Our Strategic Deployment System: Is it Structured to Support the Combatant Commander?

Abstract

The strategic deployment system of this nation was first tested during the Spanish-American war. It did not do very well then and it did not improve much as the nation fought wars throughout the 20th Century. In today's new world order, our deployment system is more important to the operational commander than ever. That commander is highly dependent on this system to provide sufficient strategic mobility to meet his force projection requirements. Operation Desert Shield/Storm was the first true test of the deployment to meet a regional crisis, a crisis much like what we expect to see in the future. The single most important realization from the war was that efforts of organizations within the system required a single voice at the top. Management and organizational synergy is more important than the sheer number of lift assets available. USTRANSCOM provides that structured capability to meet the planning, resource procurement, and contingency execution response demanded by the combatant CINC. The deployment system is well postured to meet the needs of the operational level-commander in the future.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 08, 1994
Accession Number
ADA279620

Entities

People

  • Ronald P. Heiter

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter WMD
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Commercial Aviation
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deployment
  • Lessons Learned
  • Maritime Industry
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Mobility
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Procurement
  • Second World War
  • United States Transportation Command
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.
  • Strategic Security Studies