Combat Service Support (CSS) is a subset of military logistics that ensures that soldiers have the required equipment and supplies to carry out their tasks.
What is Combat Service Support?
What is the UK National Codification Bureau (UKNCB)?
The UK National Codification Bureau (UKNCB) logs every item used by the three Services. Codification creates a detailed catalogue of everything our Armed Forces use on a daily basis – not just weapons systems and hardware, but spares, clothing, medical items, food and anything else the Services need to operate effectively. Technical descriptions of every item are stored on a… Read More
The Line of Supply is…
“The line of supply may be said to be as vital to the existence of an army as the heart to the life of a human being. Just as the duelist who finds his adversary’s point menacing him with certain death, and his own guard astray, is compelled to conform to his adversary’s movements, and… Read More
For Want of A…
“For want of a nail, the shoe was lost; For want of a shoe, the horse was lost; For want of a horse, the rider was lost; For want of a rider, the battle was lost.” Benjamin Franklin (1706 to 1790) Benjamin Franklin, also known as Ben Franklin and by the pseudonym Richard Saunders, was… Read More
Number of Students on the RLC Movement Controller Courses, 2007-2015
Tables 1 and 2 outline the number of students on the Royal Logistics Corps (RLC) movement controller class 1 and class 2 courses for the period 2007 to 2015. Table 1: RLC movement controller class 1 Training Year Number of Attendees Number Passed 2007/2008 25 20 2008/2009 15 15 2009/2010 15 15 2010/2011 15 15… Read More
Potatoes & Staff Officers…
“Without a staff, an army could not peel a potato.” Lieutenant General Hunter Liggett (21 March 1857 to 30 December 1935) A US Army General with 42 years of service spanning the period from the Indian campaigns to World War I.
Reputations: Now versus the Future…
“You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.” Henry Ford (1863 to 1947), an American industrialist, founder of the Ford Motor Company and the sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production (which had a subsequent impact on the mass production of military hardware).
Boot Camp & Military Fitness Institute 