The US is drawing down forces in Afghanistan in preparation for the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghan bases.
“As opposed to bringing it (logistics and materiel) home, putting it in central storage facilities, it might make more sense, when we do calculus, to forward move (materiel) to a place we could get access at very low-cost storage facilities,” said Brig. Gen. Mark McLeod, USPACOM director for logistics, engineering and security.
He cited several locations, such as Singapore and the Philippines, that have low-cost warehouse space and good airfield and port access.
He said even nations that are not comfortable with US military presence in the region tend to be open to accepting pre-positioned equipment and supplies, typically tucked away in shipping containers and storage facilities, to support a humanitarian response.
Lets toss in southern Vietnam to the mix of places with ports and airfields. If we had the guts, we'd include Taiwan as one of those locations.
If we have the people, contracts, and procedures in place to store, inventory, and move shipping containers of humanitarian supplies, it is no stretch for those people and procedures to handle shipping containers of ammunition and equipment. You move and store one type of stuff, you can move and store them all, no?
Heck, it would even pay off in case of natural disasters.
