Global combat support basing
Subtitle: robust prepositioning strategies for Air Force war reserve matériel
By: Ronald G. McGarvey ... [et al.].
Contributors: Rand Corporation; Project Air Force (U.S.)
Series: Rand Corporation monograph series; Rand Corporation monograph series
Publisher: RAND
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 141
ISBN-13: 9780833047663
Description: The ability to rapidly deploy forces into austere locations is essential to the global power projection concept of operation. Much of the materiel used by such expeditionary forces does not deploy with the unit. It is instead sourced from a global network of prepositioning storage locations to reduce the transportation requirements associated with the movement of such materiel. Current storage concepts for prepositioned materiel are based on planning assumptions from the Cold War era: that deployment scenarios and their associated support requirements could be fairly well identified in advance and the necessary materiel prepositioned at anticipated deployment sites. This monograph examines alternative approaches to storing combat support materiel to see if they would provide better support to deploying forces in an expeditionary environment that more closely resembles the current Department of Defense (DoD) planning guidance: frequent force projections, of varying sizes and of unknown durations, to wide-ranging locations.
Notes: "Prepared for the United States Air Force."

"RAND Project Air Force."

"Approved for public release; distribution unlimited."

"MG-902-AF"--Page [4] of printed paper wrapper.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-141).

"The research described in this report was sponsored by the United States Air Force under Contract FA7014-06-C-0001"--Verso of t.p.