The close of the cold war dramatically changed the national security environment confronting the United States. The end of the bi-polar confrontation between the communist bloc and the West has created the impression that conventional warfighting tasks and capabilities are less relevant to national security needs. In place of conventional military operations here has been a corresponding increase in the employment of US. military forces in less traditional roles. In many ways "Operations Other than War" have become the predominant form of U.S. military employment. The national military strategy identifies peace enforcement as an important tool for accomplishing the United States' goal of promoting stability and thwarting aggression. Peace enforcement operations have become the means for applying military force in support of diplomatic efforts. This paper examines the role of the Army Service Component Command (ASCC) in providing operational and strategic sustainment support for Army forces conducting peace enforcement operations. Specifically, it seeks to identify the factors and issues the geographic Commanders-in-Chief {CINCs) should consider when addressing the role and composition of an ASCC as part of his organization of the theater of operations. The study reviews those conditions that define peace enforcement sustainment requirements and examines Joint and Army logistical doctrine to identify the options available to a CINC for organizing the theater sustainment campaign and the ASCC. Recent U.S. peace enforcement operations in Somalia and in Bosnia serve to illustrate ASCC operations in peace enforcement and help to assess the effectiveness of the organizational and support techniques employed there. Supported by the review of doctrine and the assessment of important recent operations this study concluded that the manner in which a CINC addresses theater sustainment operations is of vital importance for Army forces committed to peace enforcement operations. Peace enforcement operations should be addressed as campaigns requiring a formal organization of the theater sustainment effort. The ASCC organized to support operations should be built around existing organizations and possesses the capability to provide or coordinate strategic and operational logistical functions.

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