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Is logistics the ultimate conventional deterrent?
By David Beaumont. The Royal Australian Air Force, now armed with the fifth-generation fighter and other impressive air capabilities guided by a wholesale transformation strategy – Plan Jericho, has recently debated the need for a joint strike capability. This debate… Continue reading
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Decision-forcing cases for logistics: practicing logisticians to overcome ‘wicked problems’
By Bruce Gudmundsson. Ed. note: on occasion, LIW examines the art of training and educating logisticians. LIW is privileged to have Dr Bruce Gudmundson, USMC University, discuss a teaching method very relevant to training leaders in ways to overcome ‘wicked… Continue reading
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How did we get here? Building the Defence logistician – Part One
By David Beaumont. This transcript is the first half of a speech given at the 2018 Australian and New Zealand Defence Logistics Conference. The session was titled ‘The Future Logistician’. So, how did we get here? What does it mean… Continue reading
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Australian Army Logistics Training Centre Fiction and Imagery Competition
The driving visions and ideas for Australian Army logistics development have been remarkably consistent for some time. If this same vision is applied, now, it is likely any future modernisation will fail to keep at pace with technology and trend,… Continue reading
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The fight for logistics and survival in #highintensitywar
By David Beaumont. Our friends at The Central Blue and From Balloons to Drones are currently engaged in a comprehensive look at airpower in high-intensity warfare. Logistics will undoubtedly feature in the #highintensitywar series, as a major driver of preparedness, combat potential and… Continue reading
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‘CoveTalk’ – logistics, Army and the future of war
By David Beaumont. I was privileged to have been asked by those behind the Australian Army’s professional military education site, The Cove, to present a webinar last week. This presentation, titled ‘The way we sustain: logistics, Army and the future of… Continue reading
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Hoping and planning for the best: understanding war without logistics
By David Beaumont. In ‘Burning incense at a new altar’ and closing Logistics in War for 2017, I reflected on the state of interest in military logistics and why it was important to the profession of arms right now. As… Continue reading
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Burning incense at a new altar – a year of ‘Logistics In War’
By David Beaumont. Thank you for your patronage of Logistics In War and the interest given to the works of authors who have invested personal time and effort to write about a subject of profound importance to military readiness and… Continue reading
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The future of strategic mobility by air – reconciling expectations with the capacity to deliver
By Jobie Turner. In my earlier post, I argued that the expectations being placed upon air power to deliver strategic mobility outweigh its capacity to operationally deliver. Yet air transportation will remain an essential way of sustaining combat forces in… Continue reading
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Six strategic challenges – global logistics integration and the state of professional discourse
By Hayden Marshall. In part one of ‘Six strategic challenges for Defence logistics’ Air Commodore Hayden Marshall describes how digital disruption and cyber threats are likely to change Defence logistics in the future. In part two, the challenges of globally… Continue reading
The Paper War: Logistics... and everything but the fighting. 