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Lieutenant General

Leonard 1?Wishart Ill

Commandant, USACGSC

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D- Commarx nt, USACGSC

Military ReviewStaff

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VOLUME I-XXI - APRIL 1991- NO 4

professional Bulfetin 1H14

CONTENTS

2 CASCOM Support f or Oesert

Shield

Deser t Storm

 

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Tot al Army CSS: Providing t he Means

f or Vi ct ory

by Lieutenant General Leon E. Salomon, US Arm~ and

Lieutenant Colonel Harold BankireC US Army

Logi st ic s Aut omat ion Support f or

Desert

Storm

by Rheta S. Phill@

Bui ldi ng t he Desert Logi st ic s Forc e

by Major James E. Myers, US Army

Depot Operat i ons Suppor ti ng Desert

Shield

by Lieutenant Colonel Richard D. Hill, US Army

The Readi ness Group’ s Rol e i n Mobi li zat ion

by Major John W. Lemza, US Army

Legal Assistance for Those Who Go in

Harm’s Way

by Major Gregory M. Huckabee, US Army

Medical Operat ions and the Law of Warby Major Chrktopher Z Cline, Army National Guard

The Of fi cer Corps: Undul y Di st ant From

M i li tary Just i ce?

by Lieutenant Coionel William Hagan, US Army

 XS Uni t s and Rear Area Prot ec t ion

by Captain Stephen C. Danckert, US Army

Corps and Di vi si on Passage Operat i ons:

El Al amei n, 1942

by Lieutenant Colonel Thomas WMor/ey US Army

Worl d War II Almanac

The “ Steel Pot ” : A World War II Veteran

by John Reichley

Insights:

Combat Casual t y Care: Ready f or t he last War?

by Major Karl R. Kerchie US Army

Summaries the best from other journals

Letters

Book Reviews contemporary reading for the professional

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LOGISTICS The Ati of the Possible

In his introduction to Su@ying War: LogisticsFrom W tein to

 atton

Martin van Creveld

applied our headline, taken from Henri Jomini, to the art of supplying and transporting armies.

He added that”... surely what is possible is determined not merely by numerical strengths, doc-

trine, intelligence, arms and tactics, but, in the first place, by the hardest facts of all: those con-

cerning requirements, supplies available and expected, organization and administration, trans-

portation and arteries of communication.”

Desert Shield and Desert Storm demonstrate that the ofien mundane and detail-ridden world

of combat service support is the very Meblood of an army, especially an army called to deploy

halfivay around the world to a hostile environment. Further, these challenges must be met be-

fore combat power can be brought to bear and well tier the dust of battle has cleared. In our

fkure versatile, deployable, lethal Army, logistics will play an even greater role.

The image used for the cover of our issue on logistics and sustainment was carefhlly chosen.

So, too, were the pictures for our inside back cover. In many cases, typical images for such a topic

are long lines of trucks at a supplydepot, a dock fill of tanks at port, an air resupply point in the

field or rows upon rows of cargo on pallets at a distribution center. While it is hard to imagine

the length and breadth of the Dew-t Shield/DesertStorm logistics effort, the common denomina-

tor is the fhct that the logistics plan was only as good as the people who designed, operated and

adjusted it. All along the line, the people proved themselves to be without equal, showing, as

one editorialist put it, “the American genius for supply and support.”

In this issue, we offer a few thoughts by logisticians and soldie~ who populate or consider this

decidedly unsexy, though essential, world of logistics. Herculean sustainment efforts may often

be lost in the wake of the tactical result. How else would the light of the epoch logistic contribu-

tions of the Vietnam War—and they were tremendous-be hidden under the bushel of the final

outcome? Though success of the logistics effort gets its context from success on the battlefield,

the latter can only be made possible by the former. The final score sometimes detracts from the

excellent support that is rendered. Only if the team gets to the stadium in time, with the proper

equipment, can the game be played at all.

As another writer said, “All those supplydepots and hospitals don’t just spring up. They come

from years of planning and training.” And we might add, from just plain hard work, good old

American ingenuity and grinding effort by the entire chain of support. The war of sustainment

is still being waged. Only when the last soldier returns to his pre-llesert Shieldduties can victory

be truly declared. If anything, the sustainment challenges now are even greater. If you have ever

tried to turn in tons and tons of uncrated ammunition at an ammunition supplypoint, you will

get the general idea.

This month, we offer World War 11Almanac, a new department that, during the next five

years, will become a recurring feature. Military Review, as the Army’s professional journal, will

join in commemorating the war by recalling as many World War II–related topics as possible

while still covering current Army issues.

World War II Almanac will be presented as brief essays

1,500

to

2,000 words) on political,

military, technical or social aspects of the conflict. In general, these essays will be suggested by

the 50th anniversary of the subject and are intended to supplement full feature articles about

the war. These articles will fmus on people, events including battles, invasions and campaigns),

equipment and ideas or trends that played an important role in the war. To begin the series, we

look at the lowly steel pot that honorably served three generations of soldiers. You, asour readers,

have a role in this project since we will have an increased need for manuscripts on World War

II-related topics. Give us your ideas and, especially, your written effort aswe continue our com-

memoration of “The Big One.”

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WRITING ONT ST

Through the generosity and continued support of the

co remand and General SW Officers Course Class of 1985,

Military -ew announces its annual writing con~st.

Entries on the topic, “The Army in American society,” will be

accep~d through 15 July 1991. The author of the winning

manuscript will receive a 500 c=h award and the manuscript

will be published in lUlllar3T Rewiew in the fall of this year.

The award for second place is 200 and for third place, 100.

All entries will be considered for publication in   ilitary

Review

The

topic area is large and covers a broad range of issues

having impact upon the American public as a whole. Included

are such subjects U: values, ethics and morali~, women in

combat, p@lic support for the mili~, the Volunteer &my,

Selective Setice, citizen-soldiers in the Total Force, AIDS, the

military-media relationship, equal opportuni~, the &nn s role in

drug interdiction and alcohol and drug abuse.

Manuscripts must be original and not previously offered

elsewhere for publication. They should be belnween 2,000 and

3,000 words and typed double-spaced. A writer’s guide appeared

in our cJanuaiqy 1991 issue and is available upon reqmst. Ple~e

clearly indicate that your man~cript is for the writing contest.

Send entries to Mili@ -ew, US Army Comman d and

General SWY College, Funston Hall, Fort Leavenworth, KS 66027-

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be able to at tack

“We l i ter al l y m oved thousands and thousands of

ton s of fu el of am mu ni ti on of spar e par ts of w at er

and of food because w e w an ted to have enough

suppl i es on hand so that i f w e l aunched th i s and i f

w e got i n to a sl ugfest bat t l e w h i ch w e ver y easi l y

cou l d have got ten i n to w e’d have enough suppl i es

to l ast for 60 days ”

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ClNC CENTCOM

27 February 99

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