Command and Control of Civilian Contract Manned Navy Fleet Support and Military Sealift Command Ships.

Abstract

This study considers the decline of seagoing jobs in the U.S. maritime industry. A remedy for this decline proposed by the maritime unions is the civilian contract manning of Navy fleet support and Military Sealift Command (MSC) ships. Whether the Navy utilizes civilian contract manning will be influenced, in part, by how the Navy will be able to maintain command and control of ships that are crewed by contract mariners. Questionnaires were provided to maritime trade and labor organizations to determine how various command and control situations would be handled. The responses to the questionnaires form the basis for concluding that the implementation of civilian contract manning is still too general and uncertain for the Navy to accept. Recommendations are that the Navy should maintain its present manning policies of fleet support and MSC ships and continue to require that the specifics of the civilian contract manning proposal be addressed in full. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA138996

Entities

People

  • M. L. Franzia

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Administrative Personnel
  • Agreements
  • Business Administration
  • Coast Guard
  • Command And Control
  • Contracts
  • Employment
  • Government Employees
  • Law
  • Management Personnel
  • Marine Transportation
  • Maritime Industry
  • Military Operations
  • Military Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Tanker Aircraft
  • United States

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control