Sustainable Sustainment: Supplying War in the Age of Strategic Competition
“This is about winning a war. We don’t have time for some politically correct publicity stunt.” This is the typical response we encountered when proposing sustainable logistics and sustainment practices at a recent military exercise in Southeast Asia. The U.S. military personnel responsible for moving materials through the docks and airfields in Thailand were understandably skeptical. They viewed us as “do-gooders” and did not understand why developing processes now to recycle motor oil could be a critical step toward future success in the Indo-Pacific. But when you zoom out, it makes sense. In the Indo-Pacific the U.S. military faces two The post Sustainable Sustainment: Supplying War in the Age of Strategic Competition appeared first on War on the Rocks.
“This is about winning a war. We don’t have time for some politically correct publicity stunt.” This is the typical response we encountered when proposing sustainable logistics and sustainment practices at a recent military exercise in Southeast Asia. The U.S. military personnel responsible for moving materials through the docks and airfields in Thailand were understandably skeptical. They viewed us as “do-gooders” and did not understand why developing processes now to recycle motor oil could be a critical step toward future success in the Indo-Pacific. But when you zoom out, it makes sense. In the Indo-Pacific the U.S. military faces two
The post Sustainable Sustainment: Supplying War in the Age of Strategic Competition appeared first on War on the Rocks.
