Within the Context of JV2010, Is There a Requirement for a Theater-Level Joint Forces Logistics Commander (JKLOGC) and a Joint Theater Logistics Command (JTLC)

摘要

As current Joint Vision 2010 (JV2010) concepts become reality, their affects on joint theater (operational) logistics will have significant consequences on traditional Service logistics functions and organizations. Redundant Service logistics functions and personnel must be eliminated to reduce the logistics footprint. These smaller logistics forces will have to provide precise support in a high speed, fluid environment dominated by maneuver, lethality and information. Joint theater logisticians will have to support not only U.S. personnel but those of its multinational coalition partners and civilian organizations. These logisticians must provide this support over a wide spectrum of contingencies. The efficiency and effectiveness required by future CINCs cannot be provided by the current ad hoc method of organizing U.S. logistical efforts. The CINC must have a single commander he can turn to for providing all the logistics support required. That commander, a senior logistician, must have the authority commensurate with the responsibility and must also have a joint theater logistics organization manned by highly trained logisticians armed with sophisticated logistics C2 and information systems and available to meet the combat force's needs. That individual is the Joint Force Logistics Commander (JFLOGC) and that organization is the Joint Theater Logistics Command (JTLC). Currently, neither exists, however, the Army's proposed Theater Support Command (TSC) could provide them. With minimal augmentation, the TSC becomes the ideal organization to manage theater level common logistics support for all U.S. forces and coalition partners (IAW applicable agreements).