Our Dry Cellar: Lessons in Military Logistics from the Afghan War

Timeless insights into military logistics sprang out of the hardship and sacrifices of Canadians who fought in Afghanistan.

Good battlefield logistics have always been more about people than things. Military logistics in the Canadian Armed Forces have long suffered in a dry cellar, as the under-appreciated bottom heap of the institution. Yet Canadian logistic soldiers were called upon mightily in the summer of 2006 to sustain an infantry battle group in one of the world’s harshest theatres. ...