Global Force Projection -A Strategic Discussion

摘要

VADM Dee Mewbourne, USN, Deputy Commander of US Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), and VADM Brown provided a keynote in the form of a strategic discussion. Command and control of logistics in the current competitive environment and in future contested environments was the first topic of conversation. Brown called command and control-including the ability to project forces and sustain them longer than the enemy-a major element in how the US will need to fight. One of the US' greatest comparative advantages, according to Mewbourne, is the joint distribution deployment enterprise. Not only does it have capacity and capability, but it allows the alignment of the enterprise or its output with the strategic imperatives of the day whether they be in competition or conflict. If not done correctly, the US would quickly lose relevancy, especially in the continually and rapidly changing world. Command and control is made up of the ability to command, meaning to tell something where to go and what to do, and then to control it, meaning to control the vector and its velocity.