Which is one of the six main logistics functions?

• A. Training
• B. Supply
• C. Deployment
• D. Communications

Answer: (B)

In logistics, provisioning and managing the materials and services needed to keep operations moving is the core focus. Supply covers obtaining, stocking, and issuing items as well as inventory control and distribution to the right place at the right time. This makes supply the central function that directly sustains readiness and execution, ensuring units have the equipment, parts, and supplies they require when they need them.

Training, deployment, and communications are essential elements of how operations run, but they aren’t the main logistics activity responsible for provisioning materiel. Training focuses on people, deployment concerns moving forces, and communications handles information flow. The emphasis in logistics remains on ensuring the material flow—from procurement through storage to issuance—which is what supply handles.