Logistics in War

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Supply chains are ‘strangling strategy’, with the movement of commodities so significant an issue that logistics is securitising. [1] 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].

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Logistics in War

JULY 26, 2018

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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Logistics in War

AUGUST 22, 2018

The Royal Australian Air Force, now armed with the fifth-generation fighter and other impressive air capabilities guided by a wholesale transformation strategy – Plan Jericho, has recently debated the need for a joint strike capability. Logistics and strategy are inseparable, each meaningless without the other.

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Logistics in War

APRIL 6, 2019

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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Logistics in War

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

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?

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Logistics in War

MAY 11, 2019

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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