text: Chapter 7
  Sustainment
  Sustainment units synchronize and execute sustainment operations to support units
  conducting reconnaissance, security, and stability operations under all conditions.
  Cavalry squadrons frequently operate in locations distant from their organic sustaining
  base. These Cavalry squadrons carry a configured load or are task organized with assets
  to ensure their sustainment until another unit can relieve them. Generally, units
  conducting reconnaissance and security operations have self-sustainment capability for
  up to 72 hours. Units conducting reconnaissance and security operations and
  sustainment staffs must anticipate future sustainment needs. An accurate estimate
  allows forces to retain freedom of movement and action along the entire width and
  depth of extended and contested lines of operation.
  SECTION I – OVERVIEW
  7-1. Sustainment is the provision of logistics, financial management, personnel services, and health service
  support necessary to maintain operations until successful mission completion (ADP 4-0). The purpose of the
  Army’s logistics system is to sustain combat power on a continuous basis as far forward as possible.
  Sustainment principles and fundamentals, as well as roles and responsibilities, remain the same for all types
  of operations at the BCT-level and below. (Refer to ADP 4-0 for sustainment principles and fundamentals.)
  Successful sustainment planning and execution to support reconnaissance and security operations at the BCT
  level and below provides commanders with the flexibility required to develop the situation in close contact
  with enemy forces and civilian populations.
  7-2. Reconnaissance and security operations executed at the BCT level involve fast-paced, wide-ranging
  operations requiring a rapid transition from one mission to another. Such operations involve extended lines
  of support, higher consumption rates, and present unique challenges to the BCT sustainment units’ ability to
  support and sustain reconnaissance and security operations. Based on the nature of their missions, BCT
  sustainment units may require EAB support and other nonorganic assets to support reconnaissance and
  security operations.
  7-3. In most cases, a BSB’s FSC is in direct support of a squadron-sized unit conducting reconnaissance
  and security operations. Smaller reconnaissance organizations may have task-organized forward logistics
  elements (FLEs) in a direct, support sustainment role. A BCT conducting a cover operation has an organic
  BSB but may require augmentation from the division sustainment. The key to reconnaissance and security
  operations is a fully planned, war-gamed, and rehearsed support concept.
  SECTION II – PLANNING
  7-4. Reconnaissance and security operations present unique challenges to sustainment staff planners.
  Planners need to consider many factors as they develop their support concepts. Challenges include the terrain
  and enemy situation, friendly situation, type of reconnaissance and security operation, levels of
  aggressiveness and pace, and duration of the operation. Planners consider the positioning of sustainment
  assets based on known friendly and predicted enemy actions, distances, and on-order requirements.
  7-5. Sustainment plans for reconnaissance and security operations vary greatly according to the maneuver
  commander’s guidance for the tempo of the operation. For instance, stealthy reconnaissance operations may
  require a majority of pre-positioned stocks and the reliance on covered or concealed resupply routes to remain
  undetected. However, forceful reconnaissance operations where detection is not a concern may facilitate