The United States fights in conflicts as a joint military force. Recent experience in joint operations has demonstrated shortcomings in the Joint Force Commander's ability to optimize and integrate logistics in the planning and execution of those operations. Existing laws, doctrine and regulations that pertain to logistics support at the operational level of war do not identify clear responsibilities to provide the best possible logistical support to Joint Force Commanders during future conflicts. The United States is transforming the form and structure of its military forces as well as the war fighting doctrine and functions that those forces will perform to meet the challenges associated with future threats to the Nation. Now is the time to examine and explore new methods of providing logistics support to future Joint Force Commanders. The Joint Force Commander needs a dedicated and centralized logistics support organization that is capable of immediately performing the full range of logistics command and control functions at the outset of future conflicts. A single logistics entity in the Department of Defense responsible to the Joint Force Commander should be designated to manage the flow of material to a theater of operations during a conflict. The Joint Force Commander needs a single information system that is able to rapidly plan, track and predict logistics information pertaining to planned or actual operations.
Beans, Bullets and Black Oil ... Are We Delighting the Joint Force Commander
2003
24 pages
Report
No indication
English
Logistics Military Facilities & Supplies , Logistics support , Warfare , Department of defense , Theater level operations , United states , Organizations , Information systems , Threats , Military doctrine , Materials , Command and control systems , Military commanders , Joint endeavor operation , Desert shield/storm operation
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