Download or read book Approaches to Strategic Sealift Readiness written by Bradley Martin and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-08 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors examine the readiness of the strategic sealift fleet and its management. They determine that many factors can be improved to increase readiness and make recommendations toward that end.
Download or read book Readiness the MSC Strategic Sealift Program written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Readiness the MSC Strategic Sealift Program written by and published by . This book was released on 1986* with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Strategic Sealift written by Margaret Ann K. Ulrich and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strategic mobility is divided into three basic elements: airlift, sealift, and the prepositioning of supplies and equipment. The Military Sealift Command (MSC) is responsible for sealift and plays a major role in prepositioning ships and equipment. Through its programs, MSC provides flexibility and increased readiness to strategic mobility. This thesis discusses many interrelated sealift problems: labor and market vagaries, changing ship types and containerization, the changing nature of ports, deregulation and A-76 legislation, the decreasing U.S. merchant fleet, and the struggling shipbuilding industry. MSC's new tactics for strategic sealift, prepositioned ships and fast sealift support, better approach the intent of the national strategy to have surge capability and sustainability in fighting a war. Keywords: Theses; Strategic sealift; Prepositioning; Containerization; Deregulation; Changing ship type; Fast sealift support. (jhd).
Download or read book Military Sealift Command written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Strategic Sealift written by Margaret A. Ulrich and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strategic mobility is divided into three basic elements: airlift, sealift, and the prepositioning of supplies and equipment. The Military Sealift Command (MSC) is responsible for sealift and plays a major role in prepositioning ships and equipment. Through its programs, MSC provides flexibility and increased readiness to strategic mobility. This thesis discusses many interrelated sealift problems: labor and market vagaries, changing ship types and containerization, the changing nature of ports, deregulation and A-76 legislation, the decreasing U.S. merchant fleet, and the struggling shipbuilding industry. MSC's new tactics for strategic sealift, prepositioned ships and fast sealift support, better approach the intent of the national strategy to have surge capability and sustainability in fighting a war. Keywords: Theses; Strategic sealift; Prepositioning; Containerization; Deregulation; Changing ship type; Fast sealift support. (jhd).
Download or read book Backgrounder written by United States. Navy. Military Sealift Command and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Navy Readiness written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-22 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Military Sealift Command ships perform a wide variety of support services and missions, including transporting military equipment and supplies in the event of a major contingency (performed by the surge sealift fleet) and replenishing fuel and provisions for U.S. Navy ships at sea (performed by the combat logistics force). An aging surge sealift fleet in which some ships are more than 50 years old, and a combat logistics force tasked with supporting more widely distributed operations (i.e., the employment of ships in dispersed formations across a wider expanse of territory), present several force structure and readiness challenges. House Report 114-537 included a provision for GAO to assess the readiness of the Military Sealift Command. This report (1) describes the readiness trends of the surge sealift and combat logistics fleets since 2012, (2) evaluates the extent to which the Navy has plans to address an aging surge sealift fleet, and (3) evaluates the extent to which the Navy has assessed the effects of widely distributed operations on the combat logistics force. GAO analyzed 3 to 5 years of readiness, maintenance, and exercise data, based on available data; visited surge sealift and logistics ships; and interviewed Navy, U.S. Transportation Command, and Maritime Administration officials.
Download or read book Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare and Strategic Sealift Ways to Improve the Marines Expeditionary Capability written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To be a relevant force to a Joint Force Commander in the future, the Marine Corps must improve upon the Corps' deployment and sustainment capabilities in expeditionary operations. In today's changing strategic environment, the strategic mobility of the United States will increasingly depend upon more capable and responsive sealift assets. For the Marine Corps, enhanced strategic sealift will make the Corps less reliant on strategic airlift and more relevant to a Joint Force Commander. A specific area in which the Marines can improve their capability is Intra-Theater lift. The Marines can give the Joint Force Commander increased options for employment because deployment of forces and their sustainment is due to faster sealift technology and vessels, which means strategic airlift carries less of a burden. The way the Marines in working with the Navy can take advantage of developing technologies is not necessarily through the purchase of these high-speed ships, but through limited purchases and a leasing program with commercial interests that already own and operate such vessels. Such ships, collectively known as Fast Ferries, can sustain speeds of 40 knots and carry between 500 and 750 personnel or 380 tons of cargo over a distance of 1000 nautical miles. While ship capabilities differ somewhat, the value of the vessels as a force multiplier is clear. High-speed sealift in combination with other commercial sealift assets can make strategic sealift more responsive to a Joint Force Commander. For the Marine Corps and the Navy, taking advantage of this technology will make the Marines a more relevant and capable force. Intra-Theater sealift supports Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare and Marine Corps Strategy 21 with the added benefit of not requiring development from the drawing board. High-speed sealift is a possible economic solution to help the Marine Corps remain first as the nation's force in readiness.
Download or read book Strategic Sealift Management of the Ready Reserve Force written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Persian Gulf Crisis has once again renewed debate concerning Strategic Sealift and management of the Nations Ready Reserve Force (RRF). Warfighting capabilities are directly tied to peacetime planning and management. As the peacetime manager of the RRF the Maritime Administration (Marad) has been held responsible for the poor condition of the Nations Strategic Sealift assets in general, and performance of the RRF during the Persian Gulf Crisis in particular. Although desired levels of readiness were not met during the surge phase of the operation, most other expectations of the RRF were met or exceeded during the buildup and sustainment phase. Furthermore, those identified areas of weakness were a direct of external constraints imposed upon Marad that prevented implementation of a sound management system. This paper presents a sound argument in defense of Marads performance as manager of the RRF which is reflected in the accomplishments of Sealift assets employed during the Crisis. However, a close review of the RRF vis-a-vis changing National Strategic and Military priorities supports moving managerial responsibilities to the DoD which is ultimately responsible for employment of these assets.
Download or read book Strategic Sealift written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the National Defense Reserve Fleet's (NDRF) viability and the Maritime Administration's (MARAD) management of the fleet, focusing on: (1) the Reserve Fleet's changing character; (2) its contribution in deploying and sustaining U.S. troops during the Persian Gulf crisis; (3) the revenue implications of the domestic and foreign scrapping of Reserve Fleet ships; and (4) MARAD maintenance and management of the fleet's older, less ready vessels. GAO found: (1) during the 1980s, the Department of Defense spent over $7 billion to improve, increase, and expand government-owned or -controlled sealift assets; (2) during deployment to the Persian Gulf, Non-Ready Reserve Force (non-RRF) ships were not used to assist in the transportation of the 10 million tons of cargo because there would not be enough time to activate the ships, the ships' relatively small size, slow transit speeds, long off-loading times compared with other ships, and the ready availability of U.S. and foreign flag commercial ships; (3) legislation has been introduced that would require that all Reserve Fleet ships built prior to 1946 be scrapped domestically; however, under present scrap market conditions, domestic ship scrappers have bid much less than foreign firms because of various economic, environmental, and safety factors that result in higher costs to U.S. firms; and (4) MARAD cannot ensure that non-RRF ships can be relied on as viable sealift assets because of ineffective dehumidification systems, inadequately controlled spare parts, doubtful availability of sufficient crews, unavailable ship condition documentation, and lack of written criteria and procedures for ship disposal.
Download or read book U S Strategic Sealift Capability in 1994 written by Basil B. Bates and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Strategic Sealift written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Military Sealift Command One Vital Component of Navy Preparedness written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The primary mission of the military sealift command (msc) is to provide sealift for strategic mobility in support of national security objectives. This mission, known as strategic sealift, demands the capacity to deploy and sustain military forces whenever and wherever needed. As rapidly and for as long as operational requirements dictate. This mission is accomplished through the activation of three forces: strategic sealift; the naval fleet auxiliary force, and the special support force. MSC fulfills its mission through the employment of strategic sealift forces from two principal sources. U.S. government-owned ships and the U.S. merchant marine. But government-owned vessels provide only a small part of the necessary sealift capability; as a result, in time of war or national emergency the vast majority must be chartered or requisitioned from the regularly operating U.S.-flag fleet. An ancillary MSC mission is management of naval fleet auxiliary force, comprised of dedicated sealift assets of the MSC force that provide direct support for power protection of navy fleet operations worldwide. Examples are oilers, stores ships, and ocean surveillance ships. A third mission is the operation of a special mission support force, made up of dedicated sealift assets that provide support for specialized scientific and technical missions that provide data required for sea control. Examples are oceanographic research, hydrographic survey, and missile telemetry.
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Download or read book The Sealift Readiness Program The Commercial Implications of a Military Contingency Call up of U S Flag Merchant Ships written by John H. Leeper and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The report examines the Military Sealift Commands's Sealift Readiness Program and the effect of a less-than-full-mobilization (contingency) call-up on the competitive position of the U.S. merchant marine. The report contains ton-mile capacity calculations for all U.S. vessels operated by companies participating in the Sealift Readiness Program.
Download or read book An Examination of the Factors Involved in the Mobilization of Strategic Sealift Assets written by Thomas R. Markiewicz and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines the various factors and related problems involved in the mobilization of U.S. strategic sealift assets. Specifically dealt with are the national Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF), the Ready Reserve Force (RRF), and the Military Sealift Command (MSC). Topics examined include: how World War II led to their inception, their roles during the Korean and Vietnam conflicts, and difficulties encountered. A financial analysis of the NDRF and RRF during Korea and Vietnam is also provided. Thoroughly discussed are the present capabilities of the NDRF, RRF, MSC to effectively and efficiently respond when activated. Current costs, material condition of units, turn-around time, and manpower assets are considered.
