Efficient and timely movement of forces is a pre-requisite for all military operations. Ensuring the strategic mobility of troops and materiel by providing adequate lift, transport facilities, equipment, and infrastructure is normally a major operational requirement. It includes the possible use of civilian resources and may involve the deployment, staging, and onward movement of large amounts of materiel and equipment. Planning and evaluation of capacity and capabilities can therefore be decisive in ensuring that varying political and military requirements can be met. The focal point for questions relating to strategic mobility in NATO is the Movement and Transportation Advisory Group, a sub-group of the Senior NATO Logisticians’ Conference. This body was created to foster cooperative approaches to the management side of movement, transportation and mobility matters between military and civilian agencies and between NATO and member nations.