January-February 2013
Focus
Sustaining the Army of 2020
After a decade of sustained conflict, the U.S. military must reposition itself to engage a world that has substantially changed since the terrorist attacks of 2001.
Commentary
Logistics Misconstrued
For the past few years, U.S. military doctrine developers have been busy refunctionalizing warfare— that is, reorganizing terms and concepts.
Spectrum
Adaptive Leadership: The Way Ahead
for Sustainment Leaders
Persistent conflict, change, global interdependencies, demographic trends, and exponential technological advancements complicate the strategic environment.
Spectrum
Airlift in Africa: Building Operational Logistics Capability
for the African Standby Force
During the past decade, the increasing global
competition for resources, access to energy, and
terrorist attacks on U.S. embassies in Africa have
spurred a renewed focus on U.S. policy toward Africa.
Tools
Unit-Maintained Equipment Lessons Learned
Leaders of a unit-maintained equipment pilot program for an armored brigade combat
team describe what is needed and lessons learned.
Operations
Garrison and Facilities Management Advising
and Mentoring
A logistics officer offers a survival guide for helping the Afghan National Army improve its garrison organizations and assume the management of its facilities.
Operations
Operation Midnight Sun: Multifunctional Logistics in the Last Frontier
The 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion worked with several
Department of Defense organizations to transport ammunition across
Alaska and deliver it to Army ammunition supply points.
3d Sustainment Command Cleans Up Afghanistan 
