Enabling a sustainment system that provides the combatant commander with the freedom of maneuver to establish and retain the initiative in order to conduct decisive action over long distances is key to winning wars. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's series of initial failures during his march to Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1862 and 1863 brought him to this realization. Gaining freedom of maneuver through a strong sustainment system led him to victory.
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机译：建立一种维持系统，使战斗指挥官拥有自由行动，可以建立和保留主动权，以便在远距离采取决定性行动，这是赢得战争的关键。尤利西斯·格兰特（Ulysses S. Grant）将军在1862年和1863年前往密西西比州的维克斯堡（Vicksburg）期间经历了一系列最初的失败，使他意识到了这一点。通过强大的维持系统获得操纵自由，他获得了胜利。
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