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Enlisted Fleet Marine Force
130 CSSE Combat Service Support (CSS) Fundamentals
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01/10/2007

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Term
Logistics
Definition
The science of planning and carring out the movement and maintenance of forces.
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Combat Service Support
Definition
The essential capabilities, functions, activities, and tasks necessary to sustain all elements of operating forces in theater at all levels of war.
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3 levels of logistic support
Definition
Strategic, Operational, and tactical
Term
strategic
Definition
the level of war at which a nation, often as a member of a group of nations, determines national or multinational security objectives and guidance, and develops and uses national resources to accomplish thoes objectives.
Term
Operational
Definition
The level of war at which campaigns and major operations are planned, conducted, and sustained to accomplish strategic objectives withing theaters or areas of operations.
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Tactical
Definition
the level of war at which battles and engagements are planned and executed to accomplish militar objectives assigned to tactical units or task forces.
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6 functional areas of tactical logistics
Definition
1. Supply
2. Maintenance
3. Transportation
4. General Engineering
5. Health Services
6. Services
Term
Supply
Definition
cyclic process of acquiring and issuing material to supported units. may be consumable or durable.
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Maintenance
Definition
Actions taken to keep materiel in serviceable condition and actions required to return material to serviceable condition.
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Transportation
Definition
Moving from one location to another using railways, highways, waterways, pipelines, oceans and airways.
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General Engeenering
Definition
Considered a CSS function while combat engeenering is considered a combat support function.
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Health Services
Definition
Health Services Support seeks to minimize the effect that wounds, injuries and disease have on unit effectiveness, readiness, and morale.
Term
Services
Definition
Provides for the effective administration, management, and employment of military organizations.
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Combat Service Support Element
Definition
Marine air-ground task force (MAGTF) element is task-organized to provide the full range of combat service support necessary to accomplish the MAGTF mission.
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7 principles of logistics support
Definition
1. Responsiveness - right support in the right place ant the right time.
2. Simplicity - efficiency in both the planning and execution of logistics opperations.
3. Flexability - ability to adapt
4. Economy - providing sufficient support at the least cost
5. Attainability - provide the minimum required to begin combat operations.
6. Survivability - capacity of the organization to protet it's forces and resources.
7.
Term
War Reserve Material (WRM)
Definition
Mission-essential principal end items required to attain operational objectives. Inventories acquired at peace time.
Term
Limited technical Inspection (LTI)
Definition
scope and objective
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Table of Authotized Material (TAM)
Definition
A source document of informations for logistics planning. Three supply-types of material, subsistence, and petroleum, oils, and lubricants.
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Table of Equipment (T/E)
Definition
The equipment required to possess and maintain in order to accomplish it's mission.
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Table of Organization (T/O)
Definition
a document which provides the authority for personnel staffing of a unit and the basis for all other resources.
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MEU will sustain for...
Definition
...15 days.
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MEF Foreward (brigade) will sustain for...
Definition
... 30 days.
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MEF will sustain for...
Definition
...60 days.
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The Martime Prepositioning Force (MPF) concept
Definition
Each martime prepositioning ships squadron (MPSRON) is designed to sustain one MEF (Fwd)-Sized unit for 30 days in most classes of supply.
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