1999 Army Sustainment Magazine Archives
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November-December 1999
War on Excess
Cover: Eliminating redundant stock is an important part of the Army’s efforts to “right-size” its forces and efficiently deploy its personnel to operations around the world. Beginning on page 30 is the story of how the 1st Cavalry Division successfully retrograded over $2 million worth of equipment to Germany from Bosnia after assuming peacekeeping duties there. In the cover photo, a soldier attaches a radio frequency tag to a vehicle slated for shipment.
September-October 1999
Testing Force XXXI CSS Concepts
Cover: The forward repair system-heavy shown on the cover was one of the systems tested in a logistics-focused exercise at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California. For more information on the results of the exercise, see the article beginning on page 3.
July-August 1999
Fueling the Force
Cover: The cover photos depict fuel storage and refueling operations during Operation Just Cause in Panama and Operation Provide relief in Somalia and fuel training during an exercise at Fort Lewis, Washington. Articles beginning on pages 4 and 8 propose plans and options for fueling the force of the future.
May-June 1999
Joint and Combined Support
Cover: An M9 armored combat earthmover is offloaded from a logistics support vessel during Exercise Foal Eagle, and annual combined-joint exercise in South Korea. Exercises such as Foal Eagle provide opportunities for soldiers to practice wartime operations with personnel from other U.S. Services and other countries. Articles beginning on pages 34 and 38 propose development of joint and combined support systems to sustain all warfighters.
March-April 1999
Peacetime Deployment
Cover: Deployment and movement exercises such as Golden Cargo ’98 prepared the Army for real-life missions. The 3d COSCOM, and Army Reserve unit based in Des Moines, Iowa, and Army National Guard units in Nevada and Utah participated in this national exercise that quickly moved explosive materials through several states. Counterclockwise, the photos show a driver transfer point, a soldier performing a maintenance check, truck lined up at the staging point, and arrival of trucks at the end of the convoy mission. Several articles in the issue, such as the one beginning on page 28, describe movement operations.
