David Oliver reports on the way that helicopters have adapted to this role over the past fifty years.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a soldier regards the contents of a 24 Hour Combat Ration as terrible -
whereas those of allied or coalition forces are always superior.
Soldiers will give cruel, tasteless or obscene nicknames for the contents of the packs of
food issued to them - but they are always hungry and the food never gets wasted.
With an RFP for the SMP phase of the MSVS project pending early 2011, G4 DEFENCE overviews Canada’s much-delayed C$1.1 billion truck procurement programme
G4 Defence - Supplying the frontline
What is G4?
G4 is the branch responsible for logistics and quartering.
When people think logistics they are thinking of getting a product from A to B. In short they are right albeit partially. Logistics is the science of planning and carry out the movement and maintenance of forces. In its most comprehensive sense, those aspects of military operations that deal with:
- Design and development, acquisition, storage, movement, distribution, maintenance, evacuation and disposition of materiel
- Movement, evacuation and hospitalisation of personnel
- Acquisition or construction, maintenance, operation and disposition of facilities
- Acquisition or furnishing of services
G4 DEFENCE is the magazine that aims to uncover the world of military logistics, the solutions, the players, the importance of logistics and the work of logisticians. The quartering side of "G4" will look at the accommodation needs both at home and on the battlefield by examining the solutions for a better quality of life at home as well as shelter and protection on operations. Produced bi-monthly utilising specialists journalist and experts from within the industry G4 DEFENCE is an informative read for those interested or directly involved.
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