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The PLA at Home and Abroad - Strategic Studies Institute - U.S. Army

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or more Military Departments’ logistic resources to<br />

support the joint force.” 40 <strong>The</strong> U.S. military logistics<br />

system includes several core Joint Logistics functions,<br />

which support its expeditionary oper<strong>at</strong>ions worldwide:<br />

• Supply—Management of supply oper<strong>at</strong>ions;<br />

inventory management; management of supplier<br />

networks.<br />

• Maintenance Oper<strong>at</strong>ions—Depot <strong>and</strong> field<br />

maintenance oper<strong>at</strong>ions to rapidly return systems<br />

to the user to enable oper<strong>at</strong>ional freedom<br />

of action; long-term life cycle readiness, maximizing<br />

availability <strong>and</strong> reliability of systems <strong>at</strong><br />

best value to the military services.<br />

• Deployment <strong>and</strong> Distribution—Planning, coordin<strong>at</strong>ing,<br />

synchronizing, moving forces, <strong>and</strong><br />

sustainment to support military oper<strong>at</strong>ions.<br />

Move forces <strong>and</strong> m<strong>at</strong>eriel.<br />

• Health Service Support—Services th<strong>at</strong> promote,<br />

improve, conserve, or restore the mental<br />

<strong>and</strong> physical wellbeing of the force. Casualty<br />

management; p<strong>at</strong>ient movement; medical logistics;<br />

preventive medicine <strong>and</strong> health surveillance;<br />

the<strong>at</strong>er medical inform<strong>at</strong>ion.<br />

• Engineering—Oper<strong>at</strong>ions th<strong>at</strong> assure mobility<br />

provide the infrastructure needed to position,<br />

project, protect, <strong>and</strong> sustain the force <strong>and</strong><br />

enhance visualiz<strong>at</strong>ion of the oper<strong>at</strong>ional area<br />

across the full range of military oper<strong>at</strong>ions. Integr<strong>at</strong>es<br />

comb<strong>at</strong>, general, <strong>and</strong> geosp<strong>at</strong>ial engineering<br />

capabilities.<br />

• Logistics Services—Oper<strong>at</strong>ions essential to the<br />

technical management <strong>and</strong> support of the joint<br />

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