MN4490 Contested Logistics Planning

Students will lead the development of logistics data and information regarding force deployment and sustainment to provide the documentation necessary to support an operational level logistics planning exercise for the Asia-Pacific region. Upon completion of the course,

• Logistics students will develop skills as a J24 for a JTF operating in the Asia-Pacific region.
• Intelligence students to develop skills as a J42 for a JTF operating in the Asia-Pacific region.
• Information operations students will learn the challenges and capabilities of U.S. logistics forces that might be involved in contested logistics overseas.
• All students, in cooperation, will develop a draft Annex D and TPFDD for a notional OPORD relating to a large-scale U.S. military operation in the Asia-Pacific region.

In addition, all students will familiarize themselves with

• U.S. force deployment capabilities and limitations.
• deployment and sustainment capabilities and limitations of allies and partners in the Asia-Pacific region.

Prerequisite

Approval by instructor.

Lecture Hours

2

Lab Hours

2

Course Learning Outcomes

Our students will be able to:

• Construct and analyze methodological framework such as mathematical modeling for conceptualizing and capturing the operational and strategic issues in Logistics.
• Analyze topics of Humanitarian Logistics through response supply chain in comparison with traditional supply chain.
• Explore the capabilities and competencies of organizations involved in supply chains.
• Examine possible solutions to problems of evacuation, prepositioning, resource allocation and facility location.