Warfighter Support: Preliminary Observations on DoD's Progress and Challenges in Distributing Supplies and Equipment to Afghanistan: Congressional Testimony
Nov 2010 · DIANE Publishing
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In FY 2009, DoD reported that it spent $4 billion to move troops and materiel into Afghanistan, a mountainous, arid, land-locked country with few roads, no railway, and only 4 airports with paved runways. The terrain and weather in Afghanistan and surrounding countries pose further challenges to transporting supplies and equipment. This unclassified version of Solis¿ classified testimony discusses: (1) the org. involved and routes and methods used to transport supplies and equipment into and around Afghanistan; (2) steps DoD has taken to improve its distribution process, based on lessons learned from prior operations; and (3) challenges affecting DoD¿s ability to distribute supplies and equipment within Afghanistan, and its efforts to mitigate them.
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