Logistics are crucial for success in warfare. Logistical principles act as guidance in planning and subsequent analysis. Moshe Kress has developed a set of military logistical principles. Kress says that the principles are of different importance depending on the operational context. Which context affects which principle in which way is not further defined by Kress or other researchers. That creates a gap. This study aims to contribute to filling that gap by reviewing if the principles are represented differently in two types of defense policies – one with expeditionary focus on international stability abroad, and one with territorial focus on national survival. The examination is conducted as a content analysis of Swedish logistical doctrines 2007 and 2023. Sweden is an interesting turnaround case as it has shifted between these two opposite policies in relative few years. The short period of time is of essence because the effects of development in technology and warfare can be kept at a minimum. Limiting the study to just one country also enables a higher uniformity among other potentially affecting variables. The results of the analysis indicate that the type of defense policy does affect how the principles are represented. Effectiveness seems to be of more importance in both types of policies. However, an expeditionary defense also prioritizes simplicity. The territorial defense instead suggests attainability as an important principle alongside effectiveness. The principle that is of most importance, regardless context, seems to be flexibility.