DENVER, CO — The Irregular Warfare Center (IWC) participated in the 6th Annual Transportation Security Unified Stakeholders Group (TSUSG) Conference, September 9-11, 2025. The event brought together nearly 100 participants from government, industry, laboratories, and logistics carriers to address the security of high-consequence shipments and mobility resilience.
Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Ed Dorman, IWC senior advisor for global sustainment, contested logistics, and offensive supply chain operations, delivered a featured session on “Hybrid Threats in the Homeland & Implications for Movements.” His remarks highlighted how irregular warfare considerations including mobility security, Department of Energy (DOE) and other government agencies coordination, and hybrid threat defense must be integrated into both homeland defense and global sustainment planning.
“I stressed that logistics and sustainment are now a contested battlespace inside the homeland. Adversaries are targeting our mobility networks through cyber intrusions, ransomware, and proxy activities, making transportation security a core element of deterrence,” said Dorman. I highlighted the need to educate for uncertainty, harden corridors, improve vetting, and share data across government and industry. Contesting logistics “left of crisis” ensures every shipment signals resilience and credible deterrence.”
The TSUSG agenda included keynote addresses, cybersecurity panels, DOE Office of Radiological Security updates, and cross-sector working groups. The conference's unique format, which included purposeful seating, cross-sector table discussions, and structured reflection, enabled the IWC to advance guidance from the Assistant Secretary of War for Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict (ASW SO/LIC). The IWC successfully aligned with its Campaign Plan by strengthening whole-of-nation partnerships and expanding the Center’s Functional Area Networks. It also operationalized its lines of effort by building resilience and resistance in homeland logistics networks, advancing contested logistics as a warfighting challenge, and fostering collaboration across government, industry, and research. The event expanded collaboration by engaging Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) leadership, including Dr. Ken Martin, on future technical cooperation and a potential IWC visit to Oak Ridge.
The IWC’s engagement at the TSUSG 2025 helped advance campaign objectives, reinforced ASW SO/LIC guidance to institutionalize irregular warfare and strengthened the Center’s leadership role in contested logistics and homeland defense.
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| Date Taken: | 10.23.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 10.23.2025 09:42 |
| Story ID: | 550329 |
| Location: | DENVER, COLORADO, US |
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