Littoral Combat Ship Manpower, an Overview of Officer Characteristics and Placement

Abstract

This purpose of this thesis is to examine manpower requirements and occupational standards across different platforms in an attempt to provide a cross comparison to the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). Since the LCS is a new platform, it is important to provide decision makers the optimal courses of action when determining the officer characteristics and occupational standards required to successfully operate this ship. Additionally, the thesis will examine different metrics that can be used to assess and determine officer placement, such as the "Reporting Senior Cumulative Average," "Promotion Status," and "Member Trait Average" of officers. The study will concentrate on the minimal officers assigned to the LCS and what their billets entail, while making comparison to their counterparts on other ship classes. It will include a historical overview of the ship characteristics, missions, and the officer complement of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class Guided Missile Frigates (FFG), Avenger-class Mine Countermeasure (MCM) ships, and Osprey-class Coastal Minehunters (MHC). Several characteristics that make up an officer's personal and professional qualifications will be identified as well as how these qualifications may affect officer placement. Currently, there is not sufficient LCS officer assignment information available and, therefore, a quantitative analysis determining whether their specific characteristics make them a "good fit" for the LCS billet was not possible. Chapter I provides an introduction, and Chapter II a literature review that traces the history of the LCS program. Chapter III takes an in-depth look at the officer manpower of the LCS and the ship classes it intends to replace. Chapter IV covers the current manning metric and the identified occupational standards and watch qualifications that may prove of importance in future manning metrics. Chapter V provides the conclusions and recommendations of the study.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA579872

Entities

People

  • Travis W. Pantaleo

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Carriers
  • Aircrafts
  • Boats
  • Control Systems
  • Employment
  • Engineers
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Littoral Combat Ships
  • Marine Transportation
  • Military Science
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Personnel Management
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
  • Warfare

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  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
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