Jointness in the Army and Marine Corps Prepositioned Maintenance Afloat Program.

Abstract

The Marine Corps and the Army each currently operate a separate maintenance facility to service their heavy equipment and supplies that are strategically prepositioned on ships afloat around the world. In this time of a declining defense budget, many defense critics advocate that, the Department of Defense (DOD) does not need two completely separate maintenance prepositioning afloat programs, each run independently by their respective service. There are efficiencies and dollars to be saved by having one designated proponent in charge and possibly one location for the maintenance of prepositioned stocks afloat. This paper will examine Maritime Prepositioning Ships (MPS) of the Maritime Prepositioning Force (MPF) program of the Marine Corps and the Army Prepositioned Afloat (APA) program.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA308817

Entities

People

  • Randall P. Maschek

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Base Closures
  • Combat Forces
  • Combat Operations
  • Combat Support
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Marine Corps
  • Materials
  • Military Equipment
  • National Security
  • Ships
  • Southwest Asia
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.