Fuel and Water Are Important, But We Need To Improve The Logistics

Why not apply the same principle to moving mil- itary fuel and water? Since the first Gulf War, the concepts of interoperability, scalability and easy mobility have been a key logistics focus for armed forces worldwide. The core concepts here are to increase company or pla- toon autonomy in fuel and...

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Published inArmy Vol. 64; no. 8; p. 46
Main Author Broughton, Mark
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Arlington Association of the US Army 01.08.2014
Subjects
Armed forces
Defense industry
Military policy
Supply chains
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Summary:Why not apply the same principle to moving mil- itary fuel and water? Since the first Gulf War, the concepts of interoperability, scalability and easy mobility have been a key logistics focus for armed forces worldwide. The core concepts here are to increase company or pla- toon autonomy in fuel and water with larger, trailer- mounted packet sizes, permitting longer periods of deploy- ment while maintaining the modular concept for interoperability with, for example, armored MRAP utility variants.
ISSN:0004-2455