text: Chapter 6
  Sustainment Planning Considerations
  6-19. The following are sustainment planning considerations for operations in a maritime environment. The
  following examples are not all-inclusive, and considerations will vary based on operational requirements:
  • Plan for delivery of all elements of the sustainment warfighting function (logistics, financial
  management, personnel services, and HSS) required to build and sustain combat power.
  • Preposition supply Classes I, IIIB/P, IV, V, VIII, IX, and water as far forward as the tactical situation
  permits.
  • Consider maximizing the use of combat configured loads to deliver combat power.
  • Anticipate time needed to execute logistics as distances increase.
  • Ensure watercraft maintenance capability is adequate to sustain and repair watercraft forward in
  theater to meet readiness requirements and the maneuver commander’s intent.
  • Plan for continuous replacement operations, specifically the transportation and integration of
  replacement personnel into units in the tactical close area.
  • Submit personnel replacement priority requests based on forecasted casualty estimates to enable
  forward positioning of personnel replacements.
  • Plan for primary, alternate, contingency, and emergency communications plans to ensure effective
  personnel asset visibility and delivery of LOGSTAT reports.
  • Forecast expected number of casualties and prepare appropriate medical treatment, surgical, and
  evacuation capabilities. Planners must also assess the best positioning of medical units to ensure
  support to operations.
  • Utilize sea-basing to facilitate support operations over strategic distances.
  Command and Control Planning Considerations
  6-20. Planning considerations for command and control are listed below:
  • Expect enemy attacks in the space and cyberspace domains (to include the electromagnetic
  spectrum) that will degrade communications and digital information transmission. Attacks in these
  domains affect sustainment operations in terms of satellite communications, positioning, navigation,
  timing, information collection, internet operations, computer systems, and voice communications.
  • Develop and execute primary, alternate, contingency, and emergency communications and
  navigation plans to ensure redundancy.
  • Understand how the maritime environment impacts communications and may limit transmission of
  information. Operations in maritime environments may occur over vast distances. Actions by the
  enemy, degraded communications, and loss of satellites may disrupt command and control of
  dispersed forces.
  • Assess task organization to ensure watercraft capabilities are positioned properly to support the
  mission. Leaders must understand watercraft capabilities to match them against requirements.
  Movement and Maneuver Planning Considerations
  6-21. Planning considerations for movement and maneuver are listed below:
  • Expect watercraft to operate over extended distances and understand the impacts of turnaround times
  on operations.
  • Understand how enemy action, enemy fire, and obstacles will impact movement of watercraft.
  • Prioritize use of watercraft needed to support movement and maneuver requirements against
  watercraft needed to support sustainment requirements.
  • Plan to support the movement of forces and cargo along inland waterways.
  Intelligence Planning Considerations
  6-22. Some planning considerations for intelligence are listed below:
  • Understand intelligence preparation of the OE products, detailed intelligence estimates, and other
  intelligence products that describe enemy capabilities and courses of action within a maritime
  environment.
  • Ensure intelligence estimates are used in planning operations in a maritime environment.