SPMAGTF-CR Sea Basing.
MPSRON Laydown.
SEA BASING Summation.
This all leads to my wrap up with the sea basing concept (and to an extent the Amphibious Combat Vehicle).
Bear with me because I have to tell a little story. Remember back when you were boot and you got the briefing from the Battalion Commander? You left that meeting fired up ready to run into walls, you thought that it wasn't only possible but that it would be fucking easy as pie....you wouldn't even break a sweat getting it done! Then halfway back to brief the troops on the Commanders Intent and you're looking at your notes and suddenly you ask yourself...What the Fuck just happened? Hearing the briefs from Strock and Mullen will have you thinking you can run through walls...so a cooling off period was needed. Lets just say that I had to chew on this a bit.
The Sea Basing Concept and the plan for the Amphibious Combat Vehicle look awesome. With the ACV, it might be out of our hands. I don't know the Washington landscape (and don't want to!) and it appears that there are budget games being played that I don't even want to dig into. With the sea base we're looking at something different. We have the capability NOW. Its just a matter of advertising the capability to combatant commanders.
The ACV and the Sea Base. Both are vital parts of the future Marine Corps.
Sidenote: A little birdy told me that we could get the RFP for the ACV as soon as today and if not then definitely next week. Heads up peeps!
Sidenote: A little birdy told me that we could get the RFP for the ACV as soon as today and if not then definitely next week. Heads up peeps!
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ReplyDeleteHow long can the the Sea Base sustain units ashore?
ReplyDeletefrom what i understand...and i could easily be wrong...is that the Sea Base can remain on station and supply forces ashore for as long as needed. remember we're simply talking about the hub and spoke arrangement that was and is being used in Afghanistan simply being moved to an "international" arena. the sea. additionally what you're looking at is replacing ships when supplies are expended or probably just replenishing those ships. my thought have turned to personnel and berthing arrangements. our amphibs are acting as troop ships but will we need dedicated ones in the future? say if the 15th MEU kicks in the door and you want to hand off to a couple of stryker brigades. how do you do that? do they arrive by sea? if so then how? if not then do we have to seize an airport so that the troops can be flown in? it seems like a no brainer to have them do an administrative landing but with so few amphibs how do we get them to the area?
ReplyDeletei don't know and i didn't ask. and that my friend is the shame of it all.
Question: What is the Marine Corps supposed to do once it gets to an "area of concern" rapidly?
ReplyDeleteOnce you answer that question a "seventy ton tank" sounds a helluva lot less ridiculous.
Troop ships may be the only answer, you said in another post that part of the utility of the Sea Base is that a port would not have to be seized, seizing an airport would nullify that benefit.
ReplyDeleteIn case you're interested Sol, Air Force Times did a piece on the Predator that was shot down in Syria. Apparently it was a EUCOM controlled bird operating in the CENTCOM AOR. This sounds weird...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.airforcetimes.com/story/news/world/2015/03/19/syria-predator-drone-isis/25034633/
Almost, the premise is that Sealift ships will bring sustainment cargo to the seabase for transfer ashore. That would assume there are enought Sealift ships to support the USMC lift rqmts. TRANSCOM deterimnes the number and allocation of Sealift ships. If there are NOT other operations going on, the Marines may have their needs met? I would add that it assumes that there are naval warships to protect the seabase. Also somewhat problematical.
ReplyDeleteThere are no troopship rqmts that I know of. ALL troopships under MARAD are in deeper layup. I seriously doubt DON would buy any more dedicated ships than the USMC already has identified.
Moving troops from CONUS to seabase by airlift is a good concept, but there are NO USN oceanic seaplanes/amphbian. I believe the USN should have such airlift assets for more than just Marine support (the USAF problem remains going where there are NO airfields). I think the USN should have an seapane dedicated to trooplift as opposed to cargo about the capacity of an old C-141.
Below are some pages from an old NSWCC CISD presentation.
What is it you DON'T see in any USMC seabase presentation? (PLS correct me if you can find one?)
ReplyDeleteThere is never any connection made between amphib warships and MPF or sealift ships IOW there is no interoperability between the ships the Marines want and those which actually provide sustainement capacity. Why is that? Aircraft carriers link to CLF ships. During WW2 the AKs and AOs all travelled with the amphibs and directly supported amphib operations. Shouldn't an LMSR in the MPF be able to discharge directly to an amphib without a $500 million MLP?
That is partially because amphib warships no longer have cargo gear for alongside aka Lo/Lo discharge. As a former LPA 1st LT I think that is a major omission. OR said differently, when NOT if the wet well system gets CASREP'd what is Plan B for cargo discharge from amphibs
BTW there are other ships which can make that happen like the T-ACS specifically intended to go S-T-S.
sorry I wanted to add this to my post below. it is the SS Diamond State a T-ACS under MARAD
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