MN4430 Defense Distribution System

This course examines the policies and management practices that determine how facilities, installations, vehicles, and programs are synchronized to receive, store, maintain, distribute, and control the movement of military materiel using organic and commercial resources.  Prerequisites: None.

Lecture Hours

4

Lab Hours

0

Course Learning Outcomes

The students will:

• Identify the role of transportation within logistics.
• Explain DOD defense transportation policy and organic capabilities.
• Describe the commercial transportation modes commonly used by DOD (truck, rail, air, maritime).