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This monograph describes how Army forces were sustained during Operation Iraqi Freedom, examines how well this support performed, and discusses the effects on operations with an emphasis on the period from the start of ground combat to the fall of Baghdad. The findings have implications for the design of the logistics system, logistics process improvement efforts, future force design and warfighting concepts, and the acquisition of end items such as vehicles as well as logistics enablers such as those that provide logistics situational awareness.

This independent assessment is a comprehensive study of the strategic benefits, risks, and costs of U.S. military presence overseas. The report provides policymakers a way to evaluate the range of strategic benefits and costs that follow from revising the U.S. overseas military presence by characterizing how this presence contributes to assurance, deterrence, responsiveness, and security cooperation goals.

Introduction -- Case studies that illustrate the need for supply chain integration and systems thinking -- Policy review -- High-level policy recommendations -- Enabling mechanisms -- Supplier and inventory management integration -- Scheduled trucks : apply a systems view for shipment consolidation -- Integrating supplier and transportation management -- Positioning materiel based on total costs -- Integrating financial policy with network design and inventory planning -- Conclusions and overall recommendations.

This article examines whether there is a less costly medical distribution structure for U.S. Central Command that would maintain or improve performance.