Command and Control of Army Prepositioned Afloat During an Amphibious Reinforcement Operation.

Abstract

This study investigates two command and control options a Joint Force Commander (JFC) might use to employ an Army Prepositional Afloat (APA) combat brigade during a reinforcement of an amphibious assault. This study explores a scenario which uses the amphibious enabling capability of the USN/USMC to establish a lodgement and a USMC Maritime Prepositioning Force (MPF) operation to rapidly expand that lodgement to facilitate an Army Prepositioning Afloat heavy bridge. Joint doctrine and service specific doctrine was reviewed to ascertain compatibility for conducting USN, USMC, and USA afloat prepositioning operations. Both a Usn/usmc doctrinal initiative (Tactical Memorandum) on MPF Command and Control, and USA draft doctrine for Army Prepositioned Afloat were used during the evaluation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 02, 1995
Accession Number
ADA299544

Entities

People

  • James H. Newport

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

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

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amphibious Operations
  • Combat Operations
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Command And Control
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Deployment
  • Doctrine
  • Landing Forces
  • Lessons Learned
  • Logistics
  • Military Operations
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Organizational Structure
  • Second World War
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Personnel Management and Statistics in the Military and Department of Defense

Technology Areas

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