text: Sustainment Operations During Armed Conflict
  • Plan for support of Army aviation operations at all echelons. This includes planning for fuel,
  maintenance, munitions, and placement of FARPs.
  • Coordinate with the rear and support area terrain managers to deconflict airspace for aerial delivery,
  Air Force airland delivery, and aeromedical evacuation requirements.
  • Prioritize the use of transportation assets needed to support movement and maneuver requirements
  against transportation assets needed for sustainment requirements.
  INTELLIGENCE PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS
  5-261. The planning considerations for intelligence are listed below:
  • Intelligence is critical for planning sustainment operations in support of the offense. It starts with an
  understanding of the overarching operational and mission variables but then extends to intelligence
  preparation of the OE products, detailed intelligence estimates, and other intelligence products that
  describe enemy capabilities and courses of action. From these products, planners can estimate
  friendly casualty rates and munition expenditure rates, plan protection operations, and have a better
  understanding of where and when sustainment capabilities are needed. See ADP 2-0 and FM 2-0
  for more information on the intelligence warfighting function.
  • Like the other warfighting functions, there are some unique aspects of sustainment support to
  offensive operations that are critical to the intelligence warfighting function. Low-density
  intelligence and electromagnetic warfare maintenance is especially critical to the intelligence
  architecture and intelligence operations.
  FIRES PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS
  5-262. The planning considerations for fires are listed below:
  • Forecast increased consumption of long-range and precision munitions for maneuver units. The TSC
  must coordinate with the ASCC G-4/CCMD J-4 and strategic providers to ensure increased amounts
  of munitions are being distributed to the theater supporting offensive operations.
  • Anticipate frequent and rapid relocation of fires units in order to shift supporting units accordingly.
  • Ensure the quantity and positioning of modular ammunition units at EAB are sufficient to support
  fires controlled supply rate and required supply rate requirements.
  • Ensure that ammunition transportation assets are adequate and properly positioned to support
  ammunition distribution for fires operations.
  PROTECTION PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS
  5-263. To fully understand and inform the scheme of protection developed in the protection cell, planning
  considerations should include at a minimum:
  • Plan for CBRN. This includes increased requirements for non-potable water and CBRN defense
  equipment. Planning must include detailed procedures for processing contaminated human remains
  and equipment decontamination.
  • Expect direct enemy attack by small unit and/or special operations ground forces, attack aircraft,
  and long-range artillery. Commanders must ensure that sustainment units supporting offensive
  operations are adequate to defeat enemy small unit operations (Level I or Level II threats).
  Dispersion mitigates effects of long-range fires and attack aircraft. See ADP 3-37 for more
  information.
  • Plan for adequate convoy security for convoys supporting offensive operations. This may be from
  internal sources or from coordinated external sources.
  • Anticipate the hasty construction of detainee collection points and holding areas at sustainment
  nodes. Maximize the use of all types of empty transportation returning to the rear for detainee
  movement.
  ADDITIONAL PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS
  5-264. Sustainment forces must anticipate longer LOCs, potentially degraded communications, bypassed
  enemy forces, and movement restrictions during offensive operations. These factors should be considered in
  all distribution management and movement control plans. This may require sustainment commanders to
  weight the main offensive effort by prepositioning personnel replacements, Class III, V, VIII, and IX stocks,