Which statement correctly describes the strategic sustainment level?

• A. It links the US economic base in CONUS to operations in theater
• B. It links the strategic and tactical levels
• C. It provides key sustainment functions to meet the commander's intent
• D. It coordinates logistics at the tactical level

Answer: (A)

The main idea is that strategic sustainment is about moving and funding logistics from the national level to the theater, creating the long-haul supply chain that connects the United States’ economic base in CONUS to operations overseas. This level handles how resources, contracts, production, and distribution flow from homeland facilities to support forces in the theater, ensuring sustained operations over time. That makes the statement about linking the US economic base in CONUS to theater operations the best fit for what strategic sustainment is.

The other descriptions describe functions or coordination at different levels: linking strategic and tactical levels points to the operational level, providing key sustainment functions to meet the commander's intent is a general sustainment function, and coordinating logistics at the tactical level is focused on battlefield-level execution.