History of ConLog
What conflict was the last time the United States experienced contested logistics by a near peer adversary?
What is the Cold War?
The U.S. military often relies on these civilian cargo carriers under the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) program.
What are commercial airlines?
Unlike overseas, the most likely contested logistics threat inside the U.S. would be through this domain:
What is cyber (cyberattacks)?
What is the Civil War?
The Defense Production Act allows the U.S. government to compel private industry to prioritize these kinds of needs.
What are national defense (or military) needs?
Major U.S. ports such as Los Angeles/Long Beach or Houston are considered vulnerable chokepoints in this type of logistics?
What is maritime logistics?
This common buzz word is hardly ever used when thinking of contested logistics:
What are lessons learned?
In both military and commercial contexts, this strategy involves spreading inventory and stockpiles across many smaller nodes rather than central hubs.
What is distributed warehousing?
The Defense Production Act and FEMA coordination would be tools to mobilize this sector for domestic contested logistics:
What is the private or commercial sector?