The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment (ASD(Sustainment)) serves as the principal staff assistant and advisor to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment (USD(A&S)), Deputy Secretary of Defense (DEPSECDEF), and Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) on logistics, materiel readiness, and product support issues in the Department of Defense (DoD) and is the principal logistics official within the senior management of the DoD.
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Our Mission
Provide Logistics and Material Readiness to Deliver Military Capability to the Nation.
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Our Vision
Military Operations Empowered through Logistics
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Our Focus
Our focus is centered on the following four goals:
Deliver sustainable logistics to support DoD mission requirements
Deliver cost effective materiel readiness to meet the DoD’s warfighting requirements
Enable effective, affordable, and sustainable warfighting capabilities
Transform global logistics to deliver readiness and lethality
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Regional Sustainment Framework
Establishing a globally connected, resilient, defense ecosystem through collaborative regional sustainment strategies that leverage the strengths of our allies, partners, and the Defense Industrial Base, thus, ensuring the materiel readiness of the force in a contested logistics environment.