This manual provides information on the structure and operations of the DISCOM in the light infantry, airborne, and air assault divisions. Information specific to the DISCOMs in the airborne and air assault divisions are provided in Appendixes G and H. The division staff, the commander and staff of the DISCOM, and the commanders of the DISCOM's subordinate units are the intended audience. Logistics and health service support depend on the structure of the divisions, how commanders employ it, how it deploys, and what mission it performs. In its original concept of employment, the divisions deployed as an entity. Accordingly, the divisions logistics and HSS structure consisted of functional battalions, FASCOs, and decentralized materiel management elements.
DesignationFM 63-2-1
EditionSep 1994
StatusSuperseded
Pages200
FunctionSustainment
EchelonDivision
CollectionRecent Archive
Public domain (U.S. Government work)