Front Matter -- Preface -- Acknowledgment of Reviewers -- Contents -- Summary -- 1 Overview: Observations, Conclusions, and Recommendations -- 2 Historical Context -- 3 Raw Materials and Minerals Supply -- 4 Changing Defense Planning and Defense Materials Needs -- 5 Managing Today's Materials Supply Chains -- 6 Current Operational Practices of the National Defense Stockpile -- Appendixes -- A: Stockpile History -- B: U.S. Defense Strategy -- C: Defining Twenty-first Century Defense Materials Needs -- D: Rare Earth Elements -- E: Other U.S. Stockpiles -- F: Case Study: Beryllium -- G: Committee Membership -- H: Acronyms.