10xLogistics

MARCH 22, 2020

We have a military which can scale up dramatically in a short time to fight or deter a war. We should model our fight against microbes after the structure of the military. It was all a preparation for scaling up the military in Germany to over 1 million soldiers if the war started. The model is the military and the reserves.

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Logistics in War

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

One of Martin Van Creveld’s most contentious, and subsequently debated, themes of Supplying War related to the persistent inability, if not unwillingness, of various militaries to adequately structure and prepare themselves for the rigours of sustained combat. Western militaries are waking to these problems. By David Beaumont.

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Logistics in War

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

One of the fundamental questions to answer when preparing a military for war is ‘are the capabilities on hand prepared for X?’ As I have said many times before, the quality of the logistics support given to a military is the sum of innumerable parts.

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Logistics in War

MARCH 6, 2020

Of course additional funding and attention can improve the capability and capacity of any military force to sustain itself in peace and on operations. When capability and attitude are misaligned, and where understanding is deficient, it is inevitable that the investment of time, effort and resources into military readiness is wasted.

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Logistics in War

AUGUST 3, 2018

A military logistician is a study in contrasts. A military logistician can easily find ways to plumb particular portions of his paradoxical profession. The shelves groan, after all, under the weight of books about business management and military operations. The Road to Habbaniya’ is a two-problem exercise.

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Logistics in War

AUGUST 22, 2018

Nations are naturally competitive, and one of the principle roles for standing militaries is to deter others from undertaking military action within this competition. Recently Western militaries have contended that adversaries, real and potential, do not always distinguish peace and war.

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Logistics in War

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

This series on logistics and preparedness aimed to allow for a gross calibration of the truth; before concluding the series with a few thoughts on major shortcomings in preparing militaries for their operations, let’s recap the previous posts. ‘ Militaries must get the force balance right – and the ‘tooth to tail’ ratio is important.

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Logistics in War

APRIL 9, 2020

Consequently, I read with fascinated interest David Beaumont’s recent post “ Toilet Paper and Total War ”, which unfortunately also refreshed a number of other instances in recent history where competition for limited resources to support military activities led to a series of unintended consequences.

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Logistics in War

OCTOBER 13, 2018

Maintaining military advantage, if not the relevance of military forces, purportedly requires new ways of thinking about warfighting. – Firstly, Australia’s region is the site of considerable strategic competition and dynamic diplomatic, informational, economic and military action.

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Logistics in War

JUNE 13, 2018

In this article, US Army logistician Jessica McCarthy examines a challenging, contemporaneous, issue for many Western militaries – how much contractor support is enough? . Operationally engaged around the globe, the US military finds itself increasingly stretched to meet an intense and broad set of demands. Mission Creep.

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Logistics in War

AUGUST 28, 2018

Theorists, writers, military professionals and many others are looking for indicators of strategic activity, some obvious and some not so conspicuous. The ability to apply military power to influence strategic decision making, if not through direct and forceful coercion, is an ultimate expression of national strength.

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Logistics in War

JUNE 20, 2020

We believe that in a contested and competitive strategic environment, at a time where preparedness will differentiate a relevant military from one not so, true logistics interoperability will be a strategic strength. This understanding is of vital importance, as we are unsure where and when military power will be required.

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Logistics in War

DECEMBER 2, 2019

I have been extremely fortunate to interview a range of senior military officers and public servants through the course of academic research in 2017. All logistics processes at the strategic level are joint; moreover they require military and public service input. Military advice is always tested and compared with the views of others.

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Logistics in War

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Through the course of 2017, and because of my academic research, I have been extremely fortunate to interview a range of senior military officers and public servants. All logistics processes at the strategic level are joint; moreover they require military and public service input. The nature of military involvement.

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Logistics in War

MAY 16, 2018

Theorists, writers, military professionals and many others are looking for indicators of strategic activity, some obvious and some not so conspicuous. The ability to apply military power to influence strategic decision making, if not through direct and forceful coercion, is an ultimate expression of national strength.

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Logistics in War

MARCH 23, 2018

Through researching the way in which the ADF has prepared and mobilised its logistics capabilities at the strategic level, I have been extremely fortunate to interview a range of senior military officers and public servants. All logistics processes at the strategic level are joint; moreover they require military and public service input.

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Logistics in War

MAY 13, 2018

You needn’t venture far to find an article or military concept which in some way promotes technology and capability modernisation as a means of addressing the next, albeit hypothesised, battlefield challenge. Others recommend militaries adopt the early adoption and deployment of technology to offer forces an asymmetric advantage.

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Logistics in War

JANUARY 30, 2020

We believe that in a contested and competitive strategic environment, at a time where preparedness will differentiate a relevant military from one not so, true logistics interoperability will be a strategic strength. This understanding is of vital importance, as we are unsure where and when military power will be required.

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Logistics in War

APRIL 20, 2018

’ – Thomas Kane, Military Logistics and Strategic Performance. In 2017 there was much rhetoric, and undoubtedly planning, for significant military operations in the North Asian region. Moreover, logistics factors – enabling and constraining – determine the nature of the military commitment itself.

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Logistics in War

MARCH 3, 2018

Exercises undertaken to simulate high-intensity war such as US Pacific Command’s Exercise Pacific Sentry 17-03 highlighted significant force posture challenges that might constrain air (and other) operations against a peer adversary. The best both can do is be adaptable. [i] 2, Routledge, USA, 2006.

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Logistics in War

DECEMBER 26, 2017

It is less important that military forces are available than they are actually employable. ‘ Surviving your time as a military logistician ‘ by Air Commodore Hayden Marshall. USMC MV-22 Osprey during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2017 – Photo by Department of Defence.

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Material Handling and Logistics

JULY 25, 2018

These disputes have resulted in increasing military presence in the South China Sea, with the U.S. and China conducting naval exercises. Last year saw two major collisions between U.S. naval ships and commercial vessels. guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald collided with a container ship off Japan while the USS John S.

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Logistics in War

OCTOBER 4, 2019

“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. And this is more than the biennial Exercise Talisman Sabre. Cost-capture. Mortuary Affairs.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Defence secretary Gavin Williamson said: “Our troops now have the chance to test out a huge range of robotic kit in what will be the biggest exercise of its kind in our history. The Royal Tank Regiment Battle Group from 1 Armoured Infantry Brigade are providing the bulk of exercising troops and taking responsibility of command and control.

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Logistics in War

MAY 11, 2023

Fuel and ammunition feed into the discussion of force posture, and the importance of exercises to build ‘preparedness including minimum viable improvements in key areas’ is also clear (pp 78-80). One of the habitual challenges to the reform of logistics relates to how it is managed, let alone funded, in military organisations.

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Airfreight Logistics

JULY 4, 2019

DRT will also provide expertise and support for AHA Centre’s courses and exercises related to ASEAN-ERAT (Emergency Response and Assessment Team) and ASEAN Humanitarian Logistics. This includes unloading cargo planes, conducting professional warehousing and inventory management as well as loading the relief goods for onward transportation.

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Logistics Manager

JULY 4, 2019

DRT will also provide expertise and support for AHA Centre’s courses and exercises related to ASEAN-ERAT (Emergency Response and Assessment Team) and ASEAN Humanitarian Logistics. This includes unloading cargo planes, conducting professional warehousing and inventory management as well as loading the relief goods for onward transportation.

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Logistics in War

JUNE 17, 2018

Industry’s ability to support ADF operations was conceptualised, and tested – albeit in a haphazard and ultimately inadequate way – during the major exercises of the time. A strong institutional narrative regarding the integration of industry with all Defence activities, and in particular military operations, must become a priority.

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Logistics in War

OCTOBER 22, 2017

Industry’s ability to support ADF operations was conceptualised, and tested – albeit in a haphazard and ultimately inadequate way – during the major exercises of the time. A strong institutional narrative regarding the integration of industry with all Defence activities, and in particular military operations, must become a priority.

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Logistics in War

OCTOBER 17, 2019

The ADF had smart people, well-intentioned leaders both military and civilian, and was supported as best as possible from a Department that grappled with a complex and complicated mix of national circumstances in preceding years. Perhaps, with some important caveats. Forward forces alone, however, are not enough.

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Logistics in War

JANUARY 23, 2019

The importance of a high-level of preparedness to a military is self-evident. An unprepared military offers political leaders few options, corrupts strategy, is inefficient and ineffective, and poses a national risk. Being definitive about threats or objectives certainly helps in answering the question ‘is the military prepared?’

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World Food Programme Logistics

MARCH 25, 2020

At break time, I would always end up re-explaining the maths or science exercises to my classmates,” she explains. Her classroom was transformed overnight into a military barrack. When we were first displaced, we remembered our old life with sadness.” Rania worked in a local school in Hodeidah, her hometown. She loved her job.

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Logistics in War

MAY 11, 2019

We must think beyond military bases and consider how we develop a network of power projection locations within the national support base and across the region. We must continue to modernise and harden our infrastructure, as well as train and exercise to fight for, and recover our bases.

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Logistics in War

JANUARY 31, 2018

A common trend found in the literature of military logistics is the decrying of training and education gaps interspersed within the persuasive arguments for greater military interest in logistics. The roots of power in a military environment are self-evident, tied to effective command and enabled by governance.

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Logistics in War

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

“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. He is currently advising the UAE defence force professional military education program. .

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Logistics in War

OCTOBER 16, 2017

The true asymmetric advantage the US military possess is the capability and capacity of its logistics. 2] Outside of the United States, the military relies heavily on a vast network of allies and partners who provided bases and support to assist in the projection of US forces. By Jobie Turner. Challenges and Opportunities by Air.

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Logistics in War

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

. “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 would not be like a month-long exercise in the local training area.

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