SECTION III
THE TRAINING CHALLENGE: INTEGRATING LOGISTICS
Integrating logistics into tactical planning at the TF level continues to present a significant challenge to units during rotations at our combat training centers. It must be integrated as early as possible to bring to bear all unit resources on mission tasks. Too often TF commanders and operations planners develop the maneuver plan separately and then ask TF logisticians to devise a logistics scheme to support the tactical plan.
When maneuver and support planning are done separately, critical information is not exchanged. TF logisticians do not fully understand how the mission will be executed nor do they appreciate the plan's implications for support. Timing of CSS actions suffers, lapses in support occur, and combat power is plagued with peaks and valleys rather than sustained over time.
Logistics gives depth to the battlefield and makes the tactical plan executable. By integrating critical logistics information early in the decisionmaking process, commanders combine the tools of the logistician with those of the tactician. This focuses all unit resources on the mission. The validity of competing courses of action is more clearly seen and TF's combat power is anticipated at critical points on the mission timeline.
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IV - Tactical Logistics Lessons
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