ATP 4-93 — Theater Sustainment Operations

ATP 4-93 governs theater-echelon sustainment doctrine and operations supporting multidomain operations, theater opening, and distribution.

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  • Publication number: ATP 4-93
  • Title: THEATER SUSTAINMENT OPERATIONS
  • Date: 05/01/2023
  • Proponent: T2COM
  • Status: ACTIVE

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ATP 4-93 covers theater Army and sustainment command roles, organizations, capabilities, and functions. It addresses theater opening, distribution, transportation, supply, maintenance, human resources, financial management, command and control, and planning.

Applies to: ATP 4-93 applies to the Active Army, Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and United States Army Reserve unless otherwise noted.

Topics covered

  • Theater Army
  • Theater sustainment command
  • Theater opening operations
  • Theater distribution management
  • Operational contract support
  • Theater personnel operations center
  • Command and control

Questions and answers

What is the G-1/AG responsible for in the theater?

The G-1/AG is responsible for managing the personnel readiness of the command. (paragraph 1-8)

What does the theater Army human resources operations center do?

The HROC plans, coordinates, integrates, and synchronizes theater-level casualty reporting, manages the hierarchy of the deployed database, assists with replacement planning and prioritization and strength management, and provides additional planning capacity and oversight. (paragraph 1-9)

What is the TSC's role in theater distribution?

The TSC is the distribution manager for the intratheater segment. (paragraph 4-10)

What functions does operational contract support include?

OCS includes the ability to plan, orchestrate, and synchronize the provision of contract support integration, contracting support, and contractor management. (paragraph 3-34)

What does the theater personnel operations center support?

The TPOC fully integrates with the TSC to sustain large-scale combat operations through theater opening, theater distribution, and theater sustainment support to forces in the AOR by aligning it with the SPO with the DMC to synchronize HR support with the sustainment enterprise. (paragraph 4-161)

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