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17 Cards in this Set
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Why did we shift to Strategic Mobility? |
1) Downsizing and consolidation from pre-positioning 2) Don't know where next conflict will be 3) Cheaper than pre-positioning and sustaining large force |
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Strategic Airlift - Positive |
1) Used extensively during buildup; 2) Quick delivery of personnel and equipment 3) Flexible support but limited capacity |
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Strategic Airlift - Negatives |
1) Requires secure runways 2) Neds facilities/equipment for refueling and MHE 3) Aging cargo fleet, C-5/C-17 4) Limited capacity and expensive 5) Heavily tasked |
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Strategic Sealift |
1) Provides transport for sustainment 2) Delivers majority of material 3) Significant capacity with wide variety of capability (oversized vehicles, dry cargo, ammo) 4) Cost effective |
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Other Sealift Organizations |
1) Military Sealift Command - provide/manage sealift 2) Merchant Marines - crew US flagged ships 3) National Defense Reserve Fleet (Ready Reserve and Inactive Reserve) - extra ships if needed; underfunded and might not be the ships needed |
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Prepositioning |
1) Material prepositioned to minimized transport requirements 2) Trade-off of storage costs versus transportation costs 3) Surface prepositioning relatively inflexible; afloat prepositioning more flexible and timely 4) Must maintain and fund fixed place assets |
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Afloat Prepositioning |
* 25 vessels total for Afloat Prepositioning Force (APF) * 13 vessels lift maritime prepositioning forces * other 12 provide 2 categories - common items (tents, vehicles, equipment) - consumables (fuel, rations, ammo)
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Afloat Preposition Success/Failures |
1) Rapid response potential benefit
1) Problems with types and quantities of supplies/equipment on ships 2) Readiness of vehicles/equipment on ships underestimated |
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Surface Transportaion |
Military Traffic Management Command (MTMC) - supports mobilization needs * deteriorating rail facilities * lack of planning for railcars * worked in Desert Storm 1 because of small scale and extended timeline |
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CRAF - goal to fill airlift needs, most passenger but still handle cargo |
1) Stage I - Minor Regional Crisis; Stage II - Major Regional Conflict; Stage III - National Mobilization * shift more to equal 1/3 of lift provided in each stage 2) Three segments - International (long/short range), Aeromedical Evac, National (domestic/Alaskan) * 24 to 48 hrs from mission assignment |
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CRAF Segments |
1) Internation - Long 3500 NM range/Short 1500 NM range; oceanic flights requirements; largest section 2) Aeromedical Evac - evacs casualties, returns medical supplies/crews to theater 3) National - Domestic only, regional US carriers * All have passenger and cargo aircraft |
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CRAF - Entitlement Based Business |
* Carriers rewarded with Peacetime business * Proportional to lift capability provided * Based on mobilization value (MV), allows comparison between aircraft * Negotiated rates
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CRAF Issues |
1) Foreign code sharing 2) Foreign ownership of carriers
* concerned if this reduces US internation fleet size, carrier flexibility to support CRAF, and carrier financial health |
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VISA |
* goal to fill sealift needs * industry knows best way to move cargo * unlike CRAF, no specific ship assigned (only lift capacity) * 3 stages in program * contractual agreement between DOD/carrier * pre-negotiated rates and joint planning * carrier pooling/teaming arrangements |
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VISA Issues |
1) Reduced excess capacity, increase in container trade 2 ) Larger ships mean fewer ships moving stuff 3) Hub and spoke system makes ships serving spokes not immediately available to DOD 4) Large multinational consortiums - 15 largest companies move 80-90% of container capacity |
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DOD and Industry parts in VISA |
DOD - assured access to capacity, contractually committed, time phases, jointly planned
Industry - insight to DOD requirements, minimize disruption to commercial operations, flexibility to utilize total system rather than ship capacity |
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How to mitigate risk to both? |
1) Use of volunteers and Joint planning 2) Backfill agreements 3) Substitution procedures 4) Priority of use and incentive rates 5) Reimbursables (wasted time) and war risk insurance |
