SETTING THE TABLE FOR 2013


PREPARED TO DEPLOY


The next generation of logisticians must be prepared to deploy on a moment’s notice into an austere operating environment, and redeploy from there to another. Here, Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) maintain proficiency with the M240B machine gun and the M249 squad automatic weapon during a live-fire training exercise Dec. 12 at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan. The 31st MEU, the only continuously forward-deployed MEU, is the Marine Corps’ force in readiness in the Asia-Pacific region. (Photo by LCpl Codey Underwood, 31st MEU)


This article was originally published in the November-December 2012 issue of Military Logistics Forum (www.mlf-kmi.com).


T


he reason behind change is sometimes necessity, sometimes circumstance, and sometimes desire. One thing that is con-


stant is that change will never truly take shape without innovation. Innovation of equipment and material things can help facilitate change, but innovation of the mind is the real driver.


Nurturing a skill and a leader in any specialty takes education, training, and experience. Waves of change are impacting the military today and for the foreseeable future. Te logistics


lead-


ers of today have guided the military through more than a decade of engaged conflict and are now leading the way forward into the new era. Military Logistics Forum wanted to understand how the leaders of today are working to instill the culture and mindset in future logisticians to innovate the art and sci- ence of logistics for years to come.


To do that, we asked what advice key logisticians


leaders had for the


next-generation logisticians as they pre- pare to rise through the ranks and bring forth new efficiencies and innovation for the supply chain of the future.


LT GEN BROOKS L. BASH Director for Logistics, J4 Joint Chiefs of Staff


Te CJCS [Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff] Capstone Concept


for Joint Operations anticipates the Joint Force of 2020 (JF2020) will operate in an increasingly complex, uncertain,


competitive, and rapidly changing environment, an environment


challenge the Joint Logistics Enterprise (JLEnt) to support and sustain globally integrated operations. To meet these future challenges, our logisticians must be able to quickly adapt


to changing


circumstances; challenge the status quo; be confident in their knowledge; capably represent logistics needs to the commander;


and, most


importantly,


think critically. As such, my best advice for our next generation of logisticians is simple: Be knowledgeable in your craft and pursue continual learning.


“YOU MUST HAVE THE COURAGE, BORN OF KNOWLEDGE AND INTELLECT, TO CHALLENGE THE STATUS QUO.”


under tremendous fiscal pressures. Tis new reality, and the speed of crisis development, will increasingly


Logisticians are the linchpin to JLEnt effectiveness, and your development begins with the motivation to embrace two key objectives. First, you must become a technical expert in your core logistics discipline and have a working knowl- edge of the breadth of logistics disciplines


within your ser-


vice. Second, you must pursue a path of continual learn- ing. Te study of logistics disciplines


and more aptitude for lem-solving and critical


eral disciplines will improve your


thinking. Knowing your job and understanding


gen- prob-


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