What are the 8 Principles of Sustainment? - Answers Integration
Anticipation
Responsiveness
Simplicity
Economy
Survivability
Continuity
Improvisation
Integration - Answers Integration is joining all of the elements of sustainment to operations assuring
unity of purpose and effort. (BSA, DSA, etc.)
Anticipation - Answers The ability to foresee events and requirements and initiate necessary actions that
most appropriately satisfy a response. (Synch Matrix)
Responsiveness - Answers The ability to meet changing requirements on short notice and to rapidly
sustain efforts to meet changing circumstances over time. (pre-packaged items)
Simplicity - Answers Strives to minimize the complexity of sustainment. Simplicity relates to processes
and procedures. (established LRPs with a known technique)
Economy - Answers Means providing sustainment resources in an efficient manner to enable a
commander to employ all assets to generate the greatest effect possible. (LOGPACs)
Survivability - Answers The ability to protect personnel, information, infrastructure, and assets from
destruction or degradation. (using terrain features for protection)
Continuity - Answers The uninterrupted provision of sustainment across all levels of war. (utilizing the
FLE)
Improvisation - Answers The ability to adapt sustainment operations to unexpected situations or
circumstances affecting a mission.
What are the elements of sustainment? - Answers Logistics
Personnel Services
Health Service Support
Logistics - Answers The planning and executing the movement and support of forces