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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

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