Waffle House Logistics for the Indo-Pacific

In disasters where power fails and supply chains break, one organization keeps operating.

Not the government. Not big corporations. A diner. Waffle House rarely closes.

FEMA even tracks disasters using the Waffle House Index. Green is open, yellow is limited,

red is closed. The Indo-Pacific is a long hurricane with an adversary. Logistics will face

denied ports, cyber attacks, and targeted supply chains. Today’s system is

optimized for efficiency, not survival. It assumes perfect networks—exactly what contested environments deny.

The Marine Corps must adopt a limited menu: focus only on mission-critical readiness.

Simplify signals: Green, Yellow, Red, Black.