Transforming US Army Supply Chains

Part I

Project Overview

I am now convinced beyond a doubt that unless some great and capital change suddenly takes place in that line, this Army must inevitably be reduced to one or other of these three things: starve, dissolve, or disperse.

—General George Washington to the Continental Congress, December 23, 1777

You will not find it difficult to prove that battles, campaigns, and even wars have been won or lost primarily because of logistics.

—General Dwight Eisenhower

As an infantryman I used to be no more concerned with logistics than what you could stuff in a rucksack…Now I know that although the tactics are not easy they are relatively simple when compared to the logistics.

—General David Petraeus

Chapters

1. Background

2. The Immediate ...