LOGISTICS ANALYSIS: OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM Operation Iraqi Freedom is the cover name assigned by the United States Department of Defense to the invasion of Iraq in the spring of 2003. This essay analyses the logistics effort that supported the conduct of the operation. Where feasible, this analysis highlights medical logistics operations.
Logistics is the key to the success of any major military operation. Commanders, regardless of the quality of their combat forces and regardless of the brilliance of strategists and tacticians, must be able to:
Move their combat forces to the arena of battle
Supply, provide support, and provide care for forces during the period of battle, and
Develop and maintain the infrastructure required to sustain the forces in the post-battle period
There is an advertisement frequently seen on American television that ends with the slogan: "BASF does not make many of the products you use. BASF makes the products you use better". Paraphrased, that advertising slogan accurately describes the role of military logistics for the United States armed forces: "Military logistics does not fight the nation's battles. Military logistics makes is p
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