123:
organizations existed. The monograph examines existing doctrine for support of multi-corps operations, and also doctrine for Army theater command and control architecture. It then summarizes support operations during the Gulf War
Emerging logistics doctrine is then compared with both previous doctrine and with lessons learned in the Gulf. The monograph concludes that existing doctrine for support at echelons above corps requires revision, that-emerging doctrine is on the right track, and that a key requirement will be for the Army to identify a way to test new doctrine in a realistic manner.
23:. They may be standing organizations with a regional responsibility, or may be established for a particular operational purpose. While EAC most commonly refer to ground combat forces, they may refer to joint commands. They may also be administrative headquarters with responsibility for preparing combat forces.
65:
Even in World War II, while the
Western Allies used these terms, they were not universal. A Soviet army was roughly equivalent to a US or Commonwealth corps, with a front roughly equivalent to an army group. Japanese armies were also equivalent to US or Commonwealth corps, an area army to a western
74:
The US Army divides types of troops into combat arms (infantry, armor, artillery, aviation, special forces), combat support (intelligence, communications, engineer, military police) and combat service support (supply, maintenance, medical, transportation, chaplain, finance and administration).
122:
Army concepts for supporting operations involving multiple corps were called into question by actions taken during
Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Non-doctrinal organizations provided support to U.S. forces deployed on these operations, despite the fact that doctrinally correct
111:
Thomas J. Newman, a
Quartermaster Corps major in 1993, analyzes the roles of combat service support at EAC. It must be remembered that US Army doctrine was in flux as his monograph was being developed, analyzing the lessons learned from
103:. Raven 42, a unit of the 617th Military Police Company of the Kentucky National Guard, was on a convoy escort mission where combat was reasonable to expect, as opposed to the rear area MP units guarding prisons and POWs.
83:
Military police, in the current environment, often are in a combat role. Doctrine is catching up with reality, as in Panama, and most recently in Iraq, with the
19:(EAC), in US and NATO practice, refer to higher headquarters, of purpose-built organization, which involve a greater number of troops than would be in an
192:
162:
84:
116:, but the Army not yet gone to the major restructuring into units of action/brigade combat teams and units of employment.
30:, with increasing power of smaller organizations, it may not be required to have a ground force of the size of:
137:
187:
133:
141:
113:
8:
100:
56:
92:
170:, School of Advanced Military Studies, US Army Command and General Staff College
181:
127:
88:
27:
96:
164:
Combat
Service Support at Echelons Above Corps: The Doctrinal Challenge
50:
46:
36:
20:
144:(MNF-I) is a level of command comparable to a reinforced field army.
59:, composed of all land, sea, and air forces in a geographic area
40:
43:
plus units under the direct control of the army commander
128:
Existence of EAC's between US corps and unified commands
53:
plus units subordinated to the army group commander
95:, where a woman, for the first time, received the
179:
26:While there were a significant number of EAC in
69:
66:field army, and a general army to a theater.
106:
180:
160:
193:Military units and formations by size
154:
13:
14:
204:
78:
132:Still in use in US forces are
1:
147:
99:medal, and qualified for the
87:patrol led by Staff Sergeant
7:
10:
209:
161:Newman, Thomas J. (1993),
136:, roughly equivalent to a
134:Unified Combatant Commands
70:Current US concepts of EAC
49:, composed of two or more
39:, made up of two or more
142:Multinational Force Iraq
125:
114:Operation Desert Storm
107:Combat service support
120:
17:Echelons above corps
101:Combat Action Badge
200:
188:Military science
172:
171:
169:
158:
93:Leigh Ann Hester
208:
207:
203:
202:
201:
199:
198:
197:
178:
177:
176:
175:
167:
159:
155:
150:
130:
109:
81:
72:
12:
11:
5:
206:
196:
195:
190:
174:
173:
152:
151:
149:
146:
129:
126:
108:
105:
80:
79:Combat support
77:
71:
68:
63:
62:
61:
60:
54:
44:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
205:
194:
191:
189:
186:
185:
183:
166:
165:
157:
153:
145:
143:
139:
135:
124:
119:
117:
115:
104:
102:
98:
94:
91:and Sergeant
90:
86:
76:
67:
58:
55:
52:
48:
45:
42:
38:
35:
34:
33:
32:
31:
29:
24:
22:
18:
163:
156:
131:
121:
118:
110:
89:Timothy Nein
82:
73:
64:
51:field armies
28:World War II
25:
16:
15:
97:Silver Star
182:Categories
148:References
47:Army group
37:Field army
21:army corps
85:Raven 42
138:theater
57:Theater
168:(PDF)
41:corps
140:.
184::
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.