A Joint Logistics Command in the Indo-Pacific will Prevent Logistic Culminating Points

Abstract

The Indo-Pacific theater challenges the United States (U.S.) military's ability to support joint operations during a potential kinetic conflict with China. Using historian Duncan S. Ballantine's framework of military logistics helps conduct an assessment on why logistic tasks may fail, or reach a logistics culminating point (LCP), and provides a foundation to identify sustainment shortfalls in a contested environment. To enable a future joint fight, the Indo-Pacific theater requires a Joint Logistics Command (JLC) to prevent planning-based, resource-based, and distribution-based logistics culminating points.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 12, 2023
Accession Number
AD1206189

Entities

People

  • Alice Bechtol

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Contested Environments
  • Environment
  • Logistics
  • Sustainment
  • United States

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design