Joint logistical doctrine requires that each Service provide for the support of their respective forces. How the Services would provide that support to deployed Special Operations Forces (SOF) has been a major concern of SOF planners and commanders for the past several years. OPERATION DESERT SHIELD/STORM required SOF to deploy to and conduct special operations in a theater in which there was no existing US support infrastructure at the start of the conflict. As such, it affords us the opportunity to analyze SOF support doctrine during a seemingly worse case scenario. Targeted primarily for those in the special operations community, this research project is of benefit to anyone involved in theater sustainment planning and operations. Having served as the Director for Logistics, J-4 of Special Operations Command Central, the author provides personal insight to several of the key logistics issues confronting SOF planners.
Logistical Support of Special Operations Forces during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm
1992
48 pages
Report
No indication
English
Military Operations, Strategy, & Tactics , Logistics Military Facilities & Supplies , Special forces , Military doctrine , Benefits , Communities , Conflict , Doctrine , Logistics , Operation , Planning , Scenarios , Special operations forces , Logistics support , SOF(Special Operations Forces) , Joint logistical doctrine
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