General Supply in Theaters of Operations (FM 10-27)

For purposes of this manual, "General Supply in Theaters of Operations," general supplies are supplies which have been grouped together based on their storage and distribution requirements rather than their end use. General supplies include the following: subsistence (Class I), Clothing and organizational equipment (Class II), Packaged petroleum and industrial gases (Class III), Construction materials (Class IV), Health and comfort items (Class VI), End items listed in SB 700-20 and included in authorization documents (Class VII), Repair parts (Class IX), Standard maps and map products, and nonmilitary items (Class X). Included in this manual are descriptions of the threat to CSS operations, including regional threats and potential threats to weapons systems, and a listing of general supply classes and their subclasses; construction and fortification materials are also included. This manual is one of a series that provides guidance on how supply systems support forces in a theater of operations. This manual is a guide for meeting the Class II, III packaged, IV, VI, VII, IX, and X supply requirements of supported units. It is for commodity and inventory managers, logistics staff officers from S4 to G4 and their assistants, and instructors in supply areas. This manual can help logisticians improve general supply support immediately before and after hostilities start, provide logistics staff members at all organizational levels with a reference manual that can help them plan, manage, and sustain general supply support for theater operations, and describe the requisition and flow of general supplies from the time they are requested or requisitioned until they are issued to the requesting or supporting unit.