Self-appointed logistics tsar. Only question you need to answer is, can we out-sustain the enemy? ‘Just in Time’ is for bluffing charlatans, not professionals.
Jan 8, 2024 • 18 tweets • 3 min read
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There’s an elephant in the room in the Royal Navy, and it’s the UK’s Commando Force.
Pulled from pillar to post, lacking clear vision and direction, very senior officers trying to take chunks out of them and then using them for things they’re now not designed for 1/18
Here’s a thread on what the realistic options might be for the commandos if we are to 1. Retain them. 2. Make best use of them for Defence. 3. Preserve their unique capabilities, history and esprit de corps. 2/18
Jul 31, 2018 • 4 tweets • 5 min read
Good morning all!!
A question for you to ponder today:
Should we only deploy to where we have national interest? If not, what are the incentives to deploying on (e.g.) UN or humanitarian operations?
Does doing this give us more credibility globally? 1/3
Does it provide justification for our Security Council Seat if we get involved more?
How much risk to life should we be willing to take for altruistic operations?
What is the public appetite for expenditure of blood & treasure in far off lands that don’t provide any threat? 2/3
Jun 14, 2018 • 6 tweets • 5 min read
Today’s discussion topic:
‘Just in Time’ logistics v ‘Just in Case’ logistics
These are essentially inventory strategies.
Just in Case: traditionally used across the world by armed forces. The method which sees stock piling (especially spares and ammunition) so that ...
... there’s enough for when needed. Still used by the US and other non-Western European militaries. Good for contingency operations, bad for cost reduction.
Just in Time: increasingly adopted by European militaries as a way of reducing costs through much lower inventories...
