LOGISTICS IN ASYMMETRICAL CONFLICTS
DISTRIBUTING DRINKING WATER Previous LICs have shown that logistics forces face problems in distributing water, particularly because the available water has to be purified. Here, locals from the village of Banbalay in Kandahar, Afghanistan, test the new water filtration system presented to them by Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment and the 25th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division (1/25) in August 2011. (Photo by 1/25 Public Affairs.)
continuity and coordination, timeliness, and responsibility.
We then analyzed logistics in asymmetrical warfare through case studies of the Soviets in Afghanistan and the Russians in Chech- nya; the U.S.-led coalitions in Somalia and Operation Iraqi Freedom, using the American perspective; and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo.
We also studied how the IDF sustained its asymmetrical contingencies in the West Bank, during Israeli control of its self- declared security zone in Lebanon (until 2000), during Israeli control in the Gaza Strip (until 2005), and during the last war in Lebanon against Hezbollah (in 2006).
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We noticed a few differences among their territories or in territories along their borders, while the Americans and NATO forces led coalitions far from host nations.
against insurgents and terrorist organi- a sovereign nation was NATO’s opera- tion in Kosovo; this model was repeated - ear and did not feature any real front lines.
Logistics forces were typically caught in the the enemy. In some situations, the civil- ian population also received humanitarian support from military logistics forces; this strategy was aimed at easing pressure on the combat forces that dealt with insur- gents by earning the locals’ trust.
The militaries had to adopt new concepts and tactics and use unconventional logis- tics tools. In most cases, the logistics forces had to adapt and improvise solutions.
For instance, water supply was often a problem. The water available in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Somalia had to be puri-
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