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Joint Functions III-35 friendly force protection measures; and the development of tactics, techniques, and procedures to counter the IED threat at the tactical level. For further guidance on C-IED, refer to JP 3-15.1, Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Operations. 7. Sustainment a. Sustainment is the provision of logistics and personnel services necessary to maintain and prolong operations through mission accomplishment and redeployment of the force. Sustainment provides the JFC with the means to enable freedom of action and endurance and the ability to extend operational reach. Effective sustainment determines the depth to which the joint force can conduct decisive operations, allowing the JFC to seize, retain, and exploit the initiative. The ultimate goal is for logistics planners to develop a feasible, supportable, and efficient concept of logistic support and to be able to identify risks to the execution of the CONOPS. Prior to the development of contingency plans, CCMDs develop logistic planning products that are part of the CCMD’s TCP. (1) Logistics is planning and executing the movement and support of forces. It includes those aspects of military operations that deal with: (a) The design and development, acquisition, storage, movement, distribution, maintenance, evacuation, and disposition of material. (b) Movement, evacuation, and hospitalization of personnel. (c) Acquisition or construction, maintenance, operation, and disposition of facilities. (d) Acquisition or furnishing of services. (2) Logistics concerns the integration of strategic, operational, and tactical support efforts within the theater, while scheduling the mobilization and movement of forces and materiel to support the JFC’s CONOPS. The relative combat power that military forces can generate against an adversary is constrained by a nation’s capability to plan for, gain access to, and deliver forces and materiel to required points of application. Logistics covers the following core capabilities: supply, maintenance operations, deployment and distribution, health service support (HSS), logistic services, engineering, and operational contract support. (3) Personnel services are those sustainment functions provided to personnel rather than to systems and equipment. Personnel services complement logistics by planning for and coordinating efforts that provide and sustain personnel during joint operations. These services include the following: (a) Human resources support. (b) Religious ministry support.