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DOCUAIU? RESUME
05057 - [B0525428] (Restricted/Confidemtial)
Can the Army Provide Logistic Support for Its troops in a
Conventional Defense of Free Burope? (Unclassified Digest of a
Classified Reportt. LCD-77-208. February 16, 1978.
Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staatse Comptroller General.
Issue Area: Military Preparedness Plans: Transportation in
Emergency Situations (804).
Contact: Logistics and Communications Div.
Budqet Function: National Defense: Department of Defense -
ilitary (ejept procurement 6 contracts) (051).
Organization Concerned: Department of the Air force; Department
of the Army; Department of Defense.
conqressional Relevance: Congress; House Committee on Armed
Services; Senate Comaittee on Armed Services.
Since the U.S. Forces' relocation from France in 1967,
the army has been trylrnq to develop a stable wartife supply line
to support its troops in Central Europe. Despite concerted
effcrts. there is no reasonable Assurance that adequate resupply
stocks arriwing from tae United States could ke delivered to
U.S. combat troops in a cri.sis. Findings/Conclusions: Plans for
shipping material from European ports do not tie in well with
U.S. troops and capabilities in Germany; plans are unclear about
how shipments will be handled and where they will be forwarded.
There are conflicting estimates of the sizi of the resupply
workload to be handled through the wartime supFly line, and
reasonabl- assurance is lacking that supply routes will be
secure enough to prevent unacceptable disruption. There Is also
insufficient assuracce that host nation support required by
allies will not coflict with U.S. requirements. ithin the US,
sector of Germany, shorteqeG of transport and handling
capability for distributing war reserve stocks exist at all
levels. Assurance is lacking that adequate quastities of war
reserves could be distributed and that expected support frm
host nation civilians would be available. Reccaendations: The
SecL*.tary of Defense should: provide for updating, coordinating,
and interfacing all plans affecting the wartime logistics
support of U.S. trcops in Europe; and use every mans availabrle
to iapzess upon NATO the urgent need to determine each Ally's
loqistics requirements and capabilities and plan for
multinational supply lines. THe Secretary of the army should
reassess the plans for moving supplies from European ports to
combat units to increase assurance that adequate material can be
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