Logistics Support for NATO's New Strategic Concept: The Need for a Multinational Logistics Command
Abstract
Since the demise of the Soviet Union, NATO has expanded its original mission from collective defense to collective security. Part of this transition includes undertaking out-of-area peace support operations with multinational rapid reaction forces. These new missions have serious implications for logistics. NATO logistics, which traditionally have been exclusively a national responsibility, can no longer be successfully executed in this manner as stovepiped logistics do not achieve an acceptable level of unity of effort to make the best use of limited resources or maximize logistics power. To effectively undertake out-of-area operations with multinational forces in the future, the Alliance requires improved capabilities in mobility, logistical integration and sustainability, and logistics command and control. Furthermore, to make the most effective use of these new capabilities and to efficiently manage the unique logistics requirements of a rapid reaction force operating outside Alliance territory, NATO should establish a standing multinational logistics command.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 13, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADA405647
Entities
People
- Eugene W. Mittuch
Organizations
- Naval War College