Problems behind, army logistics chief touts 'powerful' new capabilities

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Lieutenant General Claude Christianson, Army deputy chief of staff believes that during the opening of Operation Iraqi Freedom, U.S. military forces advanced so quickly that supply orders could not reach the rear. He states that a new satellite communications system, called Combat Service Support Very Small Aperture Terminal (CSS VSAT) is being fielded in Iraq and is working well.

Executive changes & profiles, Iraq, Officials and employees, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Logistics, Military logistics, Christianson, Claude

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Army recasting cav unit as 'infantry-based' brigade

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The Army announced that it would transform the second Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR) into an infantry-based Stryker brigade after the unit returns from Iraq. The 2nd ACR will be the fourth Stryker-equipped unit, slated to become operational in late 2006 and will offer twice the number of infantry soldiers that the cavalry-con-figured unit would have offered.

Organizational history, Company restructuring/company reorganization, Reorganization and restructuring, Company organization, Force structure (Military science)

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