Sustained Logistics Readiness For Protracted Confrontation

Abstract

The U.S. is in the midst of a protracted conflict that will impact the nation's defense for generations to come. The Army is engaged in this protracted war while undergoing an expansive reorganization. Strategic decisions made today with regard to how resources are allocated will determine the Army's ability to sustain logistics readiness for combat power engaged in protracted conflict and impact the type Army that will defend the nation for the next generation. How will the confluence of conflict, a new world dis-order of Global War on Terror and Transformation of Forces, impact resource decisions to procure, project and provide logistics at the strategic level? This paper focuses on three areas of logistics at the strategic level that will be impacted by transformation coupled with the protracted conflict and persistent confrontation the Defense Industrial Base (DIB), Force Projection, and Joint Logistics.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 15, 2008
Accession Number
ADA479068

Entities

People

  • Richard A. Bezold

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan Conflict
  • Air Power
  • Airships
  • Ammunition
  • Combat Operations
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deployment
  • Governments
  • Iraqi-War
  • Logistics
  • Military Science
  • Organizational Structure
  • Supply Chain
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • International Relations and Conflict Resolution
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.