Contested & Expeditionary Logistics in the Indo-Pacific: Architecting Resilient Multi-Modal Sustainment Operations

​Sustainment across the Indo-Pacific theater presents unprecedented geographic and operational hurdles. As geopolitical friction intensifies, joint forces and defense contractors must maintain operational readiness across vast maritime distances and austere, contested environments. Relying on predictable, peacetime supply routes is no longer viable. Sustaining forward-deployed personnel requires multi-modal distribution flexibility, long-term infrastructure hardening, and rapid transition mechanisms from routine exercise support to high-intensity contingency operations.

​Featuring David J. Preston, former U.S. Army Senior Logistics Officer (Colonel) and Senior Director at V2X/KBR, this closed-door defense session provides a battle-tested playbook for structuring resilient expeditionary supply networks. Drawing on his leadership managing distribution and theater sustainment for 80,000 personnel in USARPAC and executing LOGCAP V operations in INDOPACOM, David will address how defense primes and military logistics leaders can de-risk Indo-Pacific supply chains, navigate host-nation agreements, and cut delivery lag times under severe operational constraints.