2007 Army Sustainment Magazine Archives

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November-December 2007

Special Forces Logistics in Afghanistan

ASM November-December 2007

Cover: Special Forces battalion task forces are charged with unique missions that require them to operate in diverse conditions and hostile environments. The article beginning on page 26 describes how the group support battalions that sustain those forces meet their unique requirements in Afghanistan. Group support battalions employ forward logistics elements at strategic locations and collaborate with coalition forces to ensure that supported Soldiers receive the supplies they need even in the most remote locations. On the cover, coalition forces drop containerized delivery system bundles from a Canadian C–130 to support operations in Afghanistan.

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September-October 2007

"Support the Action": The 15th Sustainment Brigade

ASM September-October 2007

Cover: This issue of Army Logistician is largely devoted to a profile of the 15th Sustainment Brigade’s service in Iraq during the last year. In the 16 articles beginning on page 10, the Soldiers of the brigade tell their stories and, in the process, demonstrate the breadth of the support that the Army’s new sustainment brigades can provide to the warfighters. That breadth is graphically portrayed in the array of photos on the cover. In the deserts of Iraq,these logisticians truly lived up to their motto—“Support the Action.”(Cover design by SFC Maria Levitre, SFC Alexia Lane, and SGT Adryen Wallace.)

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July-August 2007

Introducing the Logistics Branch

ASM July-August 2007

Cover: The publication of this issue of Army Logistician coincides with the planned implementation of the Logistics branch on 1 July. In a historic development, this new basic branch will bring together officers in the grades of captain and above from the long-established Quartermaster, Ordnance, and Transportation branches. The cover symbolically depicts this change as the insignia of the Logistics branch unites logisticians engaged in quartermaster, ordnance, and transportation missions. The photos also show the essentials of logistics visibility as defined by the Director for Logistics, J–4, on the Joint Staff: (moving clockwise from upper left) supplies in process, in storage, in transit, and in use. See the articles on pages 1 and 3.

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May-June 2007

Logistics Task Force 548 in Iraq

ASM May-June 2007

Cover: This issue of Army Logistician focuses on the experiences of logistics units in the field,in both Iraq and Afghanistan. A series of eight articles, beginning on page 20, profiles the activities of the Active Army, Army National Guard, and Army Reserve units that formed Logistics Task Force (LTF) 548 in Iraq. Articles beginning on pages 5, 10, and 14 describe aspects of Operation Mountain Thrust in Afghanistan last summer, including the Combined Joint Distribution Cell and reconstitution after the operation. In the cover photo, LTF 548 and explosive ordnance disposal Soldiers demilitarize 155–millimeter and 25–millimeter ammunition.

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March-April 2007

Distribution-Based Logistics in Iraq

ASM March-April 2007

Cover: During Operation Iraqi Freedom 05–07, the 3d Corps Support Command (COSCOM) provided support to over 220,000 coalition Soldiers and civilians and backup support to the emerging 300,000-man Iraqi Security Force. In order to perform their corps sustainment mission, 3d COSCOM units traversed almost every main supply route and most alternate supply routes throughout Iraq. Their story begins on page 2. In the cover photo, Soldiers of the 181st Transportation Battalion prepare to provide security for a departing combat logistics patrol. (Photo by SGT Mary E. Ferguson, 3d COSCOM PAO.)

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January-February 2007

Logistics in OEF VII: The 710th BSB

ASM January-February 2008

Cover: On the cover, Soldiers hook up sling loads to a CH–47 Chinookhelicopter at Forward Operating Base Blessing in Afghanistan. Because logisticians in Operation Enduring Freedom must sustain widely dispersed units while contending with poor or nonexistent roads, mountainous terrain, and a treacherous enemy, aerial resupply has become a critical facet of logistics operations, as the 710th Brigade Support Battalion (BSB) learned during its deployment. Articles beginning on page 12 examine aspects of the 710th BSB’s experience.(Photo by SSG Marcus J. Quarterman, 982d Combat Camera Company.)

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Army mariners from the 1099th Transportation Detachment, assigned to the SP4 James A. Loux, Logistics Support Vessel-6, load an Army vehicle onto the ship during a mission to Port Salalah, Oman, on March 6, 2016. (Photo by Sgt. Walter Lowell)


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