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. Combat service support includes, but is not limited to, supply, maintenance, transportation, and health services.

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(DOD) 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.

In the United States Army, the term combat service support is defined as 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.

Within the U.S. Army, the traditional combat service support branches are the following:

• Quartermaster Corps
• Ordnance Corps
• Transportation Corps
• Adjutant General's Corps
• Finance Corps
• Chaplain's Corps
• Judge Advocate General's Corps
• Medical Corps

Combat service support is a subset of military logistics. Combat service support is more limited than logistics in depth as it primarily addresses those factors directly influencing combat operations.

See also

• Combat arms
• Combat support

Bibliography

• U.S. Army Field Manual 4-0

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