Sustainment is defined per ADP 4-0 as the “provision of logistics, personnel services and health service support necessary to maintain operations until successful mission completion.” This is usually compared to specific battles or even a specific theater that the Army sustains for combat operations. However, a major sustainment operation, that we can all agree that it’s less than perfect, is personnel force reduction cuts. When it comes to force shaping, the Army has no clear standard in how or when to actually increase or decrease in numbers. This often happens against leader’s request and does not match our mission statement to accomplish sustainment operations or future operations. As of right now, Army Aviation training doctrine is headed