fm 44-100 us army air and missile defense operations

FM 44-100
LOGISTICS PREPARATION OF THE THEATER (LPT)
7-32. Logistics preparation of the theater base and the COMMZ is a key tool
available to the ASCC and his planners in building a flexible theater
strategic operational support plan. It consists of all the actions taken by
logisticians at all echelons to optimize means of logistically supporting the
ASCC’s plan. Means include force structure, resources, and strategic lift.
These actions focus on identifying the resources currently available in the
theater for use by friendly forces and ensuring access to them. A detailed
logistics estimate of requirements, tempered with logistics preparation of the
theater, allows the command logistician to advise the ASCC and the CINC of
the most effective method of providing support that will not overwhelm the
force or fail to provide adequate and timely support.
MANNING
7-33. The G1 or S1 is involved with courses of action analysis and operational
planning during all phases of an operation. The G1 or S1 focuses on
personnel service support functions and actions thus ensuring support during
pre-deployment, deployment, and redeployment for war and stability and
support operations.
7-34. The focus during planning is personnel readiness and maintenance of
unit strength. The G3 or S3 provides the G1 or S1 an OPORD, OPLAN, and
FRAGO that stipulates the task organization information necessary for
identifying command and control relationships. This information is used to
accomplish the following:
• Provide accurate strength accountability.
• Determine necessary modular personnel services support (PSS)
packages required for each phase.
• Plan the employment scheme for corps PSS units.
• Determine location of replacement, postal, personnel, finance,
legal, and chaplain units and teams.
7-35. The G1 or S1 consistently seeks personnel readiness information from
subordinate units, maneuver brigade S1s, aid stations, higher headquarters
special staff, and personnel systems reports. The G1 or S1 analyzes all
available data and information and provides the commander a personnel
estimate reflecting the unit's current combat capabilities, projected future
capabilities, and requirements in terms of personnel service support. It starts
with the comparison of an organization's personnel strength against its
requirements or authorizations and ends with a personnel readiness
assessment and appropriate recommendations to the commander. It must
consider the impacts of present personnel strength; any critical military
occupational specialty and skill level shortages; projected casualties; morale
of soldiers; unique circumstances impacting on personnel readiness that may
not be captured in data; and impact of commander's transportation or
communications priorities. Personnel service support cannot be provided
without transportation and communications.
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