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Afghan forces still struggling to implement 'just-in-time' logistics

Despite NATO and Afghan officials claiming that "world-class" procurement processes had saved the Afghan defence and interior ministries more than USD1.4 billion in 2015, the logistics operations of the Afghan National Defence and Security Forces (ANDSF) still face fundamental challenges.

Pentagon, Congress seek to reform 'Goldwater-Nichols' defence structures

The US Department of Defense (DoD) and Congress are exploring potential updates to a 30-year-old legislation that fundamentally changed how the US military's top chains of command were structured, a scheme some now believe is outdated. Among many other things, the 1986 Goldwater-Nichols Department

France to expand military reserve to 40,000

France aims to increase its military reserve by 12,000 personnel, French defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian announced on 14 March, France's national reservist day. Currently France's reserve forces are 28,000 strong, with the goal being to increase this to 40,000 by 2018 - almost a 50% increase.

Austria set to reverse decades-long defence decline

Austria's new defence minister, Hans Peter Doskozil, and the Chief of General Staff, Gen Othmar Commenda, outlined for the first time on 9 March plans to restructure the Austrian Federal Army (Bundesheer) and bolster its mission-readiness. Under their plans, the number of troops able to quickly

Mexican Navy establishes new police battalion

The Mexican Naval Secretariat (Secretaria de Marina: SEMAR) has created a new Naval Police Battalion in Mexico City. The new unit, officially created on 1 March, was revealed the following week in the Diario Oficial de la Federación (Official Journal of the Federation). It is to be based

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