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The rucksack war : U.S. Army operational logistics in Grenada, 1983 / by Edgar F. Raines Jr.

by Raines, Edgar F.

Washington, D.C. : Center of Military History, U.S. Army : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.], 2010.

Grenada -- History -- American Invasion, 1983 -- Logistics.

United States -- Armed Forces -- Grenada.

Electronic Resource

http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo3814

Contingency operations series.

CMH pub ; 55-2-1.

xxviii, 649 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cm.

1: Behind The Scenes -- On the island -- Grenadian Armed Forces and Cuban workers -- Eastern Caribbean neighbors -- U S policy shifts -- Chain of command complexities -- Caribbean concept plan -- XVIII Airborne Corps -- Corps logistic system -- Contingency forces -- 82d Airborne Division -- 2: Policy And Initial Planning, 13-24 October 1983 -- Washington and Norfolk, 13-19 October -- Death by revolution, 19-20 October -- Reaction in the United States, 19-20 October -- Washington, Norfolk, and the Caribbean, 21-22 October -- XVIII Airborne Corps and 82d Airborne Division, 19-20 October -- 75-percent decision -- Atlantic command and army planning, 22 October -- Presidential party, afternoon/evening, 22 October -- Concept of operations -- Special operations forces and ranger planning, 21-24 October -- Ranger logistical plans and preparations, 22 October -- Washington and the Caribbean, 23 October -- 3: Final Planning, 22-25 October 1983 -- Mackmull and the Corps weigh in, 23-24 October -- Atlantic command final preparations, 23-24 October -- Division support command, 23-24 October -- Engineers, 22-24 October -- Division artillery, 22-25 October -- Division Aviation, 22-24 October -- Communications, 22-24 October -- Medical, 22-24 October -- Service support annex -- Corps support command, 23-25 October -- President Reagan decides, 24 October -- Intelligence problem -- Cuba and Grenada, 23-25 October -- 4: Loading The Force, N-Hour to N+3:30 -- Ranger battalions -- 82d Airborne Division, N-hour to N+2 -- N + 2 briefing and concerns -- Brigade/battalion staffs, N + 2:30 to N + 3:30 -- 82d Airborne division, N + 2:30 to 3:30 -- 5: Force Sorties, N + 3:30 To Liftoff -- 82d Airborne Division, N + 3:30 to N + 8 -- Aviation task force -- Communications preparations -- Medical planning -- Decision to airdrop -- Corps liaison -- Green ramp operations -- 6: Area Of Operations, 25-26 October 1983 -- Initial assaults -- Point Salines airhead -- Division arrives -- General Trobaugh take charge -- Intermediate staging base on Barbados -- Point Salines Airfield operations -- Evacuees, detainees, and refugees -- Medical reinforcements -- 7: Division-Rear Support -- Division control and security -- Managing the airflow -- Green ramp congestion -- Yellow ramp activities -- 3d Brigade deploys -- Green ramp solutions -- Hunter Army Airfield -- 8: Area Of Operations, 26-27 October 1983 -- General Trobaugh's plan -- Point Salines Combat and support, 26 October -- Intermediate staging base on Barbados -- Processing Americans and third-country nationals -- Processing detainees and refugees -- Processing casualties -- Engineer operations -- Point Salines Airhead, 26 October -- Division G-4 oversight, 26-27 October -- 9: Corps Support -- Managing the airflow -- Augmenting the division -- Augmenting Army Communications -- Airflow requirements shift -- Sea line of communications -- Medical dilemmas -- Supply system management -- Green ramp hand-off -- 10: Area Of Operations, 27 October 1983 -- Intermediate staging base on Barbados -- Point Salines Airhead, morning -- Combat and support -- Point Salines Airhead, afternoon/evening -- Processing casualties -- Processing Americans and third-country nationals -- Processing detainees and refugees -- Maintenance issues -- 11: Period Of Transition -- Intermediate staging base on Barbados -- Point Salines Airfield and Pearls Airport -- Final operations and departures -- New phase -- Evolving policies in Washington -- Soviet and Cuban Embassy personnel -- Refugees and detainees -- Graves registration -- Transition to Corps control -- Medical support -- Removing captured equipment -- General Farris takes command -- Shift to peacekeeping -- Nation building and peacekeeping -- 12: Grenada In Perspective -- Military and policy consequences -- Historical overview -- Institutional refinements -- Operational logistics -- Military success, logistical excess -- Bibliography -- Guide to abbreviations -- Map symbols -- Index.

Overview: The Rucksack War: U.S. Army Operational Logistics in Grenada, 1983, is the second volume in the U.S. Army Center of Military History's Contingency Operations Series, provides an account of how Army logistics affected ground operations during the Grenada intervention and, in turn, how combat influenced logistical performance. Noteworthy is the book's emphasis on the role of individuals and of the decisions they made based on the necessarily incomplete and sometimes misleading information available at the time. The narrative ranges through all levels of war - from the meetings of the National Security Council, where the president grappled with the question of whether to intervene in the wake of a bloody coup, to the jungles of Grenada, where a sergeant in combat coped successfully with a Cuban ambush despite a lack of hand grenades. Raines is careful to place Army logistical planning and operations in a joint context as well as grounding them in the Army's post-Vietnam reform of logistical organization and doctrine. In addition to furnishing a fascinating account of a complex operation, The Rucksack War identifies many issues that may well influence the conduct of U.S. forces in future short-notice contingency operations.

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