Supporting the Marine Expeditionary Unit

Abstract

The United States Marine Corps concept for the projection of naval power ashore is Operational Maneuver From the Sea (OMFTS). In order to carry out the concept in OMFTS, the Marine Expeditionary Unit is a force to project power. To ensure the MEU is successful it requires logistics support back to the sources of supply. The objective of this thesis is to introduce the current methods of supporting the MEU and to provide recommendations for improvements. It focuses on the support organizations, Traffic Management Office (TMO), Deployed Support Unit (DSU), MEU Service Support Group (MSSG), Preservation, Packing, Packaging (PP&P), and the expeditor concept. The thesis also examines the existing technology in the Global Transportation Network (GTN) using In-Transit Visibility (ITV) to track shipments.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA358940

Entities

People

  • Daniel M. Fitzgerald

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Transportation
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Communication Systems
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Deployment
  • Electronic Mail
  • Information Systems
  • Logistics
  • Logistics Support
  • Maintenance
  • Military Science
  • Supply Chain
  • Warfare
  • Web Browsers

Readers

  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design