logisticsinwar
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Thesis: Logistics, national support and failure to prepare – lessons on strategic logistics and national support from the 1980’s and 1990’s
By David Beaumont In late July 2024, I was fortunate to enough to have my research recognised with the award of a Doctor of Philosophy. My research entailed a deep study of Defence’s history to unpick the reasons that the… Continue reading
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Learning to live in a logistician’s world – strategic logistics and the future of military resilience
This is the first part of a presentation given at the Australian – New Zealand Defence Logistics Conference during June 2023. This conference convened to discuss supply chain resilience at a time of strategic competition. By David Beaumont. There is… Continue reading
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Self-reliance and the sustainment of the force – logistics as the bedrock or quicksand of operations in a crisis
The following text is of a presentation given at a 2019 Wiliams Foundation conference, ‘Sustaining self-reliance’. As the original article cannot be found on other sites, it is provided here with some slight adjustments. While some aspects of this article… Continue reading
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Operation Warden, logistics and what happened next – the final part to ‘Logistics ‘unpreparedness’ and the International Forces East Timor mission in 1999’
By David Beaumont This article is part of an updated version of a presentation given at the Australian National University titled ‘Logistics preparedness and mobilising the national support base: the effectiveness of ADF strategic logistics prior to Operation Warden 1999‘. The prior articles… Continue reading
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Capability gaps and the absence of assessment – Logistics ‘unpreparedness’ and the International Forces East Timor mission in 1999 – Part Four
By David Beaumont This article, and the series which follows, are an updated version of a presentation given at the Australian National University titled ‘Logistics preparedness and mobilising the national support base: the effectiveness of ADF strategic logistics prior to Operation Warden 1999‘.… Continue reading
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Disorganising strategic logistics – Logistics ‘unpreparedness’ and the International Forces East Timor mission in 1999 – Part Three
By David Beaumont This article, and the series which follows, are an updated version of a presentation given at the Australian National University titled ‘Logistics preparedness and mobilising the national support base: the effectiveness of ADF strategic logistics prior to Operation Warden 1999‘.… Continue reading
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Guidance and its implementation- Logistics ‘unpreparedness’ and the International Forces East Timor mission in 1999 – Part Two
This article, and the series which follows, are an updated version of a presentation given at the Australian National University titled ‘Logistics preparedness and mobilising the national support base: the effectiveness of ADF strategic logistics prior to Operation Warden 1999‘ The period from… Continue reading
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Logistics ‘unpreparedness’ and the International Forces East Timor mission in 1999 – strategic logistics and what went wrong
By David Beaumont This article, and the series which follows, are an updated version of a presentation given at the Australian National University titled ‘Logistics preparedness and mobilising the national support base: the effectiveness of ADF strategic logistics prior to… Continue reading
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Sustaining National Defence – logistics investment in the National Defence Strategy
By David Beaumont On 17 April 2024, Defence’s Integrated Investment Plan was published as a companion to Australia’s National Defence Strategy.[1] This Plan provisions $11-$15 billion dollars in ‘additional logistics centres and capacity’ amid other investments that contribute to Defence’s… Continue reading
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Building a better prepared Australian Defence Force after the Defence Strategic Review – supply-chains and logistics and the way in which both improve military resilience
This is the third and final part of a presentation given at the Australian – New Zealand Defence Logistics Conference during June 2023. The theme of the conference was ‘supply-chain resilience’. National Defence: Defence Strategic Review, the Australian Government response… Continue reading
The Paper War: Logistics... and everything but the fighting. 