Each Service assigns significantly different ranks, tasks, and courses to its junior logisticians, yet they share core business fundamentals and competencies. These redundant resources could more streamlined, joint, and efficient. Why does DOD allow such redundancy in its training pipeline? Moreover, if the Defense Logistics Agency and U.S. Transportation Command are logistics headquarters with intermediate and senior level logisticians, and current training gears graduates toward the same professional objective, why isn't there combined or joint entry-level logistics training? Even though DOD has instituted joint logistics training from the mid-level up with varying degrees of success, this cross-Service study proposes a holistic and unified approach to training from the entry-level up through the proposed Junior Joint Logistics Officer Training program (J2LOT). |