Sustainment is the foundation that enables maneuver commanders to choose the time, place and delivery of joint war- fighting capability in support of joint all-domain operations. In the words of Dwight Eisenhower, “You will not find it difficult to prove that battles, campaigns, and even wars have been won or lost primarily because of logistics.”
In order to preserve a warfighting commander’s freedom of action, the U.S. Army must think differently about how the theater is set and sustained. This is especially true in the Indo-Pacific Theater, which encompasses over 50% of the world’s...