Logisticians
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Do Defence logisticians need a new professional narrative?
By David Beaumont Ten years ago, I wrote a short article on the Australian Army’s then ‘Land Power Forum’ arguing the case for an Army logistics narrative. This article was written in the wake of a shake-up of the Army’s… Continue reading
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The trust deficit – why do we expect logistics to fail us?
By Gabrielle M. Follett. Trust. The willingness of a party to be vulnerable to the actions of another party based on the expectation that the other will perform a particular action important to the trustor, irrespective of the ability of… Continue reading
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Future Logistician – framing a new approach
By Major General David Mulhall. What do we need of our military logisticians in the future? Or perhaps, what skills, attributes, experiences and education will best prepare logisticians to deliver outcomes in a Joint environment? An environment that is characterised by change; changes in war fighting concepts… Continue reading
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Intellectual irrelevance and the ownership of military logistics
By David Beaumont The professionalisation of logisticians is a topic that has once again emerged, as strategic-level organisations in a number of different militaries seek to improve, and ‘intellectualise’, military logistics. The desire for ‘intellectualisation’ appeals to one of the… Continue reading
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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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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
The Paper War: Logistics... and everything but the fighting. 