text: Sustainment Operations During Armed Conflict
  all units understand the plan, the relationship between fire and movement, and the synchronization of
  sustainment assets to support.
  5-312. During an attack, sustainment planners should anticipate increased requirements for fuel, ammunition,
  maintenance, casualty operations, and replacement operations due to the rapid tempo and violent nature of
  these operations. Aerial resupply may be necessary to support a large-scale attack or to maintain the
  momentum of the main body. Combat trains containing fuel, ammunition, medical, and maintenance assets
  move with their supported battalion or company team. These stocks remain loaded on tactical vehicles in the
  combat trains in order to instantly move when necessary.
  5-313. The commander ensures that attacking maneuver forces have the functional and multifunctional
  support and sustainment assets necessary to conduct the operation and maintain the attack’s momentum as
  part of the preparation process. That support and sustainment effort must anticipate branches and sequels to
  ensure the uninterrupted advance of the maneuver force.
  SUSTAINMENT SUPPORT DURING AN ATTACK
  5-314. Attacking forces place large demands on maneuver brigade and EAB sustainment. Sustainment units
  are placed as far forward as prudence allows. From these forward locations, sustainment units can sustain the
  attacking force and provide priority of support to the main effort.
  5-315. Sustainment planners must understand how a corps and division will conduct an attack. Operations
  will utilize capabilities ranging from long-range precision fires systems to attack helicopters and will employ
  the majority of combat power. Maintenance requirements and equipment readiness should be addressed prior
  to beginning an attack. Sustainment planners should anticipate placing fuel, ammunition, and repair parts as
  far forward as possible to support forces in an attack. As the attacking force advances, sustainment units and
  capabilities displace forward as required to shorten supply lines, using displacement techniques designed to
  ensure uninterrupted support to maneuver units. The size of the force a command devotes to the echelon
  support area security mission depends on the threat in the attacking force’s support area.
  EXPLOITATION
  5-316. Exploitation is a type of offensive operation following a successful attack to disorganize the enemy
  in depth (ADP 3-90). Exploitation is the bold continuation of an attack to maximize success. Exploitation is
  an inherently dynamic task that requires a decentralized approach to execution. Sustainment commanders
  must understand the appropriate application of the mission command philosophy prior to execution and
  support of exploitation. Exploitation forces drive swiftly for deep objectives, seizing enemy command posts,
  severing enemy escape routes, and striking at enemy reserves, artillery, and logistics units to prevent the
  enemy from reorganizing an effective defense.
  PREPARATION FOR EXPLOITATION
  5-317. The forces conducting an attack are also the forces that initially exploit that attack’s success. An
  exploitation force proceeds directly from the attack and is normally planned as a sequel to an attack.
  Exploitation forces should be large and reasonably self-sufficient combined arms organizations, such as
  maneuver brigades. Exploitation forces receive support from joint fires, Army aviation, and echelons above
  corps electromagnetic warfare and offensive cyberspace operations assets when striking at deep objectives
  to prevent the enemy from reorganizing an effective defense.
  5-318. The units that create an opportunity to exploit should not be expected to continue the exploitation to
  an extended depth. If the initial attacking units incur significant loss of combat power, then the commander
  replaces them with other subordinate units to continue the exploitation. During exploitation preparation and
  execution, the commander balances the force conducting the exploitation’s need for speed and momentum
  against its need for security as it begins to move beyond supporting range of the rest of the force. The
  commander must be careful not to allow a force conducting exploitation to move outside of supporting
  distance of the main body.
  5-319. An exploitation demands a force with a significant mobility advantage over the enemy. This mobility
  advantage may be provided by forces with tracked or wheeled armored combat vehicles. Attack helicopters
  and air assault assets may constitute a portion of the exploiting force’s combat power. These forces are