Does the U.S. Navy Need to Enlarge Her Coastal and Riverine Force Capabilities to Effectively Meet the Joint, Combined, and Unilateral Missions of Today and Tomorrow?

Abstract

This study examines the coastal and riverine force structure required to support the U.S. Navy's operations in the littoral environment, The White Paper 'Forward...From the Sea' reveals the Navy's support to the strategic ends, ways, and means outlined in the 'National Security Strategy,' emphasizing operations in the littoral environment. This study examines the brown water force structure needed to respond adequately to missions identified in the 'National Security Strategy' and 'National Military Strategy,' in the regions specified in these two documents where littoral operations might be the appropriate response. The impetus for this research was to respond to a question similar to the thesis posed by the Naval Doctrine Command.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 07, 1996
Accession Number
ADA312214

Entities

People

  • Charles C. Denman Iii

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amphibious Operations
  • Boats
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Drug Trafficking
  • Geography
  • Littoral Warfare
  • Marine Transportation
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Military Applications
  • Military Organizations
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Surveillance
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Strategic Security Studies