Rebalancing: The Cost of Shifting to the Pacific

Abstract

This paper examines the feasibility of support to key transportation nodes associated with the Marine Corps rebalancing efforts as directed by the President of the United States. The Marine Corps will be placing a rotational Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force of approximately 2,500 Marines in Darwin, Australia and a Marine Air Ground Task Force of approximately 5,000 Marines in the island of Guam. This paper will indentify current shortfalls in transportation nodes on Guam. Those shortfalls have programmed fixes; however the coordination of both the upgrades and the movement of the Marine Air Ground Task Force from Okinawa, Japan are critical to a successful rebalancing operation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA588586

Entities

People

  • Paul D. Baker

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Australia
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Governments
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Task Forces
  • Transportation
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Asian Economic Studies
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.