The effect of the land forces defensive operations types on organization of nutrition of the Serbian and US Armed Forces Members

Abstract

The state war potential depends largely on the capacity to adequately use economic, commercial, industrial resources and reserves. Directing the mentioned resources to the right place, in the right amount and at the right time, is the essence of efficient logistic support to all types of operations. The complexity of providing logistic support has grown in parallel with the complexity of operations, as well as the unpredictability of the conditions in which they are performed. The impact of technical and technological development, modernization of arms and military equipment and great dynamics of changes in the external environment have created the need for rapid use of the armed forces and imposed the problem of providing conditions for timely and uninterrupted supply of units with material resources and their sustainability. Levels and types of operations of the armed forces affect the creation of prerequisite for providing logistic support, and thus nutrition of the personnel engaged in their performance. Nutrition should be in compliance with combat conditions. Therefore, some types of operations impose smaller or greater complexity and dynamics in performing tasks of logistic functions of general logistics and supply.

Keywords

• land forces defensive operation
• logistic support
• food
• nutrition