Sat.Feb 08, 2020

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Making ‘self-reliance’ meaningful – preparing the military to operate alone

Logistics in War

By David Beaumont. The concept of ‘self-reliance’ has resurged in over the last few years. I use the term ‘concept’ with meaning to separate ‘self-reliance’ from strategic doctrine. It truly is an abstract term and can mean a lot of different things to different commentators. On one hand it harks back to the Australian strategic policy of the post-Vietnam War years, but it has also been raised in recent debates about the limits of the Australian Defence Force

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Life after the visitors who brought destruction

World Food Programme Logistics

How displaced persons rebuild their lives as conflict continues to drive hunger in North East Nigeria Maina Bulama,at his new home in Azbak some 300 km from Maiduguri. Photo: WFP/Karel Prinsloo Story by Kelechi Onyemaobi Malam Maina Bulama, 75, cannot forget the visitors who brought death and destruction. Four years ago, on the western banks of Lake Chad, Bulama’s rural community in Abadam Local Government Area of Borno State, was targeted by armed fighters.