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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
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Where competition, modernisation and capability meet
By David Beaumont. Thankyou, once again, for supporting Logistics In War. The last year has been one in which logistics has featured in debates on strategic competition, advancements in modernisation, and with discussions on the professionalisation of logisticians. The site… Continue reading
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The realities of logistics and strategic leadership – part 2
By David Beaumont. In a previous post I published a post of anecdotes, observations and lessons given by senior officers contacted through the course of academic research. These insights were given by logisticians, but not always, and pointed at many… Continue reading
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One hundred logisticians, one bullet and designing the future logistics system
By David Beaumont. ‘I want you to imagine a rifle round being fired by an Australian soldier, on an operation, sometime in the indeterminate future. The effect of the round hitting its target is achieved through the efforts of literally… Continue reading
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The value of a moment – logistics and the acceleration of war
By David Beaumont. ‘Future advantage will lie with the side who can ‘own the time’ and best prepare the environment.’ – Lieutenant General R Burr, Chief of Army, Accelerated warfare, 08 Aug 18 What is the value of a moment?… Continue reading
The Paper War: Logistics... and everything but the fighting. 