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Text says Campaign of Learning White Paper: Just Enough Logistics: Shifting the Logistics Paradigm, by DLA Director LTG Mark Simerly and LTC Daniel Marvin

Nov. 1, 2025

Just Enough Logistics: Shifting the Logistics Paradigm

Today’s battlespace is more complex, unpredictable, and technologically advanced than ever before. The modern Warfighter must operate in environments where logistics is under threat – from cyber vulnerabilities, adversarial supply chain manipulation, and constrained transportation networks. 

Text says Campaign of Learning White Paper: Modernization of the Distribution Network, by MAJ James Marley, DLA Distribution

Nov. 1, 2025

Modernization of the Distribution Network

Logistics is no longer a back-end function; it is a front-line enabler of military success. The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has underscored the critical role of logistics in modern warfare, where the ability to move, store, and deliver material at speed will be a decisive factor in conflict outcomes.

Text says Campaign of Learning White Paper: DLA Disposition Services: Reutilization as a Source of Supply, by Angela Wilbur, DLA Disposition Services

Nov. 1, 2025

DLA Disposition Services: Reutilization as a source of supply

For decades, military forces have relied on a systematic approach to targeting and engaging enemy forces, known as the "Kill Chain," or F2T2EA sequence: Find, Fix, Track, Target, Engage, and Assess. The ultimate goal of warfare is to create significant combat effects, which can be either kinetic, such as destroying an enemy missile launcher with a precision-guided bomb, or non-kinetic, like disrupting an adversary's radar systems through electronic jamming.

Text says Campaign of Learning White Paper: Incorporating Tactical Energy Storage War Reserves: DLA’s Vital Role in Sustaining Strategic into Assets, By COL Sue Styer, MAJ Emile Prosko and Kristin Molinaro, DLA Weapons Support (Columbus)

Nov. 1, 2025

Incorporating Tactical Energy Storage into War Reserves: DLA’s Vital Role in Sustaining Strategic Assets

War Reserve Materiel (WRM) is critical to minimizing supply chain disruptions inherent in contested logistics. For over sixty years, forward-deployed, prepositioned war reserve materiel (PWRM) has enabled rapid response to contingencies and strengthened deterrence against emerging threats.

Text says Campaign of Learning White Paper: Finding Advantage in the Economic Attributes of Supply Chain Management, by MAJ Antonio Randolph, Michigan Army National Guard

Nov. 1, 2025

Finding advantage in the economic attributes of supply chain management

The tension between culmination and operational reach is inherent in all operations and at every echelon. Germany started WWII with relatively minuscule industrial capacity, limited access to fossil fuels and light/heavy metals, and a delusional sense of invincibility abetted by their early tactical successes by way of Blitzkrieg. All of this was complemented by a self-assured will to fight predicated on initial weapons design prowess and an ideological sense of superiority. Even still, the strategic intent was to annihilate opposition expeditiously via fast-acting maneuver in order to avoid attritional warfare.

Text says Campaign of Learning White Paper: Defense Materiel Disposition in a Contested Logistics Environment, by Timothy J. Walters, DLA Disposition Services

Nov. 1, 2025

Defense Material Disposition in a Contested Logistics Environment

The emerging joint operating environment (JOE) is characterized by an erosion of U.S. military competitive advantages as adversaries obtain technologically advanced capabilities at a faster pace than ever before to deny, disrupt, and degrade our nation’s ability to protect itself and advance national interests. This is resulting in unique and complex challenges for military forces engaging in a wide range of operational activities across the competition continuum.

Text says Campaign of Learning White Paper: The Joint Logistics Enterprise’s Modern “Contested Logistics Truths” by DLA Director LTG Mark Simerly and Leighann Martin

Nov. 1, 2025

The Joint Logistics Enterprise’s Modern 'Contested Logistics Truths'

From its inception, the military has played a significant role in the development of the United States. As the Nation approaches its 250th anniversary, a consistent theme for our military emerges: the enduring imperative to defend, deter, and prevail in conflict. History has demonstrated that the lynchpin of success in conflict always relies on logistics.

The cover of the white paper appears on a desktop next to a calculator and pens

Sept. 24, 2025

Using economic attributes for strategic supply chain management

In response to the evolving challenges in military logistics, new strategies are being pioneered to enhance supply chain management, as described in the white paper, “Finding Advantage in the Economic Attributes of Supply Chain Management."

An illustrated figure in a space surrounded by stylized technological lighting studies a screen with text saying "Transforming Defense Logistics Planning: Leveraging Machine Learning for Enhanced Warfighter Readiness"

Sept. 8, 2025

Machine learning has potential to revolutionize agency’s planning processes

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — In response to the increasing complexity and technological demands of modern warfare, the Defense Logistics Agency is pioneering new strategies to enhance military logistics.

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Aug. 25, 2025

Excess military materials critical to answering contested logistics challenges

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — In an era where global conflicts are increasingly defined by technological advancements and strategic complexities, the Defense Logistics Agency is turning its focus to a critical aspect of military logistics: material disposition.