"Military logistics is the discipline of planning and carrying out the movement, supply, and maintenance of military forces."
This topic covers the cost of providing support to troops in combat, including logistics, transportation, and medical care.
Military Budgeting Process: This involves understanding the systems, methods, and policies that the military uses to allocate resources.
Understanding the National Security Strategy: The National Security Strategy identifies the key areas of U.S. interest and outlines the government’s approach for achieving these objectives.
Understanding the Defense Budget Process: The Defense Budget Process outlines how funds are allocated to the various defense departments and agencies.
Understanding the Acquisition Process: This involves an understanding of how the military acquires equipment and services and the laws, regulations, and processes involved.
Understanding Resource Management: This involves an understanding of the military resource management practices and budget execution.
Military Procurement Process: This involves getting contracts and equipment for the military using a variety of methods, including requests for proposals (RFPs), sole source procurement, procurement through national security clauses, partnerships with industry, and other means.
Understanding Military Contracting: This involves an understanding of the various types of contracts used by the military (e.g. IDIQ, cost reimbursement, and fixed-price contracts) and the rules, regulations, and processes involved.
Understanding International Security Assistance: This involves an understanding of the ways the US military provides support to other countries' security efforts.
Understanding Joint Capability Integration and Development System: This involves an understanding of the processes by which new capabilities are identified, tested, and integrated into military operations.
Current Defense Issues: Understanding the political and economic context in which military budgets must be developed and understanding how different military operations affect the budget.
Operations and Maintenance (O&M): This budget funds the daily operations and maintenance costs of military units, including equipment repairs, supplies, and personnel compensation.
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E): This budget supports the development and testing of new military technologies, weapons, and equipment.
Procurement (PROC): This budget funds the purchase of new military equipment, such as vehicles, weapons, and aircraft.
Military Personnel (MILPERS): This budget funds the salaries and benefits of military personnel, including pay and allowances, housing and food, and medical care.
Military Construction (MILCON): This budget funds the construction and maintenance of military facilities and infrastructure around the world.
Defense Health Program (DHP): This budget supports the medical and dental care of military personnel and their families, including research and development of new medical treatments.
Defense Working Capital Fund (DWCF): This budget funds the purchase of goods and services to support military operations, such as fuel, maintenance supplies, and equipment rentals.
Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS): This budget funds the administration of military finance and accounting, including payroll, travel expenses, and budget management.
Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund (JIEDDO): This budget funds efforts to combat improvised explosive devices (IEDs), such as funding for research and development of new counter-IED technology.
Other special programs: These include various programs that do not fit into the above categories, such as the National Guard and Reserve Equipment Account (NGREA), which funds equipment for National Guard and Reserve units.
"It is those aspects of military operations that deal with design, development, acquisition, storage, distribution, maintenance, evacuation, and disposition of materiel; transport of personnel; acquisition or construction, maintenance, operation and disposition of facilities; acquisition or furnishing of services; medical and health service support."
"Materiel refers to the goods, equipment, and supplies necessary for military operations."
"Design, development, acquisition, storage, distribution, maintenance, evacuation, and disposition of materiel."
"Transport of personnel is an essential aspect of military logistics."
"Facilities include structures and infrastructure that support military operations."
"Acquisition or construction, maintenance, operation, and disposition of facilities."
"Acquisition or furnishing of services is an important element of military logistics."
"Medical and health service support is a crucial component of military logistics."
"In its most comprehensive sense, military logistics encompasses all the aspects related to planning and carrying out the movement, supply, and maintenance of military forces."
"Logistics ensures the efficient flow of resources, personnel, and services to support military forces."
"Logistics plays a vital role in maintaining the readiness of military forces by providing timely and effective support."
"Logistics deals with the acquisition, storage, distribution, and maintenance of materiel, which includes the equipment and materials required for military operations."
"The evacuation of materiel ensures that supplies and equipment are moved out of potentially hostile areas or from locations no longer needed."
"Logistics is involved in the acquisition, construction, operation, and maintenance of facilities necessary for military operations."
"Transporting personnel is an integral part of military logistics, ensuring the movement of troops to different locations as required."
"The primary responsibility of logistics is to acquire or provide the necessary services to support military operations".
"Logistics includes medical and health service support, which focuses on providing necessary healthcare and support to military personnel."
"Logistics is involved in the disposition of materiel and facilities, ensuring their proper management, utilization, and eventual disposal if necessary."
"Logistics is essential for planning, coordinating, and executing the movement, supply, and maintenance of military forces, ensuring they have the necessary resources and support to fulfill their objectives."