text: Quartermaster Operations
  A-10. Field services enhance unit effectiveness and mission success by providing an adequate quality of life
  for Soldiers in the field. The type and level of field services support provided differs depending upon a
  supported commander’s requirements and the existing infrastructure in a theater of operations or JOA.
  A-11. Field services also enhance unit effectiveness and mission success by providing for Soldier basic needs.
  Quartermaster Soldiers provide these services through a variety of organizations that provide field service
  support at the tactical, operational, and theater strategic levels, enabled by support from national and theater
  strategic partners. See ATP 4-42 for additional information.
  AERIAL DELIVERY
  A-12. Aerial delivery operations are performed through three methods: airdrop, airland, and sling load.
  Airdrop is the unloading of personnel or materiel from aircraft in flight (JP 3-36). Airdrop and airland
  operations may require a joint effort between the Army and United States Air Force, other Services, or
  contracted air. The Army can perform sling load operations internally with rotary-wing aircraft or other Army
  or contracted assets. Aerial delivery is a vital link in the battlefield distribution system. Aerial logistics is a
  viable mode of distribution to support the fight in a flexible, fluid, and ever-changing and contested
  environment. The goal is to enable freedom of action by reducing dependence on surface logistical support.
  For information on aerial delivery, see ATP 4-48.
  ARMY FIELD FEEDING
  A-13. The Army Food Program and the Army Field Feeding System affords commanders with flexible Class
  I support and field feeding systems that can be tailored to tactical situations and unit missions in both training
  and operational environments. Tactical field feeding is conducted during operations and provides immediate
  access to food, providing nutrition and optimal human performance for the warfighter. Tactical organizations
  involved in operations during armed conflict require agile field feeding support with the appropriate ration
  mix to extend operational reach and prolong endurance. The goals of Army field feeding are met through the
  successful deployment of field feeding equipment and use of the right operational ration to provide nutritional
  food to the Soldier through the synchronized efforts of HQDA G-4, USAMC, Army Commands, United
  States Army Training and Doctrine Command, strategic partners, and the organic industrial base. For more
  information on food service operations, equipment, and operational rations, see AR 30-22, DA Pam 30-22,
  and ATP 4-41.
  SHOWER AND LAUNDRY
  A-14. Shower and laundry services must be provided in a timely, efficient basis in accordance with the
  supported unit’s needs. Shower and laundry support is provided from the operational level with projection as
  far forward as the corps support area and the division as conditions permit. The goal is to provide Soldiers
  with two showers weekly, as well as provide up to 15 pounds of laundered clothing each week. Soldiers
  receive their clothing back from the tactical laundry within a 24-hour period. For more information on shower
  and laundry services, see ATP 4-42.
  MORTUARY AFFAIRS
  A-15. The DOD Mortuary Affairs Program provides for the care, management, and disposition of deceased
  Service members, DOD civilians, and covered contractor personnel and the handling of their personal effects.
  It covers fatality management and the return of human remains. The three phases of MA are current death
  (peacetime), concurrent return (theater-level operations during conflict), and temporary interment (formerly
  graves registration). Army mortuary affairs capabilities provide theater-level mortuary affairs operations for
  all Services. See DODD 1300.22, JP 4-0, and ATP 4-46 for additional information on Army mortuary affairs.
  LIQUID LOGISTICS
  WATER SUPPORT OPERATIONS
  A-16. Water support operations consist of treatment, storage, distribution, and issue of potable and non-
  potable water in a theater of operations. They are conducted at the tactical, operational, and strategic levels.
  Water purification, quality surveillance, storage, and distribution of both potable and non-potable water are
  critical liquid logistics functions. Potable water is required for the following activities: drinking, ice making,