2005 Army Sustainment Magazine Archives
November-December 2005
Special Operations Forces Logistics
Cover: A new support structure for Army Special Operations Forces (ARSOF), designed to better meet ARSOF-unique requirements, is replacing the 528th Special Operations Support Battalion. However, as the article beginning on page 28 demonstrates, the experiences and practices of the 528th continue to offer many lessons for ARSOF logisticians. In the cover photo, two noncommissioned officers at the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force electronic maintenance shop at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, check the connection on an ultra-high-frequency satellite communication antenna during the early days of Operation Enduring Freedom.
September-October 2005
New Wave Materials for the Logistics Future
Cover: Research at the atomic, molecular, and photonic levels is producing new materials that hold the promise of revolutionary changes in Army equipment and capabilities. One of these materials is aerogel, a substance that is 99.38 percent air yet can hold 4,000 times its own weight. In the cover photo, a scientist at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology examines a sample of this “frozen smoke.” The article beginning on page 24 discusses aerogel and other materials that may profoundly affect the future of Army logistics. (Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech.)
July-August 2005
Contractor Logistics Support
Cover: Civilian contractors perform a wide range of support functions for U.S. military personnel deployed around the world. The Army’s Logistics Civil Augmentation Program (LOGCAP) contractor, Halliburton Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR), provides food, water, shelter, hygiene and laundry facilities, air traffic control, crash and fire rescue services, and other logistics support to Army personnel serving in Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. On the cover, a LOGCAP worker stacks worn tires for transport to Kuwait for disposal in early 2004. The article beginning on page 24 concludes a two-part guide for commanders using LOGCAP.
May-June 2005
Global Networking
Cover: To manage the increasing support requirements of the Modular Force, Army logisticians need a robust communications network that can provide on-the-move access to critical information. The article beginning on page 2 summarizes developments in Army communications that affect the logistician and the warfighter alike, such as the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN–T) and the Joint Network Transport Capability-Spiral (JNTC–S). The cover photo shows a soldier with an important component of the communications network, the Combat Service Support Very Small Aperture Terminal (CSS VSAT), which connects logisticians to a global network of logistics information by satellite.
March-April 2005
Life-Cycle Management
Cover: The life-cycle management command (LCMC) initiative is intended to increase the readiness of weapon systems by better integrating technology, acquisition, and logistics. The result will be better-performing systems that reduce the sustainment burden on the soldier. In the article beginning on page 2, the commanding general of the Army Aviation and Missile Command—the first LCMC—discusses the thinking behind the initiative. The cover photo shows a soldier in the 45th Medical Company (Air Ambulance) at Camp Babylon, Iraq, performing preventive maintenance checks and services on a UH–60 Black Hawk helicopter that is used to evacuate and transport soldiers to medical facilities.
January-February 2005
Supporting the First Stryker Brigade in Iraq
Cover: Operation Iraqi Freedom has provided the Army’s first Stryker brigade combat team—the 3d Brigade, 2d Infantry Division—with an opportunity to test its capabilities in actual combat conditions. The articles beginning on pages 4, 17, and 20 describe some of the challenges that faced the 296th Brigade Support Battalion in supporting the brigade’s warfighters. The cover photo shows soldiers of the brigade’s B Troop, 1st Battalion, 14th Cavalry Regiment, near a Stryker vehicle providing security during an operation in Mosul, Iraq.
