Which Joint Staff directorate handles logistics?

• A. J-4
• B. J-3
• C. J-6
• D. J-2

Answer: (A)

Logistics is all about moving, supplying, and sustaining forces so they can operate over time. The Logistics Directorate handles this across the Joint Staff, planning and coordinating joint logistics, arranging for materiel, maintenance, fuel, transportation, and distribution, and ensuring support from deployment through redeployment. This is why it’s the best answer: logistics is the function that enables mobility and endurance for the whole joint force, and the Logistics Directorate is the organizational element charged with that duty at the joint level.

For context, the Operations and Plans Directorate focuses on how missions are executed and campaigns are planned; the Communications-Electronics Directorate runs communications and networks; and the Intelligence Directorate handles intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance. In practice, the Logistics Directorate would oversee fuel, maintenance, supply, and movement arrangements to support the mission.