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National Defense June 2004 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	Battlefield Logistics: Color It `Purple' As pressure intensifies at the Defense Department to improve logistics support to U.S. troops in the field, decision makers within the military services, Joint staff and combatant commands are stepping up efforts to fix immediate problems and try to develop long-term solutions.
National Defense February 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Digital Age Logistics Systems Still No Panacea for Troops Providing essential supplies and services to troops on the front lines ranks increasingly consumes larger bites of the Pentagon's half-trillion-dollar annual budget.
National Defense April 2004 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	War Realities Call for New Approach to Logistics The United States, for decades, has served as the world's model for how to plan and execute military logistics, but it's clear that the growing demands of global deployments and rapid-response operations call for changes in how the nation supports and sustains its forces.
National Defense May 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Commanders Ponder How Best To Mend Battlefield Logistics A team of about 100 logistics experts dispatched to Iraq earlier this year pinpointed serious problems in the distribution of military supplies in the war zone, and is taking steps to solve them.
National Defense April 2006 Claude V. Christianson	Joint Logistics: A Personal Perspective We have an opportunity to significantly advance our systems, processes and organizations to improve support for the joint force commander -- and we must seize it, says this Army Lt. Gen. and director for logistics on the Joint Staff.
National Defense April 2004 Mike Cast	Army-Led Team Probes Joint Logistics Gaps The U.S. Army Developmental Test Command is sponsoring a test and evaluation program aimed at improving joint logistics processes.
National Defense January 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Army Ponders Formation Of Expert Logistics Units As the U.S. Army reorganizes from a division- to a brigade-based combat force, it also intends to change the way it delivers supplies and logistics support to the front lines.
National Defense January 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Logistics Reforms Aim to Fix Supply Bottlenecks A team of logistics experts from the U.S. Transportation Command and other agencies will be heading to Iraq this month, in an attempt to break long-standing logjams in the distribution of supplies to forward-deployed units.
National Defense June 2011	Logistics Division Elects New Chairman Lou Kratz was elected to lead the National Defense Industrial Association's Logistics Management Division.
National Defense August 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	No Quick Fixes on the Horizon For Army Logistics Operations The Army intends to field quick-reaction brigades that can respond to contingencies and help facilitate the deployment of a larger force. The goal is to avoid the lengthy buildups that preceded the most recent conflicts in the Persian Gulf.
National Defense November 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	In Search of Better Ways To Provide for Soldiers The Pentagon spends $80 billion a year on logistics, and yet fails to help soldiers solve seemingly easy problems.
National Defense January 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Complex Realities Lie Behind U.S. Rush to Train Iraqi Army It has become crystal clear that fielding a competent Iraqi Army is a tenet of the U.S. exit strategy. What is far less apparent is what exactly constitutes a competent Iraqi fighting force, and how long it will be before it can relieve American troops.
National Defense April 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Changes on the Way for Army Logistics Ops The Army is not organized to rapidly set up a base of operations and launch a major campaign from an area that does not already have basic infrastructure.
National Defense March 2015 Sandra Erwin	Defense Logistics: Too Much Unwanted Inventory, Not Enough of What Is Needed The Defense Department has stocks of supplies the military doesn't use and sometimes not enough of what it really needs.
National Defense August 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Army Brigades Will Deploy With Hundreds More Trucks The Army is expanding its logistics and transportation operations as part of a broader reorganization intended to field combat brigades that can operate independently, without the support of higher echelons.
National Defense July 2004 Harold Kennedy	Services Need to Share Logistics Information The lack of accurate information about supply requirements, shipments and deliveries has hurt military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Learning how to fix those information gaps is one of the most important lessons of the war.
National Defense September 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Defense Dept. Begins New Effort to Better Track Military Supplies The Defense Department expects to unveil this month its latest plan to improve the management and distribution of combat supplies, repair parts and materials that make up the Pentagon's $162 billion logistics chain.
IndustryWeek April 1, 2008 David Blanchard	U.S. Military Launches Supply Chain Partnership Three government agencies have established a formal partnership designed to improve supply chain management for the U.S. Military's armed forces.
National Defense April 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Technologies Rushed to War: And Then What? Hasty deployment of specialized military equipment to forces under fire in Iraq and Afghanistan have saved the day more than once for Army troops. But much work remains to be done in offering spare parts, manuals and other important follow-on services.
National Defense July 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	War Experience Provides Rationale For Marine Corps Logistics Reform U.S. Marines in Iraq generally are having an easier time managing and distributing battlefield supplies than they did during the early phases of the conflict more than a year ago.
AskMen.com Simon Sinek	Simon Sinek's Logistics Of Leadership We follow those who lead not because we have to, but because we want to. We follow those who lead not for them, but for ourselves.
National Defense September 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Central Command Reports Improvements in Logistics As a new round of troop rotations gets under way in Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. military transportation officials expect fewer logistics hassles than seen previously.
National Defense February 2013 Paul J. Kern	U.S. Troops Deserve a Competitive Equipment Advantage The Army can take advantage of commercial competitive practices for fast-moving technologies, rather than lengthy bureaucratic processes. The armed forces should have the best capability when they need it -- and at a more affordable price in a time of lean defense budgets.
National Defense December 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	For Contractors in War Zones, Business Will Keep Growing The constant sniping in Washington about military contractors ignores the inescapable conclusion that the privatization of government functions not only is here to stay, but is going to get bigger.
National Defense January 2005 Roxana Tiron	Deployment of Sea Bases Faces Technical, Budgetary Challenges The notion that ground forces can be launched, supported and sustained solely from ships at sea is still new to the Army and the Air Force, and the Defense Department has yet to figure out how to pay for this capability.
National Defense May 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Comrades in Arms With Penchant for Bitter Rivalries Retired four-star general and West Point professor Barry McCaffrey marvels at the miracle of joint-service combat power.
National Defense February 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Transportation Command Searches For Ways to Expedite Troop Rotations In an attempt to accelerate the movement of troops in and out of Iraq, the U.S. Transportation Command is reorganizing its operations and adopting new web-based technology to help synchronize the complex logistics effort.
National Defense June 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	More Than Technology Is Needed to Win Wars As events unfold in Iraq, much second-guessing goes on in Washington, not just about the overall U.S. strategy or lack thereof, but also on whether the hundreds of billions of dollars allocated every year to weapon systems are being spent on the right things.
National Defense June 2012 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	New American Oil Boom: Will it Slow DoD's Renewable Energy Momentum? The Defense Department has been focused over two administrations on energy efficiency at the national and defense levels.
National Defense May 2005 Lawrence P. Farrell	Successful Net-Centric Operations Require Joint Testing The wars U.S. forces are fighting today---and can be expected to fight in the foreseeable future---undoubtedly are shaping the military services' requirements for new and improved technology.
Knowledge@Wharton	Managing Supply Chains: What the Military Can Teach Business (and Vice Versa) In reality, both worlds have an opportunity to learn from each other's mistakes and successes.
National Defense January 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Air Force Stepping Out of Comfort Zone Throughout the blue-suit community, there is an undeniable and growing recognition that the Air Force is changing, not just by design, but also in an effort to adjust to these tumultuous times.
National Defense August 2007 Grace Jean	Defense Technologies for an Uncertain Future The United States is at a crossroads when it comes to developing defense technologies for a future that seems obscure at best.
Parameters Winter 2003/2004 Christopher J. Toomey	Army Digitization: Making it Ready for Prime Time The Army's commitment to creating a digitized force elicits some key questions about how the Army will make the transition from an analog force in the face of rapidly changing technology while maintaining the capability to meet key strategic and operational challenges.
National Defense November 2006 David Axe	Equipment Shortages Undermine Iraqi Forces As long as local Iraqi forces rely on the coalition for logistics support, a complete withdrawal is unlikely.
National Defense January 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	While Still at War, Services Brood Over `What's Next?' The business of planning for the future indeed can be scary, especially when it comes to predicting when and where the nation will fight the next war.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2004	Logistics for the Transformational Force The need for information dominance, as well as for smaller, lighter weapon systems on the battlefield, is pressing logistics to the forefront as military officials search for the most promising technologies that will speed crucial supplies to fast-moving forces.
National Defense November 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Army Will Need to Recruit A Few Good Geeks The Army has no in-house logistics support for all their commercial high-tech equipment, and must now figure out how to maintain them.
IndustryWeek July 1, 2007 David Blanchard	Four Questions To Ask A 3PL Here are four key points manufacturers should consider before you plan to outsource your supply chain and logistics management efforts to a third-party logistics provider.
IndustryWeek July 1, 2007 David Blanchard	3PLs Flourish As Manufacturers Stick To What They Do Best Manufacturers are learning sometimes it's better to let somebody else do the work.
National Defense March 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Raise Stirs Questions on `Fair Pay' A proposed 2.2 percent pay raise for military personnel (the same raise that the Bush administration recommended for civilian workers) raised eyebrows in Washington. Giving equal salary increments to military and civilians, critics argue, implies that the Pentagon is failing to reward the dangerous work that troops are doing in Iraq.
National Defense May 2010 Stew Magnuson	Army Seeks to Quiet Skeptics As it Tries New Acquisition Strategy One year after Defense Secretary Robert Gates canceled the Army's Future Combat Systems program, service leaders say they are moving forward with a new acquisition regime.
National Defense July 2007 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	National Security and Energy Inextricably Linked Weather and energy have become focal points of a much needed discussion in the United States about climate change, energy dependence and, not surprisingly, national security.
Parameters Autumn 2008 Mark Cancian	Contractors: The New Element of Military Force Structure The purpose of this article is to examine what battlefield contractors do, consider how we got to the situation we are in today, and provide force planners with some useful insight regarding the future.
CIO June 15, 2002 Ben Worthen	The Few, the Proud, the Supply Chain War is hell and so is supporting one. Every time the Marine Corps goes off to fight, it needs soldiers for combat but also support personnel to manage the supply chain each mission requires.
National Defense February 2009 Grace V. Jean	Equipment Shortages Undercut U.S. Special Operations Forces The U.S. Special Operations Command has seen its budget and personnel nearly double since 2001. But analysts caution that the command may be stretching itself thin because it has not acquired enough additional equipment to support a larger force.
National Defense August 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Washington Pulse Joint Warfare Has Its Drawbacks... Naval Aviators Told To Tighten Belt... Marines Shifting Non-Combat Jobs to Civilians... Military Training Programs Could See Cutbacks...
National Defense January 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Army Shifting Aviation Focus From Unmanned to Manned The role of Army helicopters in Iraq as combat workhorses has bolstered the notion that rotary-wing aircraft, for most missions, are unlikely to be replaced by unmanned vehicles.
National Defense November 2006 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	Defense Leading the Way in Energy Savings Our enormous national appetite for energy at last has emerged as a national security issue. The Pentagon, fortunately, is now assuming a leadership role in areas spanning energy-saving technologies and alternative fuels.
IndustryWeek February 1, 2003 David Drickhamer	Special Delivery Logistics service providers want to manage your supply chain. Are they ready?