Logisticians will have to learn deception tactics when supplying troops as more equipment will be floating aboard ships than ever before in global operations, officials say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gary Motsek, deputy assistant in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, told attendees at the National Defense Industrial Association\u2019s annual Expeditionary Warfare Conference in Annapolis, Maryland, that the nature of warfare and increased enemy threats puts the long tail supply chain at risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLarge log(istics) points have become a threat we can\u2019t handle anymore,\u201d Motsek said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to have more distributed logistics.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He urged conventional forces to think and act like special operations forces when it comes to supplying troops. Units will have to do more with a smaller footprint over longer periods of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And previously held assumptions can\u2019t be taken for granted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSafe havens aren\u2019t safe havens anymore,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For example, Guam was once considered \u201cunassailable\u201d but is now under threat of missile attacks from North Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Continental United States bases are under threat from cyber-attacks that can disorient personnel or take out power supplies, sabotage transportation and cause other problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Like operational forces, logistics personnel will have to conceal and confuse the enemy\u2019s intent on attacking supplies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLogisticians are going to have to get smart at deception,\u201d he said. \u201cI can\u2019t have a singular warehouse in Kuwait. I have to have multiple warehouses in Kuwait, some of which are empty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI have to be able to hide in plain sight and still support you,\u201d Motsek said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And those supplies won\u2019t all sit on land-based stations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn expeditionary warfare, there is a move to put more afloat,\u201d Motsek said. \u201cThere is value in having a warehouse you can move.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Navy and Marine Corps have long used the Maritime Prepositioning platforms, ships that carry combat loads, moving in various theaters across the globe, ready to supply a number of troops for a brief period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But even something as simple as getting ammunition to troops must change, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are two ports \u2014 one on each coast \u2014 where ammunition can travel through to go overseas. With enemies that have anti-ship capabilities, \u201chaving a singular ammunition ship going east or west probably isn\u2019t smart,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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