logisticsinwar
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Survive first, sustain later: exercising dispersed logistics in the close fight
By Mark Baldock A logistics element not capable of surviving and operating in a threat environment is a battlefield liability. Armies knew long before ‘multi-domain battle’ was developed that logistic capabilities are easy to identify, target and destroy. They are… Continue reading
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Intellectual irrelevance and the ownership of military logistics
By David Beaumont The professionalisation of logisticians is a topic that has once again emerged, as strategic-level organisations in a number of different militaries seek to improve, and ‘intellectualise’, military logistics. The desire for ‘intellectualisation’ appeals to one of the… Continue reading
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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
The Paper War: Logistics... and everything but the fighting. 