Industry
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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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Logistics Contractors and strategic logistics advantage in US military operations
By Sally Williamson The US has enjoyed a strategic logistics advantage in most locations where it has sought to project and sustain military power because it has been able to coalesce host nation, commercial and transnational organisations to provide services,… Continue reading
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National support now – how Defence might prepare the national support base for a future war – Part Two
By David Beaumont. Other than times of clear national emergency, the Australian population does not perceive national security as a ‘bread and butter’ issue … For its part, Defence generally persists in categorising its peacetime and contingency engagements with the… Continue reading
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A new narrative for the mobilisation of a nation – how Defence might prepare the national support base for a future war – Part One
Over the next month we’ll be publishing a number of popular posts on as broad a range of topics as possible. The next two posts outline the imperative to rethink how the ‘national support base’ is incorporated into defence. By David… Continue reading
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National support now – how Defence might prepare the national support base for a future war – Part Two
By David Beaumont. Other than times of clear national emergency, the Australian population does not perceive national security as a ‘bread and butter’ issue … For its part, Defence generally persists in categorising its peacetime and contingency engagements with the… Continue reading
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A new narrative for the mobilisation of a nation – how Defence might prepare the national support base for a future war – Part One
‘Logistics in War’ and the ‘Central Blue’ are jointly publishing the #selfsustain series. In this first of two posts on the relationship between Defence and the national support base, David Beaumont examines how these issues were addressed in post-Cold War… Continue reading
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Industry integration – a new approach and attitude to Army logistics
This article was originally published in the Australian Defence Business Review ‘Land Forces 2018’ edition (September-October) and is posted here with permission. ADBR can be found at www.adbr.com.au. By David Beaumont. Logistics is the stored potential of a military force,… Continue reading
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The Australian Defence Force and industry support to operations – is it time for a new ‘national support agenda’?
By David Beaumont. This is the final post from the LIW archives on strategic logistics and logistics challenges prior to the Australia & New Zealand Defence Logistics Conference. In 2016, the Australian Government released its 2016 Defence White Paper and… Continue reading
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LIW Editorial – taking the national support base ….. beyond the nation
By David Beaumont. As a military logistician, the idea of integrating logistics as part of a coalition is hardly revelatory. Most Western militaries have spent the last twenty years of operations in lockstep with one another accepting that there are… Continue reading
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The Australian Defence Force and industry support to operations – is it time for a new ‘national support agenda’?
By David Beaumont. In 2016, the Australian Government released its 2016 Defence White Paper and the supplemental Defence Industry Policy Statement. Industry Statements signify Government intent to Australian Defence industry, and like strategic policy, combine hyperbole with requirements for change.… Continue reading
The Paper War: Logistics... and everything but the fighting. 