarding what role the system would play for deploying the ambulance teams.[4]