FM 63-20 Cavalry squadron. All these units will require CSS on a battlefield unlike any encountered in the Forward support battalion. past. The AirLand Battlefield will be characterized by fluid, nonlinear operations and Air liaison officer. enormous demands for resources. SUSTAINMENT PRINCIPLES Sustainment of the brigade in such an environment is the challenge facing CSS planners and operators. The brigade must be armed, fueled, fixed, and moved and its soldiers sustained to allow the brigade commander to take advantage of opportunities to achieve tactical advantage. This requires the FSB commander and staff as well as CSS planners and operators at division and DISCOM level and within the brigade units to incorporate the sustainment imperatives in every action taken. The sustainment imperatives are anticipation, integration, continuity, responsiveness, and improvisation.
DesignationFM 63-20
EditionFeb 1990
StatusSuperseded
Pages192
FunctionSustainment
EchelonBattalion
CollectionRecent Archive