MDA, 6th Ordnance Battalion: The Forward Edge of Army Munitions Maintenance

Network Flow Contested Logistics is a wargaming model that simulates sea, air, and land sustainment in contested theaters to expose chokepoints, test resilience, and guide 2040-era Army logistics decisions under disruption.

By Erica Herzog, Oliver Stein, and Dr. Suzanne DeLong

Effective training keeps Army Reserve petroleum units ready despite limited time. Leveraging ReARMM-aligned resources, virtual tools, hands-on exercises, and joint deployments builds skilled formations that sustain fuel operations and enable freedom ...

By LTC Jerry M. Cole

IVAS offers the Army more than enhanced lethality. Applied to maintenance, training, and logistics, it could cut sustainment costs, speed repairs, upskill junior Soldiers, and restore readiness—addressing the real, trillion-dollar challenge of force ...

By Graham Markiewicz

IPPS-A promised streamlined, Army-wide personnel and pay actions, but field experience shows access constraints limit its effectiveness. Granting appropriate World Access is essential to enable multi-component units, improve HR responsiveness, and re...

By LTC Thomas M. Gilligan, CPT Meghan I. Huntoon, and SFC David L. Leonard

COL Olsen traces NGC2 from Project Convergence experiment to 4th Infantry Division prototype — arguing predictive logistics powered by AI/ML and real-time data layers is the decisive edge that keeps sustainment ahead of the fight in LSCO.

By COL Tyler D. Olsen

2LT Thierfeldt's ASU competition-winning article proposes a machine learning model that predicts convoy vehicle failures before wheels roll — giving sustainment leaders data-driven C2 tools to prioritize maintenance and protect the supply line.

By 2LT Nicholas R. Thierfeldt

Forward-deployed manufacturing, targeted training, and battlefield recycling can sustain Army autonomous vehicles in contested environments. Mobile fabrication and trash-to-filament reduce supply risks, cut downtime, and keep unmanned systems combat-...

By CPT Jack Orion Harden-Ploeger

Quality control sits at the crux of Army materiel readiness, ensuring equipment meets standards, reducing failures, and strengthening safety, efficiency, and mission success through disciplined inspections, training, and commander involvement.

By CW5 Sibley S. Haamid II

Turner and Maginn expose CWT's blind spots and propose transfer order performance metrics borrowed from Amazon and VCU Health — giving Army SSA managers actionable, real-time KPIs to find bottlenecks before they break the supply chain.

By CPT Danielle M. Turner and CPT Timothy R. Maginn

CPT Pyle reveals how the Harding Project's Combat Chronicles AI is unlocking 100,000+ archived Army journal articles — making a century of peer-reviewed military knowledge searchable before the next fight demands answers we already wrote down.

By CPT (P) Garett H. Pyle

A logistics scenario exercise challenges officers to apply mission command principles to sustain an infantry battalion clearing a contested mountain route — with no air resupply, degraded terrain, and UAS and indirect fire threats closing in.

By MAJ Ramón E. García Rodriguez and CPT Taylor Strom, Captains Career Training Department

Ukraine's battlefield experience with low-cost unmanned ground vehicles is reshaping frontline logistics and offers critical lessons for the U.S. Army on sustaining infantry brigade combat teams in high-threat, contested, and attritional combat envir...

By CPT Connor James

CPT Jaico analyzes COL William Prescott's leadership at the Battle of Bunker Hill, drawing direct parallels to ADP 6-0 mission command principles of competence, shared understanding, disciplined initiative, and risk acceptance.

By CPT Juan C. Jaico, Jr.

CW5 Besaw argues Army sustainment policy must shift from rigid Cold War-era mandates to agile outcome-based frameworks, highlighting EBS-C-driven regulatory modernization efforts to empower commanders at the tactical edge in LSCO.

By CW5 Gregory B. Besaw

CPT Blickle examines how his forward support company integrated M2A4 Bradley crews into logistics operations to enhance survivability against peer threats in large-scale combat operations.

By CPT Timothy Blickle