{"id":62955,"date":"2022-10-10T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2022\/10\/10\/us-army-heightens-focus-on-contested-logistics-in-pacific\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:44:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:44:28","slug":"us-army-heightens-focus-on-contested-logistics-in-pacific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2022\/10\/10\/us-army-heightens-focus-on-contested-logistics-in-pacific\/","title":{"rendered":"US Army heightens focus on contested logistics in Pacific"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 Coming up in 2023, the U.S. Army in the Pacific will ramp up efforts that examine how to conduct battlefield logistics in contested environments, Gen. Charles Flynn told Defense News in a recent interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs we\u2019re seeing with a protracted fight [between Russia and Ukraine] in Europe<\/a>,\u201d Flynn said, \u201cwe need to be prepared for a protracted fight here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Short, sharp, precise wars \u201care a fallacy,\u201d he added. \u201cIt may be what we want, but it may not actually be what happens; and so we need to be prepared for protracted fights and logistics, and contested logistics is a really important element.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the outcomes of the war game Unified Pacific, held in May this year, was the direct acknowledgement that the Army needs to conduct an event focused on joint contested logistics, Flynn said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unified Pacific was the first war game of its kind and centered on the role of land power during conflict in the Pacific theater, Brig. Gen. Jay Bartholomees, who is in charge of the U.S. Army Pacific\u2019s planning and operations, explained to Defense News in an interview earlier this summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\t