Sealift: Ten Years After Desert Shield and Desert Storm

Abstract

During Desert Shield/Storm massive amounts of equipment and material were moved by sealift from various locations to the theater of operations. In the succeeding ten years, much of the military's forward deployed equipment/material has been returned to the United States. Additionally, the Military Sealift Command has acquired additional strategic sealift resources. In this paper I will briefly outline the sealift operations that supported Desert Shield/Storm. This outline will become the basic lift requirement. Additionally, I will highlight changes in locations of equipment/material and organic sealift capability since Desert Shield/Storm. Finally, I will draw conclusions and make recommendations on our ability to meet a like (Desert Shield/Storm Baseline) requirement given today's available organic and commercial sealift capability.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 10, 2001
Accession Number
ADA389088

Entities

People

  • Allen H. Lamson

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil War
  • Commerce
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deployment
  • Governments
  • Logistics
  • Military Equipment
  • Military Operations
  • National Security
  • Navy
  • Rapid Deployment
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Second World War
  • United States
  • United States Transportation Command
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies