The Military uses data bases to determine logistical needs. At the start of Desert Storm they pulled up the data gathered at the Desert Training Facility, Ft. Irwin, CA and looked at the fuel consumption and replacement parts needs to determine how many fan belts, glow plugs, track sections, fuel, water etc. etc a unit would use in desert warfare, then based their transportation plans on moving that amount. They did the same thing with regard to units, how many combat battalions, armor, arty, engineers, medical, MPs, on and on. That included how many JAG (lawyers) units they would need for a force of such a size.
In the after action reports they were amazed at how few Article Fifteens and Courts Martial had to be conveened. They had something like four times the number of lawyers they needed from any other combat situation they had used to base their force structure.
The difference that stuck out was that, due to Islamic strictures against booze, this was the first time alcohol had been all but totally absent from the staging areas and CZ.
I'm firmly against prohibition, but those figures stunned me.
