AMEDD CCC Final
Integration
Anticipation
Responsiveness
Simplicity
Economy
Survivability
Continuity
Improvisation
Principles of Sustainment
planning and execution of the movement and support of forces; includes operations that deal
with design and development, acquisition, storage, movement, distribution, maintenance, and
disposition of material; acquisition or construction, maintenance, operation, and disposition of
facilities; and acquisition or furnishing of services
Elements of Sustainment
Logistics
maintenance, transportation, supply, field services, distribution, operational contract support
(OCS), general engineering
Sub-functions of Logistics
leverages fiscal policy and economic power across the range of military operations;
encompasses finance operations
Elements of Sustainment
Financial Management
finance operations, resource management
Sub-functions of Financial Management
functions that man the force, maintain Soldier and Family readiness, promote the moral and
ethical values of the nation, and enable the fighting qualities of the Army
Elements of Sustainment
Personnel Services
,human resources support, legal support, religious support, music support (division level only),
mortuary affairs
Sub-functions of Personnel Services
all support and services performed, provided, and arranged by the Army Health System to
promote, improve, conserve, or restore the behavioral and physical well-being of Army
personnel as directed, with unified action partners
Elements of Logistics
Health Service Support
casualty care, medical evacuation, medical logistics
Sub-functions of Health Service Support
Ensuring all assigned equipment is maintained appropriately
Providing resources, assigning responsibility, training Soldiers to achieve maintenance
standards
Readiness and safety of equipment
What are the commander responsibilities under the Principles of Maintenance?
CDR Responsibilities
Preventative Maintenance Checks and Services (PMCS) - foundation of material readiness
Aim for expeditious return of NMC equipment back to operational status
Field level maintenance positioned forward; sustainment level maintenance at EAB
What are the principles of maintenance?
commander's program designed to evaluate unit maintenance programs on a day to day basis;
purpose is to make the Army more efficient, serve as a checklist for internal management
controls, identify and resolve logistical problems adversely affecting readiness, and establish
reporting procedures required to identify maintenance issues
Command Maintenance Discipline Program (CMDP)
a centrally managed database for maintenance, supply, and finance; allows members of the
CoC to pull equipment status reports (ESRs) to see the functional status of equipment
GCSS-A
Employs sustainment capabilities to create desired effects in support of the DIV CDRs
objectives
, Can command up to 7 BNs
Provides direct support to all assigned and attached units
Coordinates and synchronized tactical-level sustainment operations to meet current and future
ops
Division Sustainment Brigade (DSB)
Organic to DSB
Conducts maintenance, transportation, supply, field services, and distribution
Synchronizes and executes logistics support to BCTs and multifunctional support BDEs
attached to the DIV
Commands and controls all organic, assigned, and attached units
Division Sustainment Support Battalion (DSSB)
Provides direct support to a BCT
Brigade Support Battalion (BSB) Primary Role
Support Operations Officer (SPO) and
Sustainment Automation Support Management Office (SASMO)
What staff roles are unique to the BSB?
Provides C2 for assigned/attached units
Provides CSS/FHP support to customer units external to the BSB
Provides HR, logistics, training, security, communications, and religious support to the BSB
What does the staff of the BSB do?
operating a SSA, Ammunition Transfer and Holding Point (ATHP), conducting field maintenance
support, performing distribution operations, and providing Role 2 medical care (BSMC)
Capabilities of the BSB?
Close enough to provide responsive support; close to main supply route; easily defendable
Out of enemy medium artillery range; away from likely enemy avenues of approach
Occupants: BSB, FSCs, BN field trains, HHC, BCT
Size: up to 4x7 km
Characteristics of the Brigade Support Area
Primary supply and transportation hub of the BCT
Plans, directs, and supervises the distribution of supplies to the BDE