Advancing Combat Support to Sustain Agile Combat Employment Concepts: Integrating Global, Theater, and Unit Capabilities to Improve Support to a High-End Fight

Abstract

The focus on efficiency in combatant command combat operations has driven peacetime logistics and sustainment processes to be more centralized in the U.S. Air Force and, in some cases, at the U.S. Department of Defense level. In some instances, the centralization placed decision authorities associated with the allocation and reallocation of resources outside the control of warfighting commands. Additionally, the move toward efficiency has created a lean supply chain that relies on assured transportation to rapidly deliver resources where needed based on demand signals from end-users. Capable adversaries, however, can disrupt the supply chain by degrading communications and limiting access to forward locations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 25, 2023
Accession Number
AD1201938

Entities

People

  • James A. Leftwich
  • Katherine C. Hastings
  • Kristin F. Lynch
  • Ronald G McGarvey
  • Shannon Prier
  • Vikram Kilambi

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Business Administration
  • Combat Forces
  • Combat Operations
  • Combat Support
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Command And Control
  • Deployment
  • Employment
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Management Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Supply Chain
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.