Strategic Transport Integrated Naval Group (STING)

Abstract

This paper introduces the reader to a future concept called the Strategic Transport Integrated Naval Group or STING. The STING concept is similar to the Mobile Offshore Base or MOB concept currently under development at the Naval Surface Warfare Center at Carderock, Maryland 1, at the CNO's N-85 Expeditionary Warfare Branch 2 and at the Marine Corps' Combat Development Center 3. There are some important differences, however, in the STING concept vice the MOB. Those differences are the speed, flexibility and adaptability that the STING can bring to a crisis situation when coupled with the emerging concepts of Operational Maneuver from the Sea(OMFTS), Over The Horizon(OTH) and Ship to Objective Maneuver (STOM). While the technical issues involving STING have yet to be tested, it is this author's belief that STING in conjunction with OMFTS, OTH and STOM will represent the next significant step in the evolution of amphibious operations. That step involves melding the rapid deployment capability of the U.S. Army's 82d Airborne Division with the staying power of the Marine Corps' Maritime Prepositioned Forces in order to give this Nation a military response capability required for warfare in the 21st century.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA529771

Entities

People

  • David D. Cobert

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Amphibious Operations
  • Amphibious Ships
  • Combat Forces
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Deployment
  • Employment
  • International Conflicts
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Personnel
  • Ships
  • Transport Ships
  • United States
  • Vehicles
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies