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Box ID = BX005102

Folder Title = 22ND SUP COM AAR THE FINAL CHAPTER XII                                                          

Unit = 22D SUPCOM  

Parent Org = ARCENT      




              After Action Review
              Executive Sli'minary
              ahead of schedule with a@rflow and ship departures moving
              smoothly. Instead of a 60-day turn-around as experienced by
              several shipping lines between ports such as Athens, Greece
              and Cairo, we were running a 28-day turn around from Saudi
              Arabia to the United States.

              S. in addition, the command identified a number of issues
              that must be resolved for the future. We were fortunate in
              this war to have an enemy who allowed us time to overcome
              these deficiencies. These five areas listed below are
              critical to the success of future deployments:

                 a. Materiel Handling Equipment (MHE) - Materiel handling
              equipment such as forklifts, cranes, and container handlers
              are traditionally overlooked or stricken out of budgets. We
              do not have sufficient MHE to efficiently handle the materiel
              which must be moved to support a modern Army. Increased
              numbers of MHE, particularly forklifts, should be organized
              into forklift companies to facilitate command and control
              over these critical assets.

                 b. Heavy Equipment Transport (HET) - We have found this
              to be a combat multiplier. These HETS allowed us to quickly
              move heavy equipment in theater. This was especially true in
              Saudi Arabia, where we could not afford to have tanks tear up
              the country's skeletal network of roads. We believe a ratio
              of one HET for every 3 armored vehicles will allow the
              maneuver commander the flexibility he needs in positioning
              his forces for battle.

                 c. Combat Service   Support (CSS) Mobility - CSS units
              must be as mobile as the units they support. Because of the
              limited off-road capability of the current CSS fleet
              (consisting of M915 and M52 series trucks and military
              adapted commercial vehicles), these units were unable to keep
              pace with their customers. We must modernize the vehicle
              fleet with M900 series trucks, HMMWVs and HEMTTS. We must
              also put aircraft rapid refuel capability back in combat
              service support units to provide combat units with an organic
              sustairment capability.

                 d. Theater Army Support Command (TASCOM) - The concept
              of a Theater Army Support Command (TAACOM) was validated by
              the evolution of the 22nd Support Command into what was a
              TASCOM identity. Transportation Command, Engineer Command,
              Personnel Command, Military Police Command, Theater Army
              Materiel Management Command, Theater Army Movement Control
              Agency and Area Support Groups under one command will allow
              the centralized planning, management, and execution of
              theater support.
                 e. Forward Area Support Coordinator (FASCO) -This is a
              concept that should be brought back into Army doctrine. The

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