A CALL-TO-ACTION— Ensuring Resilience Through Co-Sustainment by JOSEPH A. BROOKS, WILLIAM R. FUNCHES, JR., LT. COL. JOSHUA B. ROBERTS, USMC (RET.), and JILLIAN R. MCCAIN Te power to deter and counter aggression depends on global reach and assured logistics. Since the end of the Cold War, America has relied on uncontested lines of communication, just-in-time supply chains, and optimized sustainment networks to achieve this reach. Today, U.S. global reach and assured logistics are under pressure from peer and near-peer adversaries that are increasingly aligned in their goals and approach. New technologies hold at risk our sustainment assets and accelerate the velocity of conflicts.
While U.S. platforms and weapons remain among the most advanced in the world, their operational value di - minishes if spare parts, munitions, fuel, and repair capabilities cannot
reach the point of need. In a con - tested logistics environment, aligned adversaries can impair our key lines of communication, undermine sup - ply chains, and degrade sustainment
networks to halt operations before
they begin.
Our approach to sustain the fight must evolve in the face of adversar - ial alignment, integrated targeting,
14 DEFENSE ACQUISITION MAGAZINE | JANUARY – FEBRUARY 2026
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