2003 Army Sustainment Magazine Archives
November-December 2003
Focused Logistics
Cover: The article starting on page 2 concludes our series on the Focused Logistics Campaign Plan—the guide to transformation of Department of Defense logistics. The photos on the cover (starting in the upper left) portray recent activities in four of the areas the plan identifies for action: joint deployment/rapid distribution (a UH–60 Black Hawk helicopter is offloaded from a C–5 transport); information fusion (an Air Force officer provides air control in Iraq); force health protection (an Air Force flight nurse checks a patient); and agile sustainment (the Navy resupplies a combat ship at sea).
September-October 2003
Getting to the Fight
Cover: The success of Operation Iraqi Freedom has been due in part to the ability of U.S. forces to adapt to changing scenarios and improvise where necessary to get the job done. The article on page 24 tells how the 180th Transportation Battalion devised a plan to move heavy equipment when rail lines were inadequate to the task. On the cover, a soldier from the 4th Infantry Division drives an M88 recovery vehicle off the military transport ship Cape Victory at the port of Ash Shu’aybah, Kuwait, while other soldiers board the ship to offload other equipment (inset).
July-August 2003
Logistics Goes to War
Cover: Fighting a war would be impossible without fuel, ammunition, food, water, and other supplies. Articles on pages 6, 24, 26 and 29 tell of the logistics support provided to U.S. service members participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom. In the cover photo, soldiers assigned to the 407th Forward Support Battalion offload supplies for the soldiers of 2d Brigade Combat Team, 82d Airborne Division, at an assembly area in south central Iraq.
May-June 2003
Strategic Mobility Triads
Cover: Getting forces and equipment to the right place at the right time is a challenge. The strategic mobility triad, which is made up of airlift, sealift, and pre-positioned stocks, ensures that forces and equipment are available when and where they are needed (see article on page 2). The cover photos represent the three legs of the triad, starting at the top with the pre-positioned afloat crane ship SS Gopher State and moving clockwise to a C–17 Globemaster aircraft and the new theater support vessel Spearhead.
March-April 2003
Stryker Transportability
Cover: The Stryker wheeled armored vehicle met expectations for transportability while deploying to and participating in the Army Transformation Experiment 2002 at the National Training Center. In the cover photos, Strykers and their infantry squads from the 5–20th Infantry Battalion, 3d Brigade, 2d Infantry Division, are shown aboard a C–17 transport and debarking in California. For more information on the Stryker’s performance, see the news story on page 1.
January-February 2003
Afghan Supply Pipeline
Cover: Resupply of Army forces in Afghanistan continues, even as media attention has shifted elsewhere. In the article beginning on page 4, the author presents some preliminary findings on how well this supply effort has gone over the last year. The cover photos show the end of the supply pipeline in Afghanistan: a C–130 Hercules transport is loaded with cargo for delivery to Kandahar, and soldiers of the 82d Airborne Division unload meals, ready to eat, destined for troops in the field at Narizah.
