Defense Materiel Disposition in a Contested Logistics Environment
To facilitate collaboration, synchronization, and integration throughout the joint logistics enterprise, initiatives should link to DLA’s transformational imperatives of people, precision, posture, and partnerships. This task will be made easier by changing a culture that marginalizes materiel disposition into one visible throughout history, from Atilla Hun to U.S. Army logisticians during both World Wars, who embraced the critical need to use local resources to sustain military power in the absence of new materiel.