Supply and Services Battalion. Provides supplies and field services on a DS basis to nondivisional units
passing through or located in the corps area.
Supply and Services (S&S) Company DS. Provides direct support petroleum supply to nondivisional
units located in or passing through the corps area. Receives fuel from the Petroleum Supply Company.
The capabilities and/or responsibilities of the organization are:
Storage capacity of 120,000 gallons in two Fuel System Supply Points (FSSPs).
Assigned nine 5,000-gallon tankers.
Can line haul 81,900 gallons of fuel each day. This is based on an assumption of 75 percent vehicle
availability and two round trips completed each day.
Operate mobile filling stations when required.
Divisional Area. The Division Support Command (DISCOM), located in the divisional area, provides
division-level combat service support (except COMSEC logistics, construction, financial services, legal
services, and public affairs) to all organic and attached elements of the division. Subordinate elements of the
DISCOM are the Main Support Battalion (MSB) and three Forward Support Battalions (FSBs).
MSB. Provides division-level combat service support to all organic and attached elements of the
division. The MSB provides direct support to units located in the Division Support Area (DSA) and
backup to the FSB.
Supply and Services (S&S) Company DS. Provides division-level supply and services to all organic and
attached elements of the division. The S&S Company provides direct support to units located in the DSA
and backup to the FSB's Supply Company. Receives fuel from Petroleum Supply Company. The
capabilities and/or responsibilities of this organization are:
Storage capacity of 304,000 gallons in two Fuel System Supply Points (FSSPs), two Forward Area
Refueling Equipment (FARE) systems, thirty-four 5,000-gallon tanker trucks, and two tank and pump
units (TPUs).
Can line haul 258,600 gallons of fuel each day. This is based on an assumption of 75 percent
vehicle availability and two round-trips completed each day.
Can local haul 517,200 gallons of fuel each day. This is based on an assumption of 75 percent
vehicle availability and four round-trips completed each day.
By doctrine, can handle only ground fuel (MOGAS and diesel).
Forward Support Battalion (FSB). Provides brigade-level combat service support to all organic and
attached elements of the brigade.
Supply Company. Provides brigade-level petroleum to all organic and attached elements of the brigade.
Receives fuel from the Petroleum Supply Company and backup from the MSB AMS Company. The
capabilities and/or responsibilities of this organization are:
Storage capacity of 53,600 gallons in ten 5,000-gallon tanker trucks and two tank and pump units.
Can line haul 78,600 gallons of fuel each day. This is based on an assumption of 75 percent vehicle
availability and two round-trips completed each day.
Can local haul 157,200 gallons of fuel each day. This is based on an assumption of 75 percent
vehicle availability and four round-trips completed each day.
By doctrine, handles only ground fuels (MOGAS and diesel) and single fuels on the battlefield
(JP8/MOGAS).
Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB). Provides DS petroleum to the units organic to the CAB. The CAB
receives fuel directly from the COSCOM by means of either hoselines or tanker trucks from the
Petroleum Supply Battalion. Capabilities - The CAB provides petroleum to its subordinate units using
either the air transportable 500-gallon collapsible drums, heavy expanded mobility tactical trucks
(HEMTTs) or the tank and pump units. The CAB will normally form forward area refueling points in the
division forward area to minimize the time required to replenish the aviation logistics necessary to
continue combat operations.
Light Division, Division Support Command (DISCOM). In the light divisions, the DISCOM fulfills its
petroleum DS mission through its organic Supply and Transportation (S&T) Battalion. The S&T Battalion
establishes refuel points in the DSA and forwards in the BSA to provide fuel on an area basis. It will use
the organic truck company to refuel the refueling points via the 5,000-gallon tankers organic to the
company.
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