Manning U.S. Strategic Sealift in the Year 2000.

Abstract

This paper examines the estimated capability of the United States in the year 2000 to man U.S. controlled strategic sealift assets that would be required for an operation of the size, pace, and limited national mobilization used in Desert Shield and Desert Storm. The scope of this paper includes manning the ships held in reduced operating status (ROS) by the Military Sealift Command and the ships of the Ready Reserve Force (RRF) maintained by the Maritime Administration. Figures as of March 1991 for the activation and manning of ROS and RRF ships for Dessert Shield/Storm are used for estimates of manning requirements. The paper concludes that using the most optimistic case, it will be very difficult to man the projected ROS/RRF fleet with qualified mariners during the initial surge of deployment and the available manpower will provide at best 80% of the requirement on a sustained basis.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 20, 1991
Accession Number
ADA240427

Entities

People

  • Mark R. Lenci

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cargo Handling
  • Classification
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Deployment
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Government (Foreign)
  • Governments
  • Manpower
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Reserves
  • Mobilization
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Procurement
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.