This United States Army manual, Army Techniques Publication ATP 4-90.5 Logistics Platoon Leader November 2021, provides logistics platoon leaders with doctrine information to create a knowledge baseline. This baseline is an understanding of what a logistics platoon leader must know and do to effectively command and control the platoon. This ATP is not intended to be a comprehensive techniques document but provides a start point from which a platoon leader can subsequently apply personal experience and professional judgement to adapt to various operational environments and situations.
The principal audience for ATP 4-90.5 is logistics platoon leaders in all three logistics proponencies; ordnance, quartermaster, and transportation. It is intentionally general to allow application to the wide variety of logistics platoons. The ATP is also applicable to other members of the profession of arms. Trainers and educators throughout the Army will also use this publication.
