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June 12, 2026
Mitigating Airlift Vulnerability: Building a Resilient Army Surface Deployment Capability

What DOTMLPF-P changes must the Army implement within its logistics enterprise to develop a resilient surface deployment capability that mitigates the Joint Force's critical vulnerability to limited strategic airlift during peer-level conflicts?
June 12, 2026
Total Army Power Projection Equipment

What modifications to the composition, location, and sustainment of Army pre-positioned stocks are required to implement the TAP2E Strategy, and what critical gaps must be addressed to ensure the strategy is both operationally relevant and fiscally sustainable?
June 11, 2026
Engineering Victory and Setting the Theater

How can the Department of War synchronize Joint logistics, reserve engineering capabilities, and strategic policy to rapidly set and sustain a protracted large-scale combat theater in the Indo-Pacific, and how might emerging technologies and digital planning tools be leveraged to optimize resource
June 11, 2026
Military Construction

What specific policy, funding, and procedural reforms to the military construction process are required to accelerate the modernization of the organic industrial base so it can match the agility and execution speed of the private-sector defense industrial base?
June 11, 2026
Historical C2 lessons for JADC2

What historical C2 lessons are relevant for the JADC2 construct?
June 11, 2026
Application of AI for Global Transportation Planning

How can the Joint deployment and distribution enterprise leverage artificial intelligence to analyze legacy transportation data sets and processes, thereby increasing its decision advantage for global military logistics?
June 11, 2026
Historical Case Study Analysis: US Army–Operated Terminals During World War II

How can a historical study of the organization, location selection, and civil-military coordination of US Army-operated terminals during World War II inform modern military preparations and address capability gaps for large-scale mobilization and combat operations?
June 10, 2026
Historical Case Study Analysis: World War II Southwest Pacific Area Theater of Operations Ports of Debarkation

How can a historical analysis of US access, basing rights, and the use of key ports in the World War II Southwest Pacific Area inform modern military transportation planners about the region's geopolitical landscape?
June 10, 2026
Strategic Implications of Emerging Disruptive Technologies

How will emerging and disruptive technologies shape the Army's capability to deter China in the 2045 operational environment, and what are the resulting implications for force structure, doctrine, and acquisition?
June 10, 2026
Integrating Emerging Disruptive Technologies

How can the US Army combine and integrate emerging disruptive technologies with legacy platforms to create low-cost, scalable capabilities, and what DOTMLPF-P adjustments are required to implement these systems?