Logistics Planner – Regional Sustainment Framework

Overview This is a high-impact, senior-level logistics planning role embedded directly with USPACOM's J4 Logistics Directorate — the nerve center of Indo-Pacific sustainment strategy. You'll operationalize the DoD Regional Sustainment Framework across one of the most strategically contested regions on earth, forging bilateral logistics partnerships with allies like Japan, Australia, South Korea, the Philippines, and Singapore. This isn't a desk job; you're shaping theater-level MRO capability, influencing General Officer-level decisions, and driving sustainment resilience that matters when it counts. If you thrive in fast-paced joint environments and want work that has real operational consequence, this is your seat. THE MISSION USPACOM's logistics posture directly determines our ability to project and sustain combat power across the Indo-Pacific. As the Regional Sustainment Framework (RSF) Program Analyst, you'll sit inside the Multinational Logistics Branch, Plans & Exercise Division (J45) and turn DoD-level sustainment strategy into executable theater plans. You'll build and manage bilateral logistics relationships, integrate MRO capabilities into the Theater Campaign Plan, and synchronize sustainment initiatives across Service Components, Sub-Unified Commands, and Defense Agencies. This role operates at the intersection of policy, planning, and partner engagement, and it requires someone who can handle all three simultaneously without breaking stride. WHAT YOU'LL DO Operationalize the DoD Regional Sustainment Framework (RSF) across the USPACOM Area of Responsibility, identifying and leveraging regional bilateral and multilateral MRO capabilities to build forward-deployed sustainment resilience Plan, coordinate, and execute bilateral logistics staff talks, working groups, and forums with regional allies and key partners, including Australia, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, and Singapore Support drafting, negotiation, and maintenance of bilateral logistics instruments including Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreements (ACSA), Memoranda of Understanding and Agreement (MOU/MOA), and Implementing Arrangements (IA) Align regional sustainment initiatives with the USPACOM Theater Security Cooperation Program, coordinating logistics capacity-building projects, Excess Defense Articles (EDA) transfers, and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) sustainment support Ensure all regional sustainment plans, bilateral arrangements, and security cooperation activities comply with applicable DoD Directives, Instructions, Joint Publications, and Title 10 USC statutory authorities Synchronize RSF and bilateral initiatives across USPACOM Service Components (USARPAC, PACFLT, PACAF, MARFORPAC), Sub-Unified Commands (USFK, USFJ, SOCPAC, SPACE-PAC), OUSW(A&S), Joint Staff J4, and Defense Agencies including DLA and DSCA Draft high-quality staff products including Executive Summaries, Information Papers, Action Memoranda, and Talking Points Deliver executive-level briefings to General and Flag Officers and foreign defense dignitaries Apply working knowledge of RSF strategy, JP 4-08, JP 4-0, JP 5-0, Title 10 ACSA authorities, DoDI 5132.03, DoDI 3000.12, DoDI 4000.19, and related statutory and policy frameworks WHAT YOU BRING Bachelor's degree required Active Secret clearance required; TS/SCI eligibility required Minimum 5 years of experience operating within a Geographic Combatant Command environment, preferably USPACOM, or at a sub-unified or Service Component headquarters level Demonstrated experience managing bilateral logistics portfolios, participating in bilateral military staff talks, or executing Security Cooperation and Security Assistance programs including ACSA, FMS, or Cooperative Logistics Supply Support Arrangements Demonstrated understanding of the defense industrial base, product support strategies, depot-level maintenance processes, and global commercial MRO networks Exceptional written and oral communication skills with proven abi…

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