Welcome to Sandboxing Contested Logistics, a brand new podcast dedicated to tacking some of the biggest challenges and potential solutions facing defense operations, strategy, and more in the domain of contested logistics. If you'd like to reach out and work with us on these challenges, you can fill out this form: bit.ly/sandboxingdefense

Our first episode features host A'ndre Gonawela in conversation with Lt. Gen. Mike Dana, USMC (Ret.), who formerly served as the head logistician for the U.S. Marine Corps. General Dana, who recently retired and served on joint duty three times (including in the Indo-Pacific), provides his take on what the key challenges facing military logistics are in the event of great power conflict in the Indo-Pacific. General Dana gives us a brief history lesson on how the U.S. Military has approached contested logistics since World War II, and discusses the importance of forward distribution sites in enabling the supply chain. General Dana also outlines his thinking on the types of technologies that have been most enabling and prominent in the logistical battlefield. A'ndre and the retired General also discuss key challenges the Department of Defense faces in the development of alternative solutions, and how they might be able to accelerate progress. General Dana, ever the proud Marine, also cites how the Marines' approach to contested logistics differed from that of other armed services.