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Title

Global combat support basing : robust prepositioning strategies for Air Force war reserve materiel / Ronald G. McGarvey ... [et al.].

Publication

Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2010.

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Additional Authors

• McGarvey, Ronald G.
• Rand Corporation.
• Project Air Force (U.S.)

Description

xxvii, 141 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps; 23 cm.

Summary

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.

Series Statement

Rand Corporation monograph series

Uniform Title

Rand Corporation monograph series.

Subjects

• United States > Armed Forces > Supplies and stores
• United States > Air Force > Supplies and stores
• United States > Air Force > Operational readiness
• Logistics
• United States > Air Force > Foreign service
• Air bases, American

Note

• "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.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-141)

Funding (note)

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

Call Number

ReCAP 10-6501

ISBN

• 9780833047663 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0833047663 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2009042646

OCLC

458583012

Title

Global combat support basing : robust prepositioning strategies for Air Force war reserve materiel / Ronald G. McGarvey ... [et al.].

Imprint

Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2010.

Series

Rand Corporation monograph series

Rand Corporation monograph series.

Funding

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

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-141)

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Added Author

McGarvey, Ronald G.

Rand Corporation.

Project Air Force (U.S.)

Research Call Number

ReCAP 10-6501