New Logistics Ideas for a Complex World
Col. James Kennedy, U.S. Army, Retired
Lt. Col. Kris Hughes, U.S. Army
The U.S. Army Operating Concept: Win in a Complex World describes the anticipated challenges the Army might face in the future.1 It explains that the Army does not know the time, place, or enemy it will face, and it identifies the operational challenges the Army must anticipate to win. In order to meet those challenges, the U.S. Army’s centers of excellence are busy identifying capability gaps; determining doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership education, personnel, facilities, and policy solutions; and updating functional concepts to evolve the current force into the Army described in Force 2025 and Beyond.2 The “AirLand Battle” or “Full-Spectrum Operations” experience of our senior leaders and the forward operating base and counterinsurgency experience of our midgrade leaders served us well during the Cold War and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.3 However, in our unknown and unknowable future, we will need to change some of our paradigms. It is our intent to highlight five recommendations to drive discussion at the Sustainment Center of Excellence and with senior leaders that may help our sustainment force be more responsive and agile for soldiers and commanders:
http://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/Military-Review/English-Edition-Archives/May-June-2017/New-Logistics-Ideas-for-a-Complex-World/
