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Making the military prepared and resilient – logistics, supply-chains and problems within

Logistics in War

This is the second part of a presentation given at the Australian – New Zealand Defence Logistics Conference during June 2023. It is the role of the military logistician to govern the network of this lifeblood, for it determines how a force deploys, moves, and changes its scale and scope of tasks. Part one can be found here.

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Building a better prepared Australian Defence Force after the Defence Strategic Review – supply-chains and logistics and the way in which both improve military resilience

Logistics in War

This is the third and final part of a presentation given at the Australian – New Zealand Defence Logistics Conference during June 2023. What is particularly important, however, is the emphasis given to the ADF’s logistics capabilities, functions, and concepts in creating the conditions for a better-prepared ADF.

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Toilet paper and total war – the psychology of shortages and what it means for resilience

Logistics in War

Lessons can come from extrapolating what we witness every day; from events that capture tangible and intangible aspects of sustaining normal life. The impact of this turbulence on essentially fragile national logistics, commerce and industry capability is starkly evident and has forced the nation to consider its national resilience.

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Microgrid Economics – Microgrids Growing Faster Than Larger Grids

Logistics Viewpoints

Weather events , such as heat spells, hurricanes, wildfires, and floods can stress or damage the power grid and lead to higher prices. According to a study by the Ponemon Institute, the average cost of a power failure to an industrial customer in the US was $1.9 The cost of PV power and grid batteries has been declining.

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The debris of an organisation – thinking about how the ADF recovers from the first losses of war: Part One

Logistics in War

From Sound Military Decision , United States Naval College, 1942. Wars are usually longer than expected and are rarely fought in accordance with the plans made by military planners at their outset. It is necessary for us in the ADF to prepare for the confluence of events that inevitable occur over a longer term than we envisage.

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Preparing for preparedness – how should we begin?

Logistics in War

Logistics readiness refers to the ability to undertake, to build up and thereafter to sustain, combat operations at the full combat potential of forces. [1]. Logistics readiness is not just a matter of prioritising Defence resources. I described the interplay between logistics and readiness. By David Beaumont.

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Reflections on East Timor by a logistics unit commander – twenty years on

Logistics in War

In the two decades since the Australian deployment to East Timor as part of the International Force East Timor (INTERFET), much has been written about the operation predominantly from the national and military strategic perspectives. This…in small measures, contributes to contemporary military discussions and thinking.’ [2].