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Establishing an ‘unequal dialogue’ between the logistician and the commander
By Steve Cornell ‘My logisticians are a humorless lot … they know if my campaign fails, they are the first ones I will slay.’ – attributed to Alexander the Great Logisticians can be a misunderstood lot, which is probably why… Continue reading
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A Response to ‘Logistics in War’ – Sustaining the multi-domain battle
By James Davis You may have seen exerts of this post in the comments to previous articles, or at James Davis’s personal blog ‘The Armchair Colonel’. This post, reflecting a succinct list of change activities required within the Australian Army,… Continue reading
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The cost of combat power – weapons, weight and sustainment in the multi-domain land battle
By David Beaumont. In ‘Sustaining multi-domain battle’ I articulated a number of challenges that land-force military logisticians must address in developing their sustainment concepts for multi-domain battle. Some may not yet be persuaded that the idea of multi-domain battle is … Continue reading
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Sustaining the multi-domain battle
‘Multi-domain battle’ is the topic of the moment amongst land force (Army and Marine) concept writers in a number of Western armies. ‘Multi-domain battle’ is an evolution of joint warfare which exploits the capacity of domain ‘owners’ (land, sea, air… Continue reading
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Operations Warden, Enduring and Iraqi Freedom – deployment and employment and the gaps in capability
By David Beaumont. Observations made of logistic performance in military campaigns always subjective. Because wars are inherently different, so too must be the means by which combat forces are sustained. Yet logistical requirements also change, and frequently, with the operational… Continue reading
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Rethinking logistics – challenges of the modern battlefield
At the end of 2016 the Chief of the Australian Army, through conversations with senior logisticians, asked the logistic community to rethink assumptions made about logistics. This challenge, a part of other force structure reforms in Army, formed the basis… Continue reading
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I, Logistician …..
‘Never make a specialist of the logistician … ‘ – Duncan Ballantine, 1947[1] There is nothing more an anathema to effective logistics in war than a military logistician who is an isolated, introverted, technical specialist. Logistics is not a technical… Continue reading
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Introducing “Logistics In War”
‘The conclusion is irresistible that the military themselves know next to nothing about logistics’. – United States Marine Corps Colonel George C Thorpe, Pure Logistics, 1917. Welcome to ‘Logistics In War’, a blog dedicated to exploring logistics and its impact… Continue reading
The Paper War: Logistics... and everything but the fighting. 