2000 Army Sustainment Magazine Archives
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November-December 2000
From Factory to Foxhole
Cover: The Army’s transformation will affect all points along the continuum of Army operations, from “factory to foxhole”. This issue contains several articles that address aspects of transformation: Total Asset Visibility (page 3), combined and joint logistics planning (page 6) deployment and sustainment (page 8), contingency contracting (page 20), and split base operations (page 30).
September-October 2000
Medical Logistics
Cover: The individual soldier is the Army’s “most crucial and indispensable system.” To support this invaluable resource, the Army needs a first-class medical logistics system. Articles beginning on page 8 discuss some recent developments in medical logistics. On the cover, logisticians check medical materiel at a field location.
July-August 2000
Joint, Combined, and Contractor Support in East Timor
Cover: U.S. support of the United Nations intervention in east Timor show cased what may become an important aspect of logistics in the future – the use of contractors in the theater. This issue features a special section describing the U.S. experience in East Timor, beginning on page 30. In the photo on the cover, military and contractor personnel review the construction of helipads at the airport in Dili, east Timor’s capital.
May-June 2000
Strategic Mobility
Cover: The C-17 Globemaster III will be the Army’s choice for strategic airlift in the future. The article beginning on pate 7 explains how alternative tankrank designs not only would boost the strategic mobility of the trankracks themselves but also would enhance the strategic mobility of the C-17 aircraft, combat pre-positioning ships, and strategic sealift ships.
March-April 2000
Readiness and Reliability
Cover: An increase in the Army’s responsiveness will require a corresponding increase in the reliability of weapons and equipment. This issue contains several articles that address various aspects of the readiness-reliability connection. The photos on the cover demonstrate the wide spectrum of Army Stems and activities that will benefit from increased reliability.
January-February 2000
Deploying to Kosovo
Cover: The Army relies on total asset visibility (TAV) to provide timely and accurate information on the location, movement, status, and identity of units, personnel, equipment, and supplies in the logistics pipeline. Several articles in this issue address TAV topics, including the Army’s efforts to improve the integrity of TAV data (page) and TAV’s role in ensuring uninterrupted support to warfighters (page 8).
