Editor's Blog: Monthly Post

Editor’s Blog: Interview with U.S. Coast Guard Logistician Dan Eustace

I recently had the opportunity to interview Mr. Dan Eustace, senior Logistician at the United States Coast Guard Asset Project Office. Dan has been recognized as Coast Guard Life-Cycle Logistician of the Year. In his interview, Dan provides a wealth of fascinating insights into the challenges of building life-cycle logistics for ship acquisition programs.

Eight Logistics Elements

This article briefly describes eight major elements of logistics support: Supply Support; Maintenance & Support Personnel; Training and Training Support; Test, measurement, handling, and support equipment; Packaging, handling, storage/ warehousing, and transportation (PHS&T); Maintenance Facilities; Computer resources; and Technical data.