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Task Force Eagle – V Corps deployment to Bosnia and logistic cost
By James Davis. This post is an edited version of an article published at James’s site ‘The Armchair Colonel’ under the title ‘Task Force Eagle – the logistic cost of operations’. It is reposted with the authors permission. Prior to… Continue reading
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Adapting Atlas – The cost of combat power: Part Two
By David Beaumont. Most Western land forces are beyond the point where a ‘protection versus mobility’ argument has short-term usefulness. In recent years due to a range of threats upon typically Middle-eastern battlefields militaries have found protection as essential; protection… Continue reading
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No silver bullets – enhancing the logistic forces of a small Army
By James Davis The logistic implications of Multi Domain Battle might be a du jour topic, but it is a distraction for a small Army. The challenges envisaged by Multi Domain Battle are not unique and aspects will feature in… Continue reading
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Establishing an ‘unequal dialogue’ between the logistician and the commander
By Steve Cornell ‘My logisticians are a humorless lot … they know if my campaign fails, they are the first ones I will slay.’ – attributed to Alexander the Great Logisticians can be a misunderstood lot, which is probably why… Continue reading
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A Response to ‘Logistics in War’ – Sustaining the multi-domain battle
By James Davis You may have seen exerts of this post in the comments to previous articles, or at James Davis’s personal blog ‘The Armchair Colonel’. This post, reflecting a succinct list of change activities required within the Australian Army,… Continue reading
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The cost of combat power – weapons, weight and sustainment in the multi-domain land battle
By David Beaumont. In ‘Sustaining multi-domain battle’ I articulated a number of challenges that land-force military logisticians must address in developing their sustainment concepts for multi-domain battle. Some may not yet be persuaded that the idea of multi-domain battle is … Continue reading
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Sustaining the multi-domain battle
‘Multi-domain battle’ is the topic of the moment amongst land force (Army and Marine) concept writers in a number of Western armies. ‘Multi-domain battle’ is an evolution of joint warfare which exploits the capacity of domain ‘owners’ (land, sea, air… Continue reading
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Fighting in the void – combat operations in the logistic vacuum
By David Beaumont. Logistics has emerged from a decade-long hiatus to reassert its relevance. As Western militaries turn their attention from operations with a generally consistent logistic tempo, to strategic challenges that necessitate a substantial shift in force posture, logisticians… Continue reading
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Have a spare 30 minutes?
By David Beaumont. Joe Byerly, in an excellent post at his blog ‘From the Green Notebook’, reminds us of the importance of continual reading. He promotes 20-30 minutes of reading in a day (or night) as part of a ‘consistent… Continue reading
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Operations Warden, Enduring and Iraqi Freedom – deployment and employment and the gaps in capability
By David Beaumont. Observations made of logistic performance in military campaigns always subjective. Because wars are inherently different, so too must be the means by which combat forces are sustained. Yet logistical requirements also change, and frequently, with the operational… Continue reading
The Paper War: Logistics... and everything but the fighting. 