Logistics Support Concepts

(c) CSS planning is based on the unit's mission troop population,

and materiel supported (e.g., equipment by type and density and other special

considerations).

(2) Logistics Support Concepts.

(a) The primary purpose of logistics support is to keep weapon

systems operating. This includes providing all classes of supply (including replacement

of components, end items, and expandable); maintaining equipment; transporting

supplies and personnel; and providing services such as clothing exchange, bath, and

mortuary affairs. Logistics is a command responsibility.

(b) The classification of supplies into ten classes provides

meaningful major categories so those items can be readily identified. This establishes a

common supply terminology and provides an improved management tool for logistics

planning and operations. Coordination must be made for all the classes of supply listed

below.

1 Class I: Subsistence, including gratuitous health and

welfare items.

2 Class II: Clothing, individual equipment, tentage, tool

sets and tool kits, hand tools, and administrative and housekeeping supplies and

equipment.

3 Class III: Petroleum, oils, lubricants, preservatives,

liquid and compressed gases, chemical products, coolants, and deicing and antifreeze

compounds.

4 Class IV: Construction materials to include installed

equipment and all fortification/barrier materials.

5 Class V: Ammunition of all types, bombs, explosives,

mines, fuses, detonators, pyrotechnics, missiles, rockets, propellants, and other associated

items.

6 Class VI: Personal demand items.

7 Class VII: Major end items such as launchers, tanks,

mobile machine shops, and vehicles.

8 Class VIII: Medical material, including medical-peculiar

repair parts.

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