Download or read book An Optimization Model for Sea Based Supply of Bulk Fuel for a Deployed Marine Expeditionary Unit written by Harold A. Viado and published by . This book was released on 1999-06-01 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Operational Maneuver From the Sea (OMFTS) is a Marine Corps concept that shifts the emphasis from blue-water superiority to power projection in the littorals. OMFTS treats the sea as maneuver space, and moves forces directly from ship to objectives ashore with little or no prior build-up of supplies ashore. This thesis develops the Sea-Based Logistic Optimization Model (SBLOM), an integer programming model that assesses the feasibility of conducting sea- based logistics in an OMFTS scenario based on capabilities of current and future assets, e.g., the Landing Craft Air Cushion and the MV-22 Osprey aircraft. SBLOM minimizes (when feasible) the initial fuel requirement of the Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)) ashore, and develops a fuel-delivery schedule from the sea using the lift assets available on a group of three or four ships known as an Amphibious Readiness Group (ARG). Using two OMFTS scenarios, SBLOM is run with the ARG at stand-off distances of 50, 70, and 100 nautical miles. The scenarios involve a humanitarian mission and an amphibious raid. In all cases, the use of sea-based logistics is feasible: An optimal delivery schedule is developed that meets the daily fuel requirements of the MEU(SOC) and maintains sufficient fuel levels the throughout the mission's duration.
Download or read book An Optimization Model for Sea Based Logistics Supply System for the Navy and Marine Corps written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States is moving into a new era in which the enemy no longer provides symmetric opposition. The Navy and Marine Corps will face new challenges in the way they deploy and conduct future operations. One important way in which these challenges will be met involves sea-based operations, which provide the sustainment necessary for prolonged operations and prevent unwanted operational pauses. Recent combat operations in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) demonstrated difficulties when sustaining forces from logistics bases ashore. For example, advancing the Army and Marines to Baghdad in OIF consumed large amounts of fuel and ammunition. The resupply could not replenish supplies and an operational pause began on 29 March, 2003. To prevent operational pauses, rapid movement from the sea to the objective must be implemented. This thesis analyzes the problem of finding an optimal mix of Combat Logistics Force shuttle ships required to sustain the sea base. This is accomplished through two optimization models. The first one determines a shuttle mix that guarantees minimum inventory levels at the sea base at all times. Since this requirement may cause some shuttles to be partially loaded, the second model manually assigns the shuttle mix and then minimizes unmet demand. This model yields a mix of shuttles that strikes a balance between shuttle cost and meeting sea-base demand. The analysis in this thesis involves three Marine Corps Combat Development Command (MCCDC) scenarios. The scenarios differ by distances from the closest ALSS to the sea-base. Each scenario emulates a small-scale contingency war and the supported war is tailored to a 2015 Marine Expeditionary Brigade. The operation lasts 45 days in all tested scenarios. The commodities dealt with in these scenarios are fuel, provisions, and ordnance. Demand is initially consumed at a 5-day surge rate and the remaining 40 days of the operation are consumed at a sustain rate. (7 tables, 10 figures, 20 refs.).
Download or read book Naval Expeditionary Logistics written by Committee on Naval Expeditionary Logistics and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1999-02-23 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the request of the Chief of Naval Operations, the National Research Council (NRC) conducted a study to determine the technological requirements, operational changes, and combat service support structure necessary to land and support forces ashore under the newly evolving Navy and Marine Corps doctrine. The Committee on Naval Expeditionary Logistics, operating under the auspices of the NRC's Naval Studies Board, was appointed to (1) evaluate the packaging, sealift, and distribution network and identify critical nodes and operations that affect timely insertion of fuels, ammunition, water, medical supplies, food, vehicles, and maintenance parts and tool blocks; (2) determine specific changes required to relieve these critical nodes and support forces ashore, from assault through follow-on echelonment; and (3) present implementable changes to existing support systems, and suggest the development of innovative new systems and technologies to land and sustain dispersed units from the shoreline to 200 miles inland. In the course of its study, the committee soon learned that development of OMFTS is not yet at a stage to allow, directly, detailed answers to many of these questions. As a result, the committee addressed the questions in terms of the major logistics functions of force deployment, force sustainment, and force medical support, and the fundamental logistics issues related to each of these functions.
Download or read book Availability of Refined Fuel Within the Indo Pacific Area of Responsibility Dod Military Warfighter Energy Needs in Asia Risk Potential Use of Mil written by U. S. Military and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-03-20 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This project will give Department of Defense (DoD) procurement and area planners an assessment on the availability of energy within the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) area of responsibility (AOR). The assessment will help make future decisions on sourcing energy purchases and may be expanded on with assumptions for risk potentials within the energy supply chain. This project includes market research on refined oil shipping and Military Sealift Command's capacity to move fuel to the warfighter. It includes research on tanker contracting procurement by Military Sealift Command, worldwide commercial tanker characteristics, and shipping activity within Asia.East Asia has been the focus of United States' interest since Commodore Perry sailed into Yokosuka and forced the opening of Japanese ports and markets in 1853. American interest in East Asia increased during the Pacific War, and the region was a key focus of foreign policy during the Cold War communist containment policy when the United States fought wars in Korea and Vietnam. Although later wars in Afghanistan and Iraq shifted American foreign policy attention towards the Middle East, East Asia once again became the United States' primary focus during the Obama administration. In 2011, President Obama declared this change in policy when he said, "The United States is turning our attention to the vast potential of the Asia Pacific region." United States interest in the region has continued under President Trump, taking a prominent place in the latest National Security Strategy. This focus on the region has led to a significant amount of literature that focuses on a potential conflict between the United States and the People's Republic of China (PRC).This compilation includes a reproduction of the 2019 Worldwide Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community.I. Introduction * II. Background * A. Overview of the Energy Industry * 1. Upstream Segment * 2. Midstream Segment * 3. Downstream Segment * 4. Distribution * 5. Tankers Are the Primary Constraint * B. The People's Republic of China's Strategic Approach to Energy Security * 1. Energy Security * 2. Chinese Energy Security Policies * 3. Summary * C. Navy Petroleum Logistics During the Pacific War * 1. Geographical Factors and Force Structure Dictate Supply Chain Infrastructure * 2. Mobile Support and Forward Basing * 3. Planning Resources and Demand-Based Logistics * 4. Fuel Resupply Points and the Shuttle Ship Concept * 5. Time as a Wartime Priority Consideration * 6. Lessons from Beans, Bullets, and Black Oil * D. Defense Fuel Procurement and Transportation * 1. Bulk Petroleum Organization * 2. Planning Process * 3. Fuel Contracts * 4. Transportation * 5. Chartered Tankers * 6. Storage * 7. Distribution * 8. Summary * E. Defense Information Technology and Petroleum Product Supply Chain Management * 1. Global Combat Support System-Joint * 2. IT Systems Used by MSC to Manage Tankers * 3. LOGCOP at the Operational Level * III. Literature Review * A. Beans, Bullets, And Black Oil * B. Operations Research Models * 1. Fleishchmann's Pacific Tanker Delivery Model * 2. Rodgers's Bulk Fuel Supply Chain Model (BFSCM) * 3. Beaumont's Network Optimization Model * C. Summary * IV. Methodology * A. Data Extraction * 1. Fedbizopps * 2. Defining an Acceptable Charter * 3. IHS Maritime * B. Simulation Modeling * 1. Forming the Model Using Worldwide Tanker Data * 2. Forming the Model Using Data from the East Asia AOR * C. Limitations * D. Assumptions * V. Results * A. Worldwide Tanker Market Simulation * B. East Asia Tanker Market Simulation * VI. Conclusion, Recommendation, and Areas for Further Research * A. Conclusion * 1. DFSPs Are Vulnerable to Interdiction * 2. Charter Market Is a Source of Uncertainty * 3. Databases Are Available to Understand the Charter Market
Download or read book Seabasing and joint expeditionary logistics written by Ammy Bender and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent conflicts such as Operation Desert Shield/Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom highlight the logistics difficulties the United States faces by relying on foreign access and infrastructure and large supply stockpiles ashore to support expeditionary operations. The Navy's transformational vision for the future, Sea Power 21, involves Seabasing as a way to address these difficulties by projecting and sustaining joint forces globally from the sea. This study analyzes logistics flow to, within and from a Sea Base to an objective, and the architectures and systems needed to rapidly deploy and sustain a brigade-size force. Utilizing the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS), this study incorporates a systems engineering framework to examine current systems, programs of record and proposed systems out to the year 2025. Several capability gaps that hamper a brigade-size force from seizing the initiative anywhere in the world within a 10-day period point to a need for dedicated lift assets, such as high-speed surface ships or lighter-than-air ships, to facilitate the rapid formation of the Sea Base. Additionally, the study identifies the need for large-payload/high-speed or load-once/direct-to- objective connector capabilities to minimize the number of at-sea transfers required to employ such a force from the Sea Base in 10 hrs. With these gaps addressed, the Joint Expeditionary Brigade is supportable from the Sea Base.
Download or read book Seabasing and Joint Expeditionary Logistics written by Amy Bender and published by . This book was released on 2004-12 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent conflicts such as Operation Desert Shield/Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom highlight the logistics difficulties the United States faces by relying on foreign access and infrastructure and large supply stockpiles ashore to support expeditionary operations. The Navy's transformational vision for the future, Sea Power 21, involves Seabasing as a way to address these difficulties by projecting and sustaining joint forces globally from the sea. This study analyzes logistics flow to, within and from a Sea Base to an objective, and the architectures and systems needed to rapidly deploy and sustain a brigade-size force. Utilizing the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS), this study incorporates a systems engineering framework to examine current systems, programs of record and proposed systems out to the year 2025. Several capability gaps that hamper a brigade-size force from seizing the initiative anywhere in the world within a 10-day period point to a need for dedicated lift assets, such as high-speed surface ships or lighter-than-air ships, to facilitate the rapid formation of the Sea Base. Additionally, the study identifies the need for large-payload/high-speed or load-once/direct-to- objective connector capabilities to minimize the number of at-sea transfers required to employ such a force from the Sea Base in 10 hrs. With these gaps addressed, the Joint Expeditionary Brigade is supportable from the Sea Base.
Download or read book Force Multiplying Technologies for Logistics Support to Military Operations written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2014-12-15 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mission of the United States Army is to fight and win our nation's wars by providing prompt, sustained land dominance across the full range of military operations and spectrum of conflict in support of combatant commanders. Accomplishing this mission rests on the ability of the Army to equip and move its forces to the battle and sustain them while they are engaged. Logistics provides the backbone for Army combat operations. Without fuel, ammunition, rations, and other supplies, the Army would grind to a halt. The U.S. military must be prepared to fight anywhere on the globe and, in an era of coalition warfare, to logistically support its allies. While aircraft can move large amounts of supplies, the vast majority must be carried on ocean going vessels and unloaded at ports that may be at a great distance from the battlefield. As the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have shown, the costs of convoying vast quantities of supplies is tallied not only in economic terms but also in terms of lives lost in the movement of the materiel. As the ability of potential enemies to interdict movement to the battlefield and interdict movements in the battlespace increases, the challenge of logistics grows even larger. No matter how the nature of battle develops, logistics will remain a key factor. Force Multiplying Technologies for Logistics Support to Military Operations explores Army logistics in a global, complex environment that includes the increasing use of antiaccess and area-denial tactics and technologies by potential adversaries. This report describes new technologies and systems that would reduce the demand for logistics and meet the demand at the point of need, make maintenance more efficient, improve inter- and intratheater mobility, and improve near-real-time, in-transit visibility. Force Multiplying Technologies also explores options for the Army to operate with the other services and improve its support of Special Operations Forces. This report provides a logistics-centric research and development investment strategy and illustrative examples of how improved logistics could look in the future.
Download or read book Operational Terms and Graphics written by Department Army and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-07-27 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This manual is a dual-Service US Army and US Marine Corps publication introducing new terms and definitions and updating existing definitions as reflected in the latest editions of Army field manuals and Marine Corps doctrinal, warfighting, and reference publications. It complies with DOD Military Standard 2525. When communicating instructions to subordinate units, commanders and staffs from company through corps should use this manual as a dictionary of operational terms and military graphics.
Download or read book The Naval Aviation Maintenance Program NAMP Maintenance data systems written by United States. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book U S Marines in the Persian Gulf 1990 1991 written by Charles J. Quilter and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This monograph is a preliminary accounting of the role of the U.S. Marine Corps' senior command in the Persian Gulf conflict from 8 August 1990 to 16 April 1991. It is one of a series covering the operations of the 1st Marine Division; the 2nd Marine Division; the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing; Combat Service Support Element, comprised of 1st and 2nd Force Service Support Groups units; Marines afloat in Desert Shield and Desert Storm; and humanitarian relief operations in northern Iraq and Turkey." -- Amazon
Download or read book The 3d Marine Aircraft Wing in Desert Shield and Desert Storm written by LeRoy D. Stearns and published by U.S. Government Printing Office. This book was released on 1999 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Warfighting written by Department of the Navy and published by Vigeo Press. This book was released on 2018-10 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The manual describes the general strategy for the U.S. Marines but it is beneficial for not only every Marine to read but concepts on leadership can be gathered to lead a business to a family. If you want to see what make Marines so effective this book is a good place to start.
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