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VOLUME I-XXI - APRIL 1991- NO 4
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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 ”
GEN H. Norman Schwarzkopf
ClNC CENTCOM
27 February 99
Rlyadh Saudi Arabia