Using an Adaptive Logistics Network in Africa

Since the 1990s, Africa has grown in strategic importance to the United States due to oil, trade, armed conflict, terrorism, and HIV/AIDS. As a result, the United States created Africa Command (AFRICOM), a new military geographic combatant command. AFRICOM's mission is to aid African development and promote regional security. As part of its mission, AFRICOM will need to move cargo throughout Africa, which has the least developed transportation infrastructure in the world. Coupled with the p...