Global Reach: Revolutionizing the Use of Commercial Vessels and Intermodal Systems for Military Sealift, 1990-2012
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| Rating | : | 4.76 (502 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1612518478 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 544 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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military forces in combat being delivered by sea, and as globalized interests and risks continue to spread, this mission is vital to the country’s economic and national security. Despite its necessity, sealift is rarely discussed as anything other than an operations adjunct and must be carried out in an environment of unprecedented fiscal constraints.Global Reach provides a unique examination into the development and implementation of more than a century of U.S. Navy mission. Since the 1980s, strategic sealift has been formally designated as a U.S. As international demands grow and change, so too must the sealift policies that are directly tied to how the nation will address them. can continue to meet and respond to the increasing challenges of the years to come.. With over ninety percent of all military equipment and supplies required to support U.S. national defense sealift policy. Presenting a comprehensive history on the evolution of sealift from the Spanish American War (1898) to Operation Enduring Freedom/Iraqi Freedom (2002–12), Herberger, Gaulden, and Marshall reflect on what has and has not worked in that time from both a legal and operational perspective. With its thorough history and cogent analysis, Global Reach provides the context necessary to understand this complex, import
RichB said Thorough policy discussion. Learned and concise policy introduction to US-flag maritime assistance to the military in the recent Gulf and Afghanistan engagements. Well documented and written.. Excellent, detailed review of the crucial role of the JordanB Excellent, detailed review of the crucial role of the U.S. Merchant Marine. Makes a powerful case for maintaining and growing the American-flag fleet.
Military Sealift Command’s strategic sealift capability, covering the vast build-up of U.S. The authors systematically examine the sealift needed for each major military operation over the past century, most recently Iraq and Afghanistan, and the policies that either helped or hindered. The dramatic conflicts (in this case, questions surrounding U.S. Jim Perkins, USN (Ret.), former commander, Military Sealift Command“Reading Global Reach is like watching an admired, long-running TV series. That’s why Global Reach's circuitous road to resolution is dramatic, insightful, and given of the subject’s density, a surprisingly good read."Sea History“This is an insightful and excellent analysis of the challenges faced by the U.S. Global Reach goes beyond
Navy. Gaulden worked for Sea-Land Services, Inc. Herberger, USN (Ret) is the first graduate of the U.S. A.J. He is a widely recognized proponent of the military use of United States flag intermodal sealift as a proven way for the military to achieve assured access to global intermodal sealift network services at a fraction of the cost of other programs.Cdr. for 30 years, until its acqu