Operations
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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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The debris of an organisation – thinking about how the ADF recovers from the first losses of war: Part One
‘In war, mistakes are normal; errors are usual, information is seldom complete, often accurate, and frequently misleading. Success is won, not by personnel and materiel in prime condition, but by the debris of an organisation worn by the strain of… Continue reading
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How much stuff is enough?
by Air Commodore Hayden Marshall (Ret’d) In my new found (and very welcomed) capacity as an observer of life, I was agog (amongst others) at the recent behaviour of consumers and the “hoard mentality” that gripped the psyche of a… Continue reading
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Burying the hero – how logistics and readiness changed war
By David Beaumont. This is part two of a three-part series on logistics and logistics readiness. In ‘The water in the well – how much logistics readiness is enough?’ I described the idea of logistics readiness as the ability of… Continue reading
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The value of a moment – logistics and the acceleration of war
By David Beaumont. Over the next month we’ll be publishing a number of popular posts on as broad a range of topics as possible. ‘Future advantage will lie with the side who can ‘own the time’ and best prepare the… 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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Reflections on East Timor by a logistics unit commander – twenty years on
By Brigadier Michael Kehoe (Retd). In the two decades since the Australian deployment to East Timor as part of the International Force East Timor (INTERFET), much has been written about the operation predominantly from the national and military strategic perspectives.… Continue reading
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Planting the right trees – logistics and its role in the ‘Phase Zero’ campaign
by Air Commodore Hayden Marshall (Ret’d). In a previous life, I had the opportunity to become very familiar with operational planning and experience first hand the impact of logistics (positive and negative) on various phases of a planned or active… Continue reading
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Burying the hero – how logistics and readiness changed war
By David Beaumont. This is part two of a three-part series on logistics and logistics readiness. In ‘The water in the well – how much logistics readiness is enough?’ I described the idea of logistics readiness as the ability of… 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
The Paper War: Logistics... and everything but the fighting. 