effective sustainment to current
and planned operations.
Each partner within the global team brings a unique specialty,
pooling organizational capabilities, management control mechanisms, and contracts ranging from
the U.S. industrial base to foreign
partners.
The benefits of having a complex
web of agencies involved in the
R4D OEF operation are many. The
most noteworthy are the shared
financial burden, the efficiencies
gained in economies of scale, the
synergies attained in mutual support, and the shared expertise to
manage ongoing process improvements in a difficult operational
environment.
Overcoming Challenges
The challenges are not overwhelming for such an adaptive,
conglomerated system held together not by command but through
unified action that capitalizes on
instant communications and shared
understanding.
The regulated velocity (speed
and direction) of materiel from
which R4D is derived is from the
ISAF commander’s priorities and
his declared end state.
The USFOR–A J–4 fusion cell
links the JLEnt to NATO, which
connects to a support network
and establishes a total systems approach to sustainment. The materiel reduction is a massive undertaking, but the JLEnt can provide
clarity through shared metrics that
represent system performance.
The R4D mission being accomplished through the unified action
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