Pentagon acquisition chief John Young last month created a new working group charged with assessing the effectiveness of the military's stocks of warfighting gear prepositioned worldwide in light of a new Pentagon strategic plan. Young, in a June 23 DOD instruction, tasked the new working group to "address joint issues concerning 'war reserve materiel.'" Panel members also should consider where military stocks should be located and recommend "improved processes" for managing them, Young wrote. The group, dubbed the "Global Prepositioned...
