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Initiating a new national support approach – mobilising national logistics in the support of military operations

Logistics in War

2] The integration between military and civilian sources of logistics and support are now extolled as underpinning the ADF’s ability to respond to crises in the future. [3]. This paper presents the exemplar concept of national support as an approach upon which a future civil-military relationship in Australia is based.

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Realising the sustainable joint land force

Logistics in War

Two decades ago, as Western militaries confronted a new strategic paradigm with declarations that a ‘revolution in military affairs’ was underway, the US Army Chief of Staff General Reimers declared: ‘There will not be a revolution in military affairs unless there is a revolution in military logistics’ (1996).

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Is logistics the ultimate conventional deterrent?

Logistics in War

This debate is being litigated through the Williams Foundation who are running a seminar on the topic during August 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.

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When Coincidence Meets Determination – An Interview with Rob O’Byrne

Logistics Bureau

I decided to join the military high school. I think it was in 2010 that I was at a seminar listening to someone pitching a VA business. It’s really cool to see what a coincidental seminar visit can lead to in a few years’ time. I was often called stupid, sent off to detention and got into all sorts of trouble.

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5th-generation energy for 5th-generation air power

Logistics in War

Editorial Note: On 11 April 2019, the Sir Richard Williams Foundation is holding a seminar examining high-intensity operations and sustaining self-reliance. In support of the seminar, The Central Blue and Logistics in War will be publishing a series of articles.

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Far from Sanctuaries: Sustaining a Fifth-Generation Fight in the Indo-Pacific

Logistics in War

This post is an adaptation of Mrs Cain-Riva’s presentation at the Williams Foundation’s #selfsustain seminar, held in Canberra on 11 April 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. MOVING the force.

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One hundred logisticians, one bullet and designing the future logistics system

Logistics in War

No matter which military we are talking about, and as the now Chief of Defence Force remarked, successful logistics comes with the efforts of many. As a complex system, the processes and acts of sustaining and maintaining a military force can often take a life of their own. What are the risks if these ‘artefacts’ don’t exist?