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Chapter 8<br />
Sustainment<br />
Sustainment for the DRT is a potentially challenging operation due to the wideranging,<br />
low-profile, and sometimes decentralized nature of their mission. The DRT<br />
often operates well in front of maneuver forces while conducting reconnaissance and<br />
security missions. Sustainment or resupply operations for these units can be hindered<br />
by distance and the need to keep reconnaissance operations undetected by the threat.<br />
Since the duration of DRT missions are often limited, sustainment is accomplished<br />
through what the Soldier will carry with him. Missions of longer duration, which<br />
require resupply and other sustainment operations, demand further planning and<br />
coordination, and often include additional assets such as aerial support.<br />
SECTION I – TEXT REFERENCES<br />
8-1. Table 8-1 consolidates the references to additional information.<br />
Table 8-1. Guide for subjects referenced in text<br />
Subject References<br />
Infantry Platoon and Squad FM 3-21.8<br />
Infantry Rifle Company FM 3-21.10<br />
Air Assault Operations FM 90-4<br />
Survival FM 3-05.70<br />
SECTION II – OVERVIEW<br />
8-2. Sustainment for the DRT and other reconnaissance units is characterized by the following basic<br />
fundamentals and imperatives.<br />
FUNDAMENTALS<br />
8-3. Tactical sustainment involves the following three interrelated functions:<br />
Sustainment (including supply, field services, transportation, and maintenance).<br />
Personnel services (including human resource, legal, and religious support, and financial<br />
management).<br />
Health service support.<br />
8-4. The sustainment system faces significant challenges in supporting the troop’s wide-ranging and<br />
decentralized missions in the fast-paced, noncontiguous AO. The sustainment structure throughout the<br />
IBCT or squadron is extremely austere, allowing for faster deployability and a reduction of the support<br />
footprint in the AO. Employment of the latest technological advances in sustainment increases the<br />
squadron’s support-related SA, allowing for effective DRT support.<br />
8-5. Sustainment is planned in advance and aggressively pushed forward to the troops without the delay<br />
imposed by reaction to requests. The FBCB2 provides sustainment functionality in the form of sustainment<br />
SITREPs, personnel SITREPs, digital call for support, task order messaging, SA, and task management<br />
capabilities. These functions enhance the synchronization of all sustainment support in the AO between the<br />
supported and the supporter.<br />
16 November 2010 ATTP 3-20.97 8-1