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. Strategy is a concept of relating means to end; it is complex and subtle and is about thinking, vision, learning as opposed to planning. Strategic failure.

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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. Strategy is a concept of relating means to end; it is complex and subtle and is about thinking, vision, learning as opposed to planning. By David Beaumont.

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Logistics in War

MARCH 6, 2020

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]. Of course additional funding and attention can improve the capability and capacity of any military force to sustain itself in peace and on operations.

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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

OCTOBER 13, 2018

1] Logistics might not be a competitor to strategy or tactics, but it most certainly helps determine ‘which side will have the most options available’; to seize advantage, if not define the way in which wars might be waged. [2] 2] In return, different styles of war require different forms of logistics.

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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 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? . Like many armies before it, the US Army has utilized the employment of civilians to enhance its operations throughout its history. Mission Creep.

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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. Realised strategy is usually a combination of what was intended and what was learned along the way.

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Logistics in War

JANUARY 23, 2019

Our ability to operate away from the Australian support base degraded dangerously. 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. By David Beaumont.

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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. I will go so far, as I have done so before at Logistics in War, to argue logistics leads strategy in these instances.

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Logistics in War

JUNE 17, 2018

What the Statement didn’t do, however, was to detail a new path for industry in the context of supporting actual ADF operations. While reliance was avoided because of the strategic policy orientation of ‘self-reliance’, ‘we must now also move to confront our dependence on US resupply in high-intensity operations’.

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Logistics in War

OCTOBER 22, 2017

What the Statement didn’t do, however, was to detail a new path for industry in the context of supporting actual ADF operations. While reliance was avoided because of the strategic policy orientation of ‘self-reliance’, ‘we must now also move to confront our dependence on US resupply in high-intensity operations’.

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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

DECEMBER 26, 2017

That being said, there should be no surprises for regular readers …… #5 – ‘Thinking small – the importance of small team logistics operations’ by Steven Mencshelyi. It is less important that military forces are available than they are actually employable. Why is this important?

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Logistics in War

MAY 11, 2019

We welcome Mrs Donna Cain-Riva to the Central Blue to provide her valuable insights into how the Royal Australian Air Force is considering the #selfsustain challenges of operating a fifth-generation force in a competitive Indo-Pacific. Operational contingencies did not demand more from our sustainment system than it could reasonably satisfy.

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247 Customs Broker

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Cooperation between India and Russia spans across the whole gamut of sectors and rests on the fundamental pillars of political and strategic cooperation, military and security cooperation, cooperation in the spheres of economy, energy, industry, science and technology, and cultural and humanitarian cooperation. MILITARY-TECHNICAL COOPERATION.

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