and security reasons. However, the campaigns in Iraq
and Afghanistan have demonstrated that this reliance
is an even greater immediate and high consequence
event for deployed military forces. Hundreds of casu-
alties each year are being inflicted on our forces in Iraq
and Afghanistan during resupply convoy missions
(AEPI 2006, 3). The Feb 2010 Quadrennial Defense Re-
view (QDR) recognizes the importance of sustainabil-
ity with both climate change impacts that exacerbate
global instability and threaten domestic infrastructure
as well as the imperative need for operational energy
security. The Feb 2010 report states:
Energy efficiency can serve as a force multiplier, be-
cause it increases the range and endurance of forces in
the field and can reduce the number of combat forces
diverted to protect energy supply lines, which are vul-
nerable to both asymmetric and conventional attacks
and disruptions (Gates 2010a, 87).In May 2010 the Vice Chief of Staff of the Army
(VCSA) and the Under Secretary of the Army approved
the Army Sustainability Campaign Plan (ASCP) and
directed that it be an “...organizing principle integrat-
ed across the Department’s missions and functions
to: Institutionalize sustainability in doctrine, policy,
training, operations, and acquisitions” (Chiarelli 2010,
i). The ASCP defines sustainability through the fol-
lowing 4 tenets:
- Developing, producing, fielding, and sustain-
ing materiel that is more energy efficient, is
capable of using renewable energy resources,
minimizes the use of hazardous materials, and
generates less waste. - Ensuring the Army has sufficient access to
training and testing resources and incorporat-