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 United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 100 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 1991 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The GAO has reviewed the National Defense Reserve Fleet's viability as a national sealift asset and evaluated several aspects of the Maritime Administration's management of the fleet. This report addresses the changing character of this fleet and its contribution in deploying and sustaining U.S. troops during the recent Persian Gulf crisis. Also addressed are the revenue implications of the domestic and foreign scrapping of Reserve Fleet ships and the administration's maintenance and management practices with respect to the fleet's older, less-ready portion. We present matters for congressional consideration and recommendations whose aim is to ensure that the Reserve Fleet continues to be a viable sealift asset.
Download or read book Ready Reserve Force written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 68 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 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 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 Logistics and Sealift Force Requirements and Force Structure Assessment written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Management of Ready Reserve Force Ships written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Legislation and National Security Subcommittee and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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.
Download or read book Strategic Sealift Summary of Workshop on Crewing the Ready Reserve Force written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This GAO report provide a summary of the views expressed at the GAO- sponsored Ready Reserve Force (RRF) crewing workshop held on April 5, 1994. We conducted the workshop as part of a review to determine whether recent improvements to RRF are meeting defense needs. A separate report will be issued in response to this request. The workshop was designed to (1) discuss the impact of the declining U.S. commercial ocean-going merchant marine manpower pool on U.S. sealift capability, (2) identify impediments to timely crewing, and (3) discuss various crewing proposals. The workshop served as a forum for reaching consensus among government agencies, commercial ship managers, and organized maritime labor on various crewing concerns. Highlighted points that the workshop attendees agreed on included the following: The key to crewing RRF is maintaining a viable U.S. merchant marine industry. The current state of the U.S. maritime industry demands passage of reemployment rights for mariners who volunteer for RRF duty during a crisis; Some form of permanently assigned crews will help maintain a base of skills and experience to operate RRF ships; Cooperation among the groups involved with crewing RRF is needed to resolve many issues, such as improvement of the mariner database.
Download or read book Strategic Sealift written by United States Accounting Office (GAO) and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-05-13 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strategic Sealift: Summary of Workshop on Crewing the Ready Reserve Force
Download or read book Ready Reserve Force written by DIANE Publishing Company and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1995-04 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Manning U S Strategic Sealift in the Year 2000 written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper examines the estimated capability of the United States in the year 2000 to man U.S. controlled strategic sealift assets that would be required for an operation of the size, pace, and limited national mobilization used in Desert Shield and Desert Storm. The scope of this paper includes manning the ships held in reduced operating status (ROS) by the Military Sealift Command and the ships of the Ready Reserve Force (RRF) maintained by the Maritime Administration. Figures as of March 1991 for the activation and manning of ROS and RRF ships for Dessert Shield/Storm are used for estimates of manning requirements. The paper concludes that using the most optimistic case, it will be very difficult to man the projected ROS/RRF fleet with qualified mariners during the initial surge of deployment and the available manpower will provide at best 80% of the requirement on a sustained basis.
Download or read book An Examination of the Outporting Ship Program Implemented in Response to the Increased Program Size of the Ready Reserve Force written by Joan Marie McFarland and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis is a discussion of the actions the Government has taken in response to the decline of the civilian merchant marine fleet. Early sealift capability, a vital component of the U.S. defense strategy has deteriorated. Progressively more expansive measures have been adapted in governmental efforts to build up a strong arsenal of assets capable of responding rapidly in the event of a contingency. This thesis looks at the components of the strategic sealift program, the National Defense Reserve Fleet, the Ready Reserve Force and, the newest measure, the ship Outporting Program. This program was implemented to alleviate congestion at the fleet anchorages, thereby reducing the ship activation and loadout times, ensuring rapid delivery of U.S. fighting force equipment overseas. This study culminates with the presentation of data that may be used to develop a model that will appraise the effectiveness of outporting a Ready Reserve Force ship. Keywords: Strategic sealift, Outporting, Ready reserve force, National defense reserve fleet, Military sealift command, Merchant marine, Theses. (SDW).
Download or read book Strategic Sealift written by BPI Information Services and published by Bpi Information Services. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Workshop held April 5, 1994. Was designed to (1) discuss the impact of the declining U.S. commercial ocean-going merchant marine manpower pool on U.S. sealift capability, (2) identify impediments to timely crewing, and (3) discuss various crewing proposals.
Download or read book Annual Report written by United States. Navy. Military Sealift Command and published by . This book was released on with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
