combat service support

The essential capabilities, functions, activities, and tasks necessary to sustain all elements of operating forces in theater at all levels of war. Within the national and theater logistic systems, it includes but is not limited to that support rendered by service forces in ensuring the aspects of supply, maintenance, transportation, health services, and other services required by aviation and ground combat troops to permit those units to accomplish their missions in combat. Combat service support encompasses those activities at all levels of war that produce sustainment to all operating forces on the battlefield. Also called CSS. See also combat support.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

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The Squadron receives its Combat Service (CS) and Combat Service Support (CSS) enablers from numerous commands that will deploy with the squadron.

Life as a SEAL Team N4

* CG Sustain, led by a New Zealand Army colonel and coordinated by the SOI Combat Service Support.

ABCA: a coalition that works

While we will not fully discuss the details on the significant changes we are seeing within the Heavy and Infantry BCTs in this note, it is important to highlight some of the organic combat, combat support, and combat service support capabilities.

The modular force

Within the GSB, a group service support company (GSSC) and a battalion headquarters have been established with augmentation from other Army Special Operations combat service support elements.

Transformation of logistics support of special forces: the Army Special Operations Forces' new group support battalion provides long-term sustainment at the tactical and operational levels of war

The 180th Transportation Company and 182d Transportation Company, both part of the 310th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, each received 60 new M915A5 line-haul tractor trucks during a first-unit-equipped ceremony hosted by the Program Executive Office for Combat Support and Combat Service Support on 29 September at the U.S.

Army Reserve units receive first new line-haul tractor trucks

The three-week course provides insight into logistics multifunctional areas and their integration into the overall DoD logistics systems in three phases: logistics concepts and doctrine, combat service support, and future logistics issues.

The path to becoming a "lethal logistician"

Caption: Robert Ashe (second from left) of the Product Manager, Defense Wide Transmission Systems--part of the Program Executive Office, Enterprise Information Systems' Project Manager, Defense Communications and Army Transmission Systems--trains personnel from the Communications Electronics Life Cycle Management Command Logistics Readiness Center and Tobyhanna Army Depot in how to set up and use Combat Service Support Very Small Aperture Terminals on Sept.

Connecting LRC and TYAD

For example, operators and supervisors must be trained on new data transfer and unit identification code (UIC) architectures, operation and setup of Very Small Aperture Terminals (VSATs), and Combat Service Support Automated Information Systems Interface (CAISI) connectivity.

PMCS: key to readiness during deployment: high operating tempo and low manning levels make preventive maintenance checks and services an ongoing challenge during deployment. To ensure equipment readiness, commanders must enforce unit standing operating procedures and be vigilant of developing trends

Rumsfeld announced today that Combat Service Support Battalion 10, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center is the 2004 winner of the Phoenix Trophy, DoD's highest award for field-level maintenance of weapon systems and equipment.

Department of Defense news release (Oct. 28, 2004): 2004 Phoenix award winner announced

The heavy team support component is usually a slice element that has no normal combat service support players, such as the battalion S-4 and a fully functioning field trains command post.

Logistics slant: heavy team logistics reporting at JRTC