1. Defence Strategic Support Management

2. Logistics Process Owner’s Vision
Support
Definition
The full range of support activities (including, personnel support, logistics support, equipment support, computer information system support, infrastructure support, legal support, medical support, etc) that maintain military capability at pre-planned availability, readiness and sustainability profiles through its whole life and end-to-end.
Logistics Process Owner’s Vision
All levels of operational command have confidence that the right support will be delivered when needed, now and in the future.

3. The E2E Logistics Process
CDM
Defence Logistics Board
Joint Theatre of Operations
NAVY Cmd
Coupling Bridge
Maritime Component
Joint
Force
Logistics
Component
ARMY Cmd
DE&S
DSCOM
PJHQ
Industry
PJHQ
Land Component
AIR Cmd
JFC Cmd
Air
Component
Defence Support
Network
All levels of operational command have confidence that the right support will be delivered when needed, now and in the future.
Operational
Success

4. Logistics Process Owner’s Mission
Develop and govern the Logistics Process to ensure the delivery of agile, responsive and optimised Logistics support that meets Operational Commanders’ requirements at the point of need, in a cost effective manner, now and in the future.

5. ACDS (Log Ops) Roles and Tasks
Ensure Logistics success in support of Afghanistan
(& current operations)
Operational Analysis
Finance & Corporate Services
Industry Engagement
Governance
Strategic Logistics Planning to support contingent operations
Logistics Strategy and Policy
Joint User for Defence Logistics - Requirements
Logistics Information Services
Policy Contractor Support to Operations
International Logistics Engagement
Logistics Operational Assurance
Logistics Concepts and Doctrine

6. Op HERRICK Redeployment
Op TELIC Redeployment
Op HERRICK Redeployment
Via Kuwait, permissive security km
Route to Port
Via Pakistan, unpredictable km
‘Unlimited’ US support provided
Road Transport
Entirely UK contract-enabled
4000, No Threat - by Charter from Kuwait
Pax, Air Transport
Assumed Threat - all by Military AT
4000
ISO Containers
11,000
650
Vehicles
3,000
Approx 600 tonnes
Ammunition
400 tonnes - destroy or fly out only
Disposal by local contracts or US Military
Warlike Scrap
400 tonnes already – contracting ongoing
30 Locations - all but 2 handed to US
Infrastructure
Over 120 Tactical locations, for now…
Sequential drawdown: Other Allies, UK, then US
Other Nations
Concurrent Redeployment - compete for capacity?

7. Defence Operating Model
Prime Minister
& National Security Council
Defence Secretary & Ministers
Defence Board
SofS, Min, PUS, CDS, DGFin, CDM, 3 NEDs
Direct
Head Office
Strategic requirement & budget
Proposed solution
Agree solution & budget
Proposed solution
CDS directive
Defence Business
Services
Enable
Generate and Develop
Requirement
Operate
Navy Command
Operations specific requirement
Defence
Infrastructure
Industry
Systems & services
Force Elements
Operations
Land Command
DSTL
PJHQ
DSF
Air Command
Joint Forces
Command
Within Joint Forces
Command
Acquire
DE&S
Requirement & budget
Joint training requirement
Account

8. Defence Reform Landscape
Tighten Financial Management
Empowered Single Services lead planning for equipment and support
4* Joint Forces Command
DE&S Materiel Strategy Programme
Whole Force Concept

9. JFC VISION
JFC brings together unique military and civilian strengths to support the delivery of success on operations. We do this through people who command, understand, learn, innovate and adapt.
JFC MISSION
- Command, direct and prepare assigned joint capabilities in readiness for employment by the designated Joint Force Commander, and in support of defence outputs.
- Develop joint warfare through education, assessment, operational lessons analysis, research, experimentation, concepts and doctrine to ensure the delivery of relevant, agile, balanced and coherent joint operational capability.
- Co-ordinate the development of joint contingent capability and inform future joint contingent capability against DSD and DBSO3.
- Act as the unifying Joint User for single service enabling capabilities in order to ensure their effective delivery as part of a balanced and coherent joint operational capability.
Inform and advise on joint operational capability in order to shape future Joint Force design.
In order to ensure the coherence of the Joint Force and the employment of Joint Enablers.

10. Defence Strategic Support Management