Engineer Sustainment in Afghanistan

摘要

From September 2013 to June 2014, the 130th Engineer Brigade, Joint Task Force (JTF) Sapper, used a sustainment cell of 15 personnel to overcome theater-wide logistics friction, sustain the brigade, and achieve continuous logistics preparation of the battlefield in Afghanistan. The sustainment cell used specific tactics, techniques, and procedures to overcome the complexities associated with achieving sustainment goals. The cell applied external coordination and relationship support to achieve success in the brigade's four operational and logistics lines of effort: train, advise, and assist; reduce and retrograde equipment; provide assured mobility; and conduct general engineering.