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  • Advanced Manufacturing and Technology

    Sustaining the Digital Thread: Forward-Deployed Additive Manufacturing in Army Logistics

    Forward AM capability exists. The digital thread that should connect engineering data packages to deployed printers does not. This paper examines the gap and the organizations responsible for closing it.

    November 15, 2025
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    The ANAD Continuum: Depot-to-Field Integration and the Limits of Contractor Logistics Support

    Anniston Army Depot is the Army’s primary organic industrial base for heavy armor. This paper examines where the depot-to-field interface breaks down — and what command authority is needed to fix it.

    October 1, 2025
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    Logistics Under Threat: Prepositioned Stock Doctrine in a Contested Maritime Environment

    Maritime Prepositioning Force doctrine was written for a different threat environment. This paper examines the planning assumptions that no longer hold and the force structure decisions that depend on them.

    May 5, 2025
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