{"id":45676,"date":"2025-10-24T12:36:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T12:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2025\/10\/24\/why-army-logistics-need-to-think-like-combat-units-to-survive-drones\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:24:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:24:26","slug":"why-army-logistics-need-to-think-like-combat-units-to-survive-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2025\/10\/24\/why-army-logistics-need-to-think-like-combat-units-to-survive-drones\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Army logistics need to think like combat units to survive drones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Russia-Ukraine war has been a drone operator\u2019s dream and a quartermaster\u2019s nightmare. Supply trucks and depots have been pounded by a nearly endless stream of drones and long-range munitions. Resupply of front-line units means running a gauntlet of fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the first time since World War II, U.S. Army logisticians must contemplate a grim future where supply units no longer have the luxury of assuming that the Air Force can shield them from aerial threats. Nor that being behind the front lines will keep them safe from enemy bombardment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe assumption that logistics operates in the safety of a rear area is no longer valid,\u201d Capt. Stephanie Torres told Defense News. \u201cSustainment formations are targeted with the same precision and lethality as maneuver units.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese units must train for survivability, move like maneuver formations and plan for deception and concealment, not just the technicalities of distribution of material.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Supply units need to think like combat units, argued Torres, an experienced logistics officer, in a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lineofdeparture.army.mil\/Journals\/Army-Sustainment\/Army-Sustainment-Archive\/ASPB-Summer-2025\/Surviving-the-Kill-Web\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.lineofdeparture.army.mil\/Journals\/Army-Sustainment\/Army-Sustainment-Archive\/ASPB-Summer-2025\/Surviving-the-Kill-Web\/\">essay<\/a> for Army Sustainment magazine. She pointed to the omnipresent drone swarms that have turned the Ukraine battlefield into a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/ukraines-supply-runs-turn-to-nightmares-as-drones-menace-roads-far-beyond-the-front-3d478ac4?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=ASWzDAheTxXlC4xYf8noisw1GOKNM4hPuWa0okjbnVwGUqsgbINdBzK8UGvG&amp;gaa_ts=68dda06a&amp;gaa_sig=s6i0NptJDOe-H5dHgHvZWitys_tPfASamU5HaZLnfEAA_G-z84kiBMIwtrQkokI3MsbvOCfXODUd-gUoWGzGuA==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/ukraines-supply-runs-turn-to-nightmares-as-drones-menace-roads-far-beyond-the-front-3d478ac4?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=ASWzDAheTxXlC4xYf8noisw1GOKNM4hPuWa0okjbnVwGUqsgbINdBzK8UGvG&amp;gaa_ts=68dda06a&amp;gaa_sig=s6i0NptJDOe-H5dHgHvZWitys_tPfASamU5HaZLnfEAA_G-z84kiBMIwtrQkokI3MsbvOCfXODUd-gUoWGzGuA==\">vast kill zone<\/a> that extends 20 miles or more beyond the front line. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRussian forces have repeatedly ambushed Ukrainian supply columns with coordinated drone surveillance and rapid sensor-to-shooter strikes, destroying logistics elements with lethal efficiency,\u201d Torres wrote. \u201cRussian units have learned to wait patiently in concealed positions, exploiting the kill web to obliterate convoys before they reach the front lines.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just as Ukrainian and Russians troops have painfully learned, U.S. Army supply units will have to assume that drones are always prowling overhead, and that disclosing their location by chatting too much on the radio will get them targeted by a missile strike. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSustainment nodes must reduce their electromagnetic and physical signatures to survive in an environment saturated with sensors,\u201d Torres wrote. \u201cThis means minimizing radio transmissions, employing camouflage and decoys, limiting tentage, and using low-signature platforms to deliver and store supplies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even logistics training has to be overhauled. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCombat training centers must expose sustainers to contested logistics environments, complete with persistent drone surveillance, precision fires, and denied communications,\u201d wrote Torres, who now serves Secretary of the General Staff for First Army Division West.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For sustainment troops to have defensive capabilities equivalent to maneuver units, they are going to need similar equipment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Embedded counter-unmanned aerial systems in sustainment formations will be critical for defending supply units against drone and missile strikes, wrote Torres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet counter-drone assets, such as machine guns and jammers, will inevitably be in short supply. Do combat units or supply units get priority? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCounter-UAS systems and mobile protection platforms are limited and typically prioritized for maneuver units,\u201d Torres explained to Defense News. \u201cBut here\u2019s the reality: If logistics fails, our operations lose longevity. We can\u2019t afford to ignore survivability for sustainers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army logistics system needs to evolve from fixed, vulnerable hubs to dispersed, autonomous nodes dispatching mobile sustainment teams \u201cthat displace frequently, adapt quickly, and align with maneuver formations,\u201d Torres argued in her essay. Supply convoys must be flexible, responsive as maneuver units constantly shift their locations and timed to coincide when the chance of detection by enemy intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance is low.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, logistics units can also protect themselves \u2014 and support maneuver forces \u2014 simply by being more efficient at their jobs. For example, excess inventory stored in vulnerable depots near the front could be shipped back to the rear every day, perhaps loaded on returning supply trucks. This includes unneeded construction materials and spare parts or even extra rations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ve seen firsthand how excess inventory can become a burden, and significantly impact mobility,\u201d said Torres, who served in Afghanistan and Iraq. \u201cThese experiences taught me that flexibility and speed are vital to sustainment operations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army can learn best practices from the commercial world, especially just-in-time logistics, said Torres, who has an MBA degree. Artificial intelligence and predictive analytics can reveal patterns, while decentralized fulfillment \u2014 which companies like Amazon use \u2014 can improve efficiency. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn tactical operations, these translate into lean logistics,\u201d Torres said. \u201cLeaner footprints in contested environments promote agility, and agility produces higher chances of survival.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the end, \u201ccommanders must ask themselves hard questions,\u201d Torres wrote. \u201cCan our formations displace under threat? Are we retrograding supplies daily? 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