text: Sustainment During Multinational Operations
  Table 5-1. Host-nation considerations (continued)
  Items and Considerations
  Maintenance Water
  • Accommodations • Production and purification capability
  • Vehicles • Municipal
  • Ships • Other water treatment systems
  • Equipment • Distribution capability
  • Roads (including snow clearance) • Trucks
  • Fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft • Pipeline
  • Provision of assembly areas • Hoseline
  • Damage control • Storage capability
  • Emergency facilities for visitors’ vehicles • Receipt and issue capability
  and equipment • Available water sources
  • Recovery and transportation of disabled • Wells
  vehicles and equipment
  • Surface
  • Waste and disposal
  • Subsurface
  Movement • Host-nation water quality standards
  • Airheads
  Transportation Equipment
  • Alternates • Host-nation military vehicles, equipment,
  • Facilities ships, aircraft
  • Ships • Locally hired vehicles and equipment,
  • Equipment ships, aircraft
  • Refueling • Policy on drivers and handlers for above
  • Ports • Electricity (locally procured or generator)
  • Alternates • Trash pick-up
  • Draft • Other services
  • Bunkering and fueling
  • Repair
  • Road and rail movement
  • Personnel
  • Security
  • Traffic control
  • Pipeline movement
  5-20. The national government handles agreements for transferring defense goods and services between
  nations. This is cumbersome and time consuming. Support provided and received in multinational operations
  should comply with existing legal authorities. Under an acquisition and cross-servicing agreement, national
  authorities enter into agreements for acquiring or cross-servicing logistics support, supplies, and services on
  a reimbursable, replacement-in-kind, or exchange for equal value basis. The acquisition and cross-servicing
  agreement is a broad overall agreement, generally supplemented by an implementing arrangement. The J-4
  and the Department of State with the country involved write the agreement in the acquisition and cross-
  servicing agreement. The DOD and the country involved provide the approval and sign the agreement. Major
  commands in country negotiate the details with their counterparts and document the services (whether used
  or not) on a statement of requirements for exchange of support and services. The implementing arrangement
  contains details on orders for logistics support. The G-4 or S-4 documents receipt of agreed-upon services to
  prevent fraudulent payment for services not provided.
  OPERATIONAL CONTRACT SUPPORT CONSIDERATIONS
  5-21. Operational contract support (OCS) is the process of planning for and obtaining supplies, services, and
  minor construction from commercial sources in support of combatant commander-directed operations.
  Commercial support can provide cost-effective surge capability and skills not organic to the unit (such as