Technology for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, 2000-2035 Becoming a 21st-Century Force Volume 8: Logistics (1997) / Chapter Skim
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2 Managing and Moving Material
2 Managing and Moving Material
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Fleet-operated combat logistic force ships (oilers, ammunition ships, and stores ships) then shuttle supplies from the resupply points either to the battle forces directly or to station ships (multiproduct, fast combat support ships)
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, establish a beachhead, secure the area to a distance of about 30 miles to protect it from enemy direct and indirect fire, build up a logistic support base, and then push out to other objectives. The Marine Corps concept for future amphibious operations, Operational Maneuver From the Sea, seeks to obviate the initial buildup of a beach support area by launching the assault from well over the horizon (25 miles or more)
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When secure port and airfield facilities are available, a brigade-size Marine Corps unit can be airlifted to the theater of operations, marry up with equipment that has been unloaded from the propositioning ships, and be prepared for combat in less than 15 days. The follow-on echelon of a Marine airground task force whatever Navy and Marine Corps equipment and personnel cannot be moved to the theater of operations in amphibious warfare ships also is moved by strategic sealift and airlift.
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, that may be able to achieve a vertical launch system rearming rate of 15 missiles per hour. The logistic ship would transfer a device to the combatant that, once the device has been mounted on rails on the missile launcher, would receive the missile canister, move it to the launch cell, and hold it in place while it is lowered into the tube.
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Loading of combat logistic ships with munitions and supplies follows the pallet-by-pallet methods of break bulk carriers that are obsolete and vanishing from commercial trade. Commercial logistic operations are turning to intermodal
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Today's naval logistic system uses efficient, commercial, intermodal transport capabilities only as far as a port. There, supplies are broken out of containers, loaded as break bulk cargo onto combat logistic ships, and eventually transferred to combatants.
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Amphibious assault, however, is the prime high-risk mission for which Marines are uniquely trained and equipped. Deploying from amphibious warfare ships in helicopters, air-cushion landing craft, or amphibious assault vehicles, the Navy can position marines to land on hostile shores and conduct military operations in virtually any littoral area in the world.
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to move and support Marine Corps units ashore. Having equipment such as combat vehicles, artillery, and material handling equipment that can be moved readily by these two aircraft and by the LCAC will be essential to effective operations.
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Meeting the logistic challenges of Operational Maneuver From the Sea requires thinking through the entire process of supporting amphibious operationswhat has to be done and how it might be accomplished. The Marine Corps has indeed begun to assess the logistic requirements and implications of OMFTS.
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Logistic Command, Control, and Communications Logistic operations in the fast-changing, mobile warfare environment envisioned by Operational Maneuver From the Sea will have to be thoroughly but rapidly planned, tightly controlled, and precise in delivering the support required when and where it is needed. Data, communications, and automated decisionsupport aids will be the lifeline of logistic operations.
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· Amphibious warfare ship paired with a combat logistic ship. A combat logistic ship has the storage and materiel handling capabilities that today's amphibious warfare ships lack.
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Although the loads that the combat logistic ships now carry are not tailored to mannes' needs, these loads could be adjusted. However, cargo would have to be handled twice, once on the logistic ship and again on the amphibious warfare ship.
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The panel believes that because of cost and mobility considerations, a new ship design is likely to serve the needs of naval forces better than a mobile offshore base. Further, a multipurpose ship design, combining the features of a prepositioning ship, a sea-based support ship, or possibly an amphibious warfare ship, is likely to be the better choice.
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When distances exceed the length of a hose or of a rapidly installed pipeline, as they will under Operational Maneuver From the Sea, new means must be devised for both shipto-shore transfer and distribution to units. One approach might be to use large bladders on board air-cushion vehicles or lighters as mobile supply points to rendezvous along the coast with tanker-design helicopters or combat logistic vehicles that would distribute the liquids to maneuver units inland.
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CONDUCTING LOGISTICS OVER THE SHORE Although much attention is given to supporting the assault echelon of an amphibious landing, most logistic operations in support of the Marine Corps are likely to be conducted under relatively benign conditions. That is, the offloading of equipment and supplies from ships will not occur in the face of strong enemy opposition (although raids, saboteurs, and occasional missile attacks might not be ruled out)
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The Navy, with its focus on support of amphibious operations, relies primarily on floating and elevated causeway systems. Both Services maintain a variety of tugs, floating cranes, barges, and other floating craft to perform such critical functions as docking sealift ships, performing heavy lifts, clearing channels, and discharging petroleum.
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