The silent revolution within NATO logistics: a study in Afghanistan fuel and future applications
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Authors
Evans, Michael J.
Masternak, Stephen W.
Subjects
Fuel
Class III
U.S. Fuel Operations
NATO
Logistics
Defense Logistics Agency Energy
DLA-E
NATO Support Agency
NSPA
ISAF
coalition logistics
multinational logistics
Afghanistan logistics
Basic Ordering Agreement
BOA
contract logistics
Logistics Civil Augmentation Program
LOGCAP
Price per liter
PPL
Fully Burdened Cost of Fuel
FBCF
Class III
U.S. Fuel Operations
NATO
Logistics
Defense Logistics Agency Energy
DLA-E
NATO Support Agency
NSPA
ISAF
coalition logistics
multinational logistics
Afghanistan logistics
Basic Ordering Agreement
BOA
contract logistics
Logistics Civil Augmentation Program
LOGCAP
Price per liter
PPL
Fully Burdened Cost of Fuel
FBCF
Advisors
Yoho, Keenan
Yoder, E. Cory
Date of Issue
2012-12
Date
Dec-12
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
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Abstract
This thesis captures a history of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) logistics fuel operation in Afghanistan and considers its lessons for the broader logistics community. The research focuses on a small group of individuals and how they came to supply over three million liters of fuel daily to Afghanistan with very little upfront investment from the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) nations. The thesis describes how these individuals managed NATO fuel operations outside of traditional agencies like the NATO Support Agency (NSPA) and the worldwide U.S. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Energy. In addition, this thesis examines NATOs operation in Afghanistan as compared to similar historical examples of large-scale coalition fuel efforts over long lines of communication. These historical case studies assist in framing the context of NATO logisticians accomplishments and the level of risk they accepted in supplying fuel to the NATO-led ISAF mission. Finally, the NATO case study provides a model for coalition support in a time when nations are unwilling or unable to provide logistic support to their forces.
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Defense Analysis (DA)
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.