Military Sealift Command's Combat Logistics Force in Contested Environments

Abstract

A shift from operating uncontested to contested in the maritime domain has identified deficiencies in the U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC) Combat Logistics Force (CLF) ships ability to tactically operate. This places the fleet at risk of detection and targeting by the adversary. Military Detachments (MILDET) which were responsible for the tactical operations and communications are no longer billeted aboard CLF ships and there are not enough qualified Civilian Mariners (CIVMAR) billeted in these roles to meet the same level of operational proficiency. To meet the challenges required to operate effectively and tactically integrate with the U.S. Navy in contested environments, MSC must re-employ active duty MILDETs aboard the CLF ships.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 12, 2017
Accession Number
AD1047902

Entities

People

  • Todd R. Kutkiewicz

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Command And Control
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detection
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Logistics
  • Marine Transportation
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Personnel
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.