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Military changes and transformations over the past decade have highlighted the rise of competitive manifestations of state actors with complex global claims to counter the normal economic and military conduct of the world's greatest power. To this end, US military specialists have developed the concept of "Multi-Domain Operations (MDO)" to implement all the requirements of countering the complex competitive actions of US adversaries globally. This study provides a theoretical approach with applied impact, specific to the military operational sphere, containing information and reference data, revealed in a logical structural flow, centred on conceptual, organisational and relational elements specific to Multi-Domain Operations designed and implemented by the armed forces of the United States of America. The objective of the study is to highlight, from a theoretical point of view, with practical implications and a focus on modernity, the effectiveness and operational efficiency of the military organizations formed to act to implement the MDO concept. This objective has led to the scientific analysis and interpretation of a relevant approach aimed at highlighting the role and importance of MDO, as well as the organisational structures suitable for the implementation of the concept for the purpose of decisional and actional strengthening of joint (assembled) forces operational in areas/theatres of operations on national territory or in the area of national and/or NATO interest. In addition, this research will increase the number of specialised sources that can be used for future research in this field of interest.

In any society, human actions în peacetime involve related risks according to the specificity of each field of activity and external impact factors.However, from a comparable point of view, military and logistic support actions, depending on the missions to be accomplished and the decisions taken în well-established place and time conditions, involve high complexity risks.The risks specific to the military logistic support occur both during the preparation of the operations and especially during their carrying. The causes highlight the power and unpredictability of the opponent's actions on logistic resources, with major implications for the proper support of their own driving forces. Below we will highlight determinations and explanations regarding the phases of the risk management of specificmilitary logistic support. Keywords: military actions; operational decision-making processes; logistic support; logistic support risk management;phases of logistic support risk management; the decision to prevent the risk of logistical support.

If a company makes goods from parts purchased from suppliers, and those products are sold to customers, then there is a supply chain. This is comprised of all the businesses and individual contributors involved in manufacturing a product, from raw materials to finished merchandise.Some supply chains are simple, while others are rather complicated. The complexity of the supply chain will vary with the size of the business and theintricacy and numbers of items that are manufactured.Supply chain management is constantly evolving and there are always new trends and issues that are of interest.Keywords: logistics system; supply chain; supply chain advantages;supply chain disadvantages; Supply Chain Operations;logistics services.

Conceptul de reziliență, adecvat operațiilor specifice, a fost folosit în cadrul NATO încă din anul 2010. Particularitatea termenului rezidă în fazele caracteristice de implementare în mediul operațional aliat, ceea ce generează o conduită adecvată de identificare, analiză și eludare a riscurilor, de rezistență la factorii perturbatori și de impact, recuperare, refacere și restabilire a potențialui inițial de forță și acțiune. Forțele combatante ale Alianței vor avea posibilitatea menținerii integrității și funcționalității adecvate, chiar și în condiții restrictive și cu dificultate crescută, prin implementarea, la nivelurile organizațional și acțional, a celor două componente ale rezilienței stratificate (operațională sau militară și civilă). În acest mod, va fi realizat un nivel ridicat de protecție, stabilitate și viabilitate a dispozitivelor de luptă ale forțelor tactice și/sau joint în fața unui ansamblu de amenințări și acțiuni complexe ale forțelor unui stat neprietenos (inamic). Prin cele relevate, cercetarea prezentă include o abordare teoretică, cu posibilități de concretizare în sfera rezilienței aplicate în domeniile civil și militar ale NATO, fiindcă include detalii importante cu caracter programatic, raportate la consecințele confruntării armate ruso-ucrainene, derulate începând cu 24 februarie 2022. De aici, au rezultat o serie de elemente relevante pentru consolidarea puterii acționale a forțelor joint și tactice, destinate a fi angajate în operații cu caracter național și multinațional în cadrul Alianței Nord-Atlantice, împotriva oricăror forțe agresive adverse.

The concept of resilience, suitable for specific operations, has been used within NATO since 2010. The particularity of the term resides in the characteristic phases of implementation in the allied operational environment, which generates appropriate conduct of identifying, analyzing, and avoiding risks, resistance to disruptive and impactful factors, recovery, restoration, and reconstruction of the initial force and action potential. The Alliance's combatant forces will maintain integrity and adequate functionality, even under restrictive, difficult conditions, by implementing, at organizational and operational levels, the two components of layered resilience (operational or military and civil). In this way, a high level of protection, stability, and viability of combat structures of tactical and/or joint forces will be achieved, to face the threats and complex actions of unfriendly (enemy) forces. Through the findings, the present research includes a theoretical approach, with possibilities of concretization in applied resilience in NATO civilian and military fields, because it includes important programmatic details, related to the consequences of the Russian-Ukrainian armed confrontation, which started on February 24, 2022. From here, relevant elements resulted in the consolidation of action power of joint and tactical forces, meant to be engaged in national and multinational operations within the North Atlantic Alliance, against any hostile aggressive forces.

Although used many years ago, by multinational allied forces acting in coalition in Iraq and Afghanistan, combat drones known as "unmanned aircraft systems" (UAS), "unmanned aerial vehicles" (UAV)", "unmanned combat aerial vehicles" (UCAV) or "remotely piloted vehicles" (RPV) represent a formidable weapon both for NATO states and for the forces fighting in Ukraine. Considering their essential characteristics, dimensions, load capacity, speed, range, flexibility, ease of operation and low costs, these means of combat come with huge advantages in achieving the operational objectives of combatant structures - regardless of the category they belong to. Thus, the present study includes a theoretical approach that can actually be implemented in the military operational realm, because it includes details and essential references to combat drones designed, produced and used by belligerent and non-belligerent states in connection with the armed conflict taking place on Ukrainian territory. Starting from the objective of the study, a series of important directions resulted for strengthening the actual potential of the joint and tactical forces to be used in national and multinational context within the North Atlantic Alliance, against the aggressive force of an adversary state.

Deși au fost utilizate cu mulți ani în urmă de către forțele multinaționale care au acționat în coaliție și alianță în teatrele din Irak și Afganistan, dronele de luptă, cunoscute sub denumirile de aeronave fără pilot ("unmanned aircraft systems/UAS", "unmanned aerial vehicles/UAV", "unmanned combat aerial vehicles/UCAV" sau "remotely piloted vehicle/RPV") reprezintă o armă redutabilă atât pentru armatele statelor NATO, cât și pentru forțele ambelor state adverse care se confruntă militar în Ucraina. În funcție de caracteristicile de bază, de dimensiuni, de capacitatea de încărcare, de viteză, de raza de acțiune, de flexibilitate, de ușurința de operare și de costuri, aceste mijloace de luptă prezintă avantaje reale în atingerea obiectivelor operaționale ale structurilor combatante, indiferent de categoria de forțe din care fac parte. Prin cele relevate, studiul prezent cuprinde o abordare teoretică, cu impact aplicativ în sfera operațională militară, fiindcă include detalii de referință esențială, focusate pe dronele de luptă, concepute, produse și utilizate de statele beligerante și nebeligerante, raportate la conflictul armat care se desfășoară pe teritoriul statului ucrainean. Din obiectivul studiului, au rezultat o serie de direcții importante în practica consolidării potențialului acțional al forțelor joint și tactice, destinate angajării în context național și multinațional în cadrul Alianței Nord-Atlantice împotriva forțelor agresive ale unui stat advers.

The article is the result of scientific research regarding the emergence and evolution of the higher economic education in the Logistics of the Romanian Military.The article contains the documentary sources that support the emergence and evolution of this type of education and the testimonies of those who carried out the historical acts of its foundation and evolutionary transformation.

Abstract: Within the knowledge based society, the evolution of economic theory and practicein the logistic field, generally speaking, has a significant impact upon the domain of military logistics.The changes mentioned determine multiple and major mutations in military logistics due to itspermanent connection to the economic logistic domain. The inter-conditioning of the managementprocesses in the economic domain with those in military logistics generates a modern approachof logistic management, in the context of creating the necessary conditions for accomplishing theobjectives of interoperability with western military structures. Given these assumptions, we are goingto tackle the essential aspects characterizing logistics and logistic management in the economic andmilitary domains in terms of effectiveness and efficiency.

The US military presence in Afghanistan has been the subject of retrospective analyzes that facilitated the identification and learning of important lessons for future military actions. This article analyses, through the case study method, the way defense resources were managed from a sustainable development perspective, focusing on the durable effects of the main projects aimed at ensuring this country's initial steps towards a sustainable development destination. As a result, this study points to the positive potential that the military instrument could have in a country's efforts to achieve sustainable development goals, highlighting the way that unsustainable management practices can compromise or even nullify the progress in this area. Consequently, the main product of this research is a model of unsustainable use of defense resources that decision makers should know and avoid in the future, to obtain long-term beneficial results.

The analyses, assessments, decisions and actions taken as a result of the initiation and development of the armed conflict in Ukraine have led us to study the materialization of some of the Alliance's operational objectives, starting with the nature of failures in providing the necessary logistical support to
the aggressor forces, as well as in revealing certain aspects of the need for improvement in this area for NATO national and/or multinational combat forces operating on national territory.
Our approach is based on publications by NATO bodies, experts in the field, and procedures that are known, which will need to be greatly improved in the
future. At the same time, our scientific effort has been focused on the need to pay more attention to operational logistics in the immediate future, precisely
because of the increasing complexity of the operational environment through the intensive use, primarily, of drones and modern high-precision strike systems. Under these circumstances, we have highlighted the need for logistics managers and their subordinates to be the first to act, proactively, to create the conditions of sufficiency, safety and resilience associated with the provision of logistics support, in order to achieve operational success for the combat forces.