A Utility-Based Approach to U.S. Naval Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Tasking

Abstract

Due to naval vessels unique sea and air capabilities, the United States government often calls on the Navy to provide immediate humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) to affected populations around the world. However, not all ships possess capabilities that can be adapted to the humanitarian mission, and they therefore should not be tasked with humanitarian missions. To respond quickly, it is not uncommon for combatant commanders to task the closest ships without considering if a more HADR-capable ship is available, if slightly farther away. This type of tasking can easily waste valuable U.S. resources (wartime assets, funding, manpower, and readiness) while providing a suboptimal HADR response package of ships to the affected population.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2018
Accession Number
AD1052522

Entities

People

  • Ryan J. Carmichael

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combatant Commanders
  • Flight Decks
  • Guided Missile Ships
  • Landing Craft
  • Marine Transportation
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Naval Aviation
  • Navy
  • United States Northern Command
  • United States Southern Command
  • United States Strategic Command
  • United States Transportation Command
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.