text: Sustainment During Multinational Operations
  • Identifying and preparing intermediate staging base and forward logistics bases or forward logistics
  elements.
  • Selecting and improving lines of communications.
  • Coordinating multinational logistics support.
  • Forecasting and building operational stock assets forward and afloat.
  • Identifying resources in Army prepositioned stocks that may support mission partners.
  5-13. Sustainment planners collaborate with mission partners to develop appropriate solutions for key
  interoperable sustainment procedures, to include—
  • Reporting sustainment status information and developing a recognized sustainment picture for the
  multinational force.
  • Requesting and tracking sustainment support requests for specific classes of supply or other
  sustainment capabilities such as transportation and mass vehicle recovery.
  • Executing other key sustainment interoperable tasks as required by the specific mission and
  commander’s interoperability guidance.
  ACQUISITION AND CROSS-SERVICING AGREEMENTS
  5-14. An acquisition and cross-servicing agreement is an international agreement with countries or
  international organizations that allows U.S. forces to exchange most common types of support, including
  food, fuel, transportation, ammunition, and equipment. This agreement sets the terms and conditions under
  which the reimbursable acquisition or transfer of logistics support, supplies, and services can occur. Often
  the agreement exists between U.S. forces and foreign governments or international organizations with which
  the United States has an agreement. An acquisition and cross-servicing agreement does not bind either partner
  financially or politically to provide support. Partners to an agreement support requests consistent with
  national laws and policies. An implementing arrangement is a supplementary arrangement for logistics
  support, supplies, and services. This supplement prescribes details, terms, and conditions to implement
  acquisition and cross-servicing agreements effectively. (Refer to JP 3-16 for more on acquisition and cross-
  servicing agreements.)
  HOST-NATION SUPPORT
  5-15. The multinational command analyzes the physical infrastructure in the host nation to determine what
  facilities and services are available to support the command and to determine how the command minimizes
  the sustainment footprint. The command understands the culture, business practices, laws, religious
  implications, and political and social structures of the host nation. Analysis includes location and the
  command’s needs. AOs without a functioning government provide limited support. Multinational
  commanders integrate host-nation support into the logistics structure of the command to ensure effective use.
  Commanders allocate this support based on command priorities. Nations coordinate and agree on methods
  of concluding host-nation support at the end of an operation.
  5-16. The host nation has legal, financial, acquisition, medical, and administrative experts. These experts
  provide liaison support to sustainment staff to identify and procure host-nation support. This support ensures
  that the command’s requirements are met and prevents competition between partners.
  5-17. While local procurement efforts are beneficial to the host nation, these efforts sometimes undermine
  important command goals. An otherwise innocent procurement decision may have a significant political
  meaning in the host nation. Procurement actions may inflate local prices with negative impacts on local
  groups or civilian agencies. These effects can influence the attainment of the end state and the timing of
  withdrawal.
  5-18. The command obtains authorization from national authorities to negotiate for host-nation support.
  Agreements with the host nation include the authority for the command to deal directly with the host nation
  for support. The command develops a list of current host-nation agreements. The command legal advisor and
  Department of State or Ministry of Foreign Affairs political advisor negotiate host-nation support
  agreements. Negotiable agreements are for local contracting, currency exchange rates, local hire wage scales,
  and customs regulations.