Air Force Journal of Logistics articles from December 2006

Air Force Journal of Logistics archives from December 2006

Thinking about logistics: Humanitarian Logistics Handbook leading an AEF Rotation Handbook sustaining airpower logistics for the 21st century operational-level analysis.(Special Double Edition)
December 22, 2006... Foreword This handbook addresses many of the common questions and pitfalls encountered by Air Force personnel involved in humanitarian logistics. However, as operations continue to evolve, implementation and execution will also change....

Leading an AEF Rotation: a group commander's perspective.
December 22, 2006... The purpose of this handbook is to discuss AEF leadership from a group commander's perspective with emphasis on leading an AEF rotation. The intent is to inform, educate, and start a dialogue whereby leaders can share their experiences and...

Logistics and doctrine: sustaining airpower: the Influence of Logistics on RAF Doctrine.(Special Feature)
December 22, 2006... However much we succeed in transforming our logistics processes, there will continue to be a tension between efficiency and effectiveness. A just-in-time philosophy built around a responsive and agile supply pipeline, a minimum deployment...

Contemporary issues: Logistics for the 21st Century: deployment distribution operations center, quick fix or long-term solution? Operational-level analysis: DoD's strategic mobility and logistics support to the homeland security architecture: since the dawn of warfare, the ability to execute a successful campaign has rested squarely on the foundation of military logistics.
December 22, 2006... Contemporary Issues presents two analytical articles in this edition--"Logistics for the 21stCentury: Deployment Distribution Operations Center, Quick Fix or Long-Term Solution" and "Operational-Level Analysis: DoD's Strategic Mobility and...

Operational-level analysis: DoD's strategic mobility and logistics support to the homeland security architecture.
December 22, 2006... Introduction On September 11, 2001 (9/11) the United States appeared powerless in the face of a sudden asymmetrical terrorist air attack on several key centers of national power. While the nation rallied in the wake of the attacks, most...

Decision framework for dynamic manpower reallocation.(Candid Voices)
December 22, 2006... Introduction As the Air Force continues to play a dominant role in the Global War on Terrorism, airmen worldwide are challenged with grueling schedules and longer duty hours. With some career fields and units tapped more heavily than...

Historical perspective.(Brief article)
December 22, 2006... The battle is fought and decided by the quartermasters before the shooting begins. --Field Marshal Erwin Rommel No matter their nationality or specific service, military logisticians throughout history have understood the absolute...

Concentration and logistics.(Brief article)
December 22, 2006... To win in battle we must concentrate combat power in time and space. Strategy and tactics are concerned with the questions of what time and what place; these are the ends, not the means. The means of victory is concentration and that process...

Interim global logistics support center supply chain management capabilities.(INSIDE LOGISTICS)
December 22, 2006... It's not good enough to be capable of fighting big armies and big navies and big air forces on a slow, ponderous basis. We have to be able to move quickly and have to be agile and have to have a smaller footprint. And we have to be able to...

Logistics analysis.
December 22, 2006... Introduction The current focus in logistics analysis relies heavily on the use of averages. There are instances where predictive modeling is used; however, data requirements for predictive modeling to be accurate are often not being met...

Logistics and warfare.
December 22, 2006... General Mathew B. Ridgway, of World War II fame, once observed, "What throws you in combat is rarely the fact that your tactical scheme was wrong... but that you failed to think through the hard cold facts of logistics." Logistics is the key...