Improving Our Strategic Mobility Posture for the XXI Century.

Abstract

After 30 years of decline, our military strategic mobility modernization program, beginning in 1995 and going through 2001, will allow the Armed Forces to accomplish their National Security and Military Strategies. The purpose of the paper is to provide the reader a clear understanding of the required commitment by our Nation's leaders, both civilian and military, to the strategic mobility modernization program. This paper examines the strengths, weaknesses, and makes improvement recommendations for the strategic mobility triad of airlift, sealift, and prepositioning of equipment. The paper will review the two critical DOD mobility studies that provided the mobility requirements for the year 2001: the 1992 Mobility Requirements Study (MRS) and the 1995 Mobility Requirements Study, Bottom-Up Review Update (MRS BURU). The paper concludes with the 'bottom line' fact that to remain a global power-projection military our leadership must keep MRS BURU requirements a top funding priority.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 15, 1996
Accession Number
ADA308987

Entities

People

  • Mark W. Dille

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Cargo Ships
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deployment
  • Logistics
  • Maritime Industry
  • Military Equipment
  • Military Strategy
  • National Security
  • Procurement
  • United States
  • United States Transportation Command
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Strategic Security Studies