The Paper War: Logistics… and everything but the fighting.

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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

    Have a spare 30 minutes?

  • 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

    Operations Warden, Enduring and Iraqi Freedom – deployment and employment and the gaps in capability

  • Rethinking logistics – challenges of the modern battlefield

    At the end of 2016 the Chief of the Australian Army, through conversations with senior logisticians, asked the logistic community to rethink assumptions made about logistics. This challenge, a part of other force structure reforms in Army, formed the basis… Continue reading

    Rethinking logistics – challenges of the modern battlefield

  • I, Logistician …..

    ‘Never make a specialist of the logistician … ‘ –        Duncan Ballantine, 1947[1] There is nothing more an anathema to effective logistics in war than a military logistician who is an isolated, introverted, technical specialist.  Logistics is not a technical… Continue reading

  • Introducing “Logistics In War”

    ‘The conclusion is irresistible that the military themselves know next to nothing about logistics’. – United States Marine Corps Colonel George C Thorpe, Pure Logistics, 1917. Welcome to ‘Logistics In War’, a blog dedicated to exploring logistics and its impact… Continue reading

    Introducing “Logistics In War”