Specific Approaches to Augmenting Logistics Planning in Joint Multinational Operations

Challenges and actions by state adversaries in the economic-social and military domains at the regional and global levels necessitate a more detailed approach to combat power at the operational level of NATO. This concept refers to the availability of the necessary logistical capabilities, as well as the leadership’s skills and willingness to use them effectively and efficiently on operational components and functions in the area/theater of joint multinational operations. In this paper, I highlight the appropriate elements for augmenting the logistics planning of joint multinational operations, the primary role of tailored support following the new requirements revealed by the lessons identified in the armed conflict in Ukraine. The sequences and subsections developed in the material present an approach and correlation necessary for increasing the role of logistical planning in joint multinational operations to provide timely support with sufficient resources to the organized, engaged, and led multinational joint forces in achieving operational objectives and the end state.