Base Development and the Rapid Deployment Force: A Window to the Future

Abstract

This monograph deals with the central question: How can the United States better meet future base-development requirements of the Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force? In a hypothetical scenario, a US Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force encounters real-world problems that it would face while deploying and attempting to remain in a theater of operations. US experiences reflecting strengths and shortcomings in base development are then examined. The study then addresses these base-deployment problems: repair of war damage; lack of water; lack of petroleum, oil, and lubricants; port operations and logistics over the shore ; use of airbases in the theater of operations; establishment of intratheater lines of communications; and staffing for base-development planning.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA122833

Entities

People

  • Lewis C. Sowell Jr.

Organizations

  • National Defense University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Civil Engineering
  • Combat Forces
  • Deployment
  • Drinking Water
  • Engineers
  • Governments
  • Lessons Learned
  • Logistics
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Second World War
  • Students
  • Transport Ships
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies