Materiel Weight and Cube Control (1975-1980).

Abstract

Procedures are given for reducing USMC landing force materiel to be embarked in USN amphibious assault ships while minimizing loss of force readiness or sustainability. The feasibility of reducing this materiel by incremental phasing of units into the objective area by means other than amphibious assault ships is evaluated. Amphibious lift requirements for Marine air/ground task forces are computed by the MAGTF computer system. Lift requirements of the assault echelon of a Marine Amphibious Force are compared with the capacities of available Navy amphibious assault ships in order to determine lift shortfalls. The effect of lift requirements of future changes to landing force materiel is analyzed. Described is a computer system designed as a decision aid for systematically reducing landing force materiel when required to load assault forces into a constrained amphibious lift capacity while optimizing the operational readiness of the force. Also provided is a procedure for analyzing the effect on amphibious lift capability of introducing new materiel into the Fleet Marine Force.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA041598

Entities

People

  • R. B. Ringo
  • T. H. Allen Jr.

Organizations

  • SRI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amphibious Operations
  • Amphibious Ships
  • Attrition
  • Combat Operations
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Analysis
  • Employment
  • Landing Forces
  • Logistics
  • Military Science
  • Naval Warfare
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Three Dimensional
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.