Adaptive Logistics Network

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Adaptive Logistics Network
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• Concept
• Logistics capability that can rapidly morph to
  meet the needs of the command
• Network is agile, flexible and
  adaptiveeffectively and efficiently utilize
  scarce resources in the AOR
• Collaboration between all participants not
  just DOD
• Complimentary and based on unity of effort
• Rapid decision making
• Goals
• Make the concept routine
• Rapid efficient support for customer
• Helping Africa build logistics capability

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Track Topics List

• Track 2 Utilizing Capability While Building
  Partnership Capacity
• Africa Military Forces and Air Power
• Logistics Airlift Aspects of Peace Support Ops
• Air Transport in Africa
• HUMRO Humanitarian Relief, Medical
  Interventions, Full Spectrum Ops, Sustainability
  of Relief Operations/Development Assistance

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Track 2 Utilizing Capability While Building
Partnership Capacity

• Topic Africa Military Forces and Air Power
• What do African nations need in military air
  power capabilities to support capacity-building?
• To be full partners in supporting peacekeeping
  and other ops through UN, AU, ECOWAS, and EU?
• Sub-Topic Maintenance Culture
• How to bring maintenance culture, esp. military
  and civilian aircraft?
• Focus on efficient states? Or regions?
• Best way to contract maintenance services?

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Track 2 Utilizing Capability While Building
Partnership Capacity

• Topic Logistics Airlift Aspects of Peace
  Support Operations
• Who is focusing on air logistics network linking
  each nation region so ops can be run
  effectively and sustained anywhere on the
  continent?
• No one African nation able to create sustain
  military airlift capability to address airlift
  needs.
• African Union recognizes logistics systems need
  to be developed idea for a network of regional
  depots.
• ADSS needs to be everywhere to create a fully
  functioning continental air domain system.

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Track 2 Utilizing Capability While Building
Partnership Capacity

• Sub-Topic AU, UN, EU Peace Ops in Africa
• Will UN, AU, EU peace ops mature enough to
  improve stability in Sudan, Chad, CAR, Somalia,
  DR Congo, Ivory Coast, Western Sahara?
• What is the role of AFRICOM, 17th AF?
• Sub-Topic Transporting peacekeepers
• How best to transport peacekeepers?
• What should be the role of AFRICOM / 17th AF?
• Air Power lessons learned Darfur, Sudan, etc.? 

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Track 2 Utilizing Capability While Building
Partnership Capacity

• Topic Air Transport in Africa
• Optimizing air cargo/personnel movement to/from
  and around the continent.
• How to develop low tech and low cost
  infrastructure?
• Topic Building Air Transport Support Capability
• How best to build air transport support
  capabilities?
• Assistance mechanisms, commercial air consortia,
  international cooperation and collaboration,
  etc.?
• What is the role of AFRICOM and the 17th AF?
• AFRICOM Science Advisor blimp-type solution?  

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Track 2 Utilizing Capability While Building
Partnership Capacity

• Topic HUMRO
• Humanitarian Relief
• Medical Interventions
• Full Spectrum Operations
• Sustainability of Relief Operations and
  Development Assistance