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Building on bedrock or sinking into quicksand – a report on Sustaining Self-Reliance
By David Beaumont. ‘Supply chain security continues to occupy our minds as we intermingle our desire for national prosperity through global trade with our desire to prevent the loss of native capacity to build military capability, mobilise and sustain operations.… Continue reading
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Editorial: Continuing the discussion on sustaining self-reliance
By David Beaumont. As mentioned in recent posts, and supported by the collaboration between The Central Blue and Logistics in War, the Williams Foundation hosted a day-long seminar on the topic ‘Sustaining Self-Reliance’. The term ‘self-reliance’ has a special meaning for the… Continue reading
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5th-generation energy for 5th-generation air power
Editorial Note: On 11 April 2019, the Sir Richard Williams Foundation is holding a seminar examining high-intensity operations and sustaining self-reliance. The aim of the seminar, building on previous seminars and series looking at #jointstrike and #highintensitywar, is to establish a common understanding of the importance… Continue reading
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Delving into the dark recesses – how do we sustain self-reliance?
By David Beaumont. Logistics has long been regarded as a crucial component of military capability, and the supply and support given to armed forces a major constituent of operational success. Logistics constraints and strengths can shape strategy, determine the form… Continue reading
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Start. Just Start – PME and the fear of writing.
By Rebecca Marlow. Through the Logistics in War and over the past two years Dave Beaumont has been challenging logisticians to think and write about their profession. It is important to our profession that we have a robust discussion and… Continue reading
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Underwriting preparedness – considering the logistics of the future preparedness system
By David Beaumont. One of the fundamental questions to answer when preparing a military for war is ‘are the capabilities on hand prepared for X?’. As mentioned in Limping to war: preparedness and its paradoxes, Dr Thomas Galvin of the… Continue reading
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Every logistician must write
By David Beaumont. Logistics in War has been online for two years. This post, shared with the Australian Army’s ‘Cove’, gives three reasons why military professionals should write. It is based upon experiences learned from those eighteen months. The three… Continue reading
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Call for submissions: #Selfsustain and High-Intensity Operations
Logistics In War is proud to partner with the Sir Richard Williams Foundation team at The Central Blue in publishing a series examining high-intensity operations and sustaining self-reliance. On 11 April 2019, the Foundation will be holding a seminar examining… Continue reading
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Limping to war
Preparedness and its paradoxes By David Beaumont. ‘Over time we lost strategic agility. Our units became hollow. Our ability to operate away from the Australian support base degraded dangerously. Our capacity to generate, sustain and rotate forces eroded. The tremendous… Continue reading
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The LIW articles you should read – a 2018 retrospective
By David Beaumont. As 2018 draws to a close, a year in which Logistics In War consolidated, it’s a good time to reflect on what were the most popular or relevant articles to the readers. Before I mention the articles, I thought… Continue reading
The Paper War: Logistics... and everything but the fighting. 