Combat Service Support Guide

by John E Edwards

Overview

• 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780811731553
Publisher:	Stackpole Books
Publication date:	09/09/2004
Edition description:	Fourth Edition
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Major John E. Edwards has served in direct support of tactical units in virtually all possible operational scenarios. He currently resides in Lubbock, Texas.

Table of Contents

	Foreword	ix
	Preface	xi
	Acknowledgments	xii
Part I	Operational Concepts
1	Combat Service Support (CSS) Tactical Organizations	2
	Battlefield Organizations
	CSS Staff Duties and Responsibilities
	Division Materiel Management Center (DMMC)
	Other Logistics Positions
	Military Decision-Making Process
2	Basic Concepts and Types of Combat Service Support (CSS)	22
	Classes of Supply and Services on the Battlefield
	Maintenance Support
	Salvage Collection
	Transportation Support
	Medical Support
	Mortuary Affairs (MA)
3	Combat Service Support (CSS) Operations	38
	General Principles of Support
	Battle Doctrine for CSS
	CSS in the Offense
	CSS in the Defense
	CSS in the Retrograde
	CSS in Military Operations Other Than War (MOOTW)
	CSS under Adverse Weather Conditions
	CSS in a Nuclear, Biological, or Chemical (NBC) Environment
Part II	Logistics Planning and Data
4	Supply and Services Planning	58
	Automated Logistics Planning
	Class I Planning and Data
	Water Planning and Data
	Class II Planning
	Class III Planning and Data
	Class IV Planning and Data
	Class V Planning and Data
	Class VII Planning
	Class IX Planning
	Recovery and Evacuation Procedures and Responsibilities
5	Medical and Class VIII Support Planning	92
6	Transportation Planning	98
	Establishing Transportion Priorities
	Truck Transport Planning
	Truck Unit Cargo and Passenger Capabilities
	Estimating Truck Requirements
	Road Movement Planning
	Air Transport Planning
	Estimating Aircraft Requirements
7	Formats for Orders, Plans, Estimates, and Reports	115
	Operation Order (OPORD) Format
	Service Support Annex to OPORD
	Rear Area Security OPORD
	Road Movement Annex to OPORD
	Warning Order
	Fragmentary Order (FRAGO)
	Commander's Estimate
	Intelligence Estimate
	Personnel Estimate
	Logistics Estimate
	Personnel Daily Summary
	Periodic Personnel Report
	Periodic Operation Report
	Periodic Logistics Report
	Operational Situation Report (SITREP)
8	Staff Actions	142
	Military Briefings
	Meeting Planning Checklists
Part III	Field Operations
9	Brigade and Division Support Areas (BSA and DSA)	150
	BSA Selection and Defense
	Perimeter Defense
	Unit Reaction Force
	Field Discipline Checklists
10	Convoy Operations and Security	168
	Convoy Planning
	Convoy Defense
	Final Convoy Preparation
	Convoy Operation Order
11	Intelligence	179
	Observing and Reporting
	SALUTE
	Handling Prisoners of War and Captured Enemy Documents
12	Communications	182
	General Instructions
	Phonetics
	Station Identification
	Prowords
	Standard Transmission Formats
	Authentication Procedures
	Tips on Communications Security
	Digitized Communications
13	Training	194
	Battle-Focused Training
	Leader Responsibilities
	Suggestions for the Field Training Exercise (FTX)
	Training Management
	Questions for the Trainer
Part IV	Operations in an NBC Environment
14	Logistics Operations in a Contaminated Environment	206
	Dealing with Contamination
	CSS Operations
	Decontamination Procedures
	Biological Effects of Chemical Agents
	Biological Effects of Nuclear Radiation
15	NBC Reports and Formats	223
Part V	Reference
16	Selected Operational and Logistical Terms	232
17	Selected Acronyms and Abbreviations	241
18	Which Regulation?	253
19	Directory of Key Internet Addresses	261
20	Measurement Conversion Factors	265
	Index	270