History and Significance of Military Packaging

摘要

This work deals with the logistics doctrine of military packaging. Militarypackaging came about because military planners overlooked the need to protect materiel from the storage and transportation stresses first encountered during World War II. These experiences led the War and Navy Departments to maintain cadres of expertise in this emerging technology, and to establish a training school for teaching military packaging materials and processes. This work examines why military packaging exists, and why we need not continue to repeat the lessons of history, over and over, in the name of short-term savings.