The New Spice Route for Africa

摘要

Commercial trucking has been used sporadically over the years by the Department of Defense (DOD) in East Africa without a comprehensive plan. However, because of short timelines and a lack of standardized processes for surface movement, airlift remains the predominant means of delivering supplies to units dispersed in the Horn of Africa (HOA).rnThe New Spice Route team, which includes the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), U.S. Army Africa (USARAF), U.S. Naval Forces Africa, and the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC), seeks to change that. Led by the CJTF-HOA J-4, the New Spice Route team matches all DOD shippers with the right commercially contracted capability through the expertise of USARAF.