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Maritime Prepositioning Force (Future) Capability Assessment: Planned and Alternative Structures
Maritime Prepositioning Force Capability Assessment Planned and Alternative Structures - Future Author:Robert W. Button, John Gordon IV, Dick Hoffmann, Jessie Riposo, Peter A. Wilson Navy and Marine Corps Sea Basing concepts envision the rapid deployment, assembly, command, projection, reconstitution, and re-employment of expeditionary forces from the sea. RAND researchers assessed alternative structures for the proposed Maritime Prepositioning Force (Future), or MPF(F), squadron and their effects on operational support. For... more » example, eliminating large-deck ships could be offset by substituting CH-53K helicopters for MV-22s.« less