Sustainment Leader Rucksack (SLR)

Sustainment Leader Rucksack

Purpose

The guidance outlined on this website helps ensure the Sustainment Community continues to build cohesive teams that emphasize Talent Management, Leader Development, and Stewardship of the Profession.

Mission Statement

The SLR enables shared understanding throughout the sustainment community to continue building cohesive teams that emphasize Warfighting, Delivering Ready Combat formations, Continuous Transformation, and Strengthening the Profession.

Recent Activity

CSM / SGM Handbook: Sustainment will continue to be the most important capability in support of large-scale combat operations. Now is the time to apply laser focus to our initiatives and on what makes us successful as a force today, into 2024, and beyond. We need to deliberately focus on managing talent, developing leaders, and be good stewards of this profession of arms. How we equip and modernize the Army and our Sustainment organizations is vital for the increasing challenges of large-scale combat and multi-domain operations. The CSM / SGM Handbook serves as a quick access document providing a holistic understanding of the Sustainment enterprise and how we support the Joint Force. Additionally, it shares insight into your roles and responsibilities. Click Here to download the handbook.

Sustainment NCO Initiatives Guide (SIG): The SIG provides guidance to establish and enable cohesive teams through leader development, talent management, and stewardship of the profession and serves as a key guiding framework for sustainers to achieve objectives that enhance the sustainment community. Click here to view a copy of the guide.

The NCO Leadership Center of Excellence: A link to the NCOLCoE has been added to the SLR. This Center of Excellence provides professional military education that develops holistically fit, disciplined, well-educated professionals capable of meeting the challenges of large-scale combat operations(LSCO) in a multi-domain environment. Find it by clicking here, or in the "Additional Resources" menu on this site.

Click here to view the “8” Principles of Sustainment - integration, anticipation, responsiveness, simplicity, economy, survivability, continuity, and improvisation - which are essential to maintaining combat power, enabling strategic and operational reach, and providing Army forces with endurance. These eight principles must be considered throughout the operations process to achieve successful support of full spectrum operations. The principles are not a checklist but a guide for planners and leaders to incorporate the commander's intent for sustainment throughout the operations process.

The U.S. Army emphasizes the development of cohesive teams in its "People First" initiative, recognizing that its greatest asset is its people. Cohesive teams foster trust, inclusivity, and a strong sense of belonging among team members. Through targeted training, mentorship, and well-being programs, the Army ensures efficient operations, resilience in adversity, and adaptability to rapid changes. The "People First" initiative empowers everyone to contribute to the greater mission by creating a dynamic and supportive community.

Talent Management Portal

Regionally Aligned Mentorship

Sustainment Enlisted Council

Assessment Programs
Readiness is enduring and the primary focus of all Sustainment NCOs. On behalf of the Warfighter, this ensures freedom of action, extends operational reach and tempo, and prolongs operational endurance while increasing lethality across widely dispersed forces during Large-scale Combat Operations (LSCO).

Sustainment NCO Initiatives Guide

ACTION

EPIC
The Army Modernization Strategy (AMS) describes how the Total Army - Regular Army, National Guard, Army Reserve, and Army Civilians - will transform into a multi-domain force by 2035, meet its enduring responsibility as part of the Joint Force to provide for the defense of the United States, and retain its position as the globally dominant land power.

Transformation Initiatives
Create, advance, and sustain lifelong learning opportunities for Sustainment NCOs to empower and strengthen their confidence serving across echelons and in future civilian employment. Education is the key element to ensure NCOs remain relevant throughout the different positions they will serve in during their career.

NCO Town Halls

Articles / Sustainment Times