Introduction--Transportation Functions and Levels of War, Continued
1A-2.
Figure 1-5. Tactical Transportation
Three major factors influence structuring a transportation system to support a
Major
military operation. Those factors are:
influences of
The levels of war.
military
The range of military operations.
operations
The political nature of the United States involvement.
We have already discussed the transportation system's impacts on the
NOTE:
levels of war. The latter two will now be discussed.
The Army is required to function through the three states of the range of military
Range of
operations, from peacetime through conflict to War. For a better conceptual
military
understanding, Figure 1-6 portrays the range of military operations in a strategic
operations
environment.
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