Showing posts with label Naval Logistics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Naval Logistics. Show all posts
Friday, June 16, 2023

Revisiting the DARPA "Sea Train"

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About 3 years ago, I posted the following about a DARPA research project involving the transit of unmanned vessels across long ocean distan...
Friday, October 28, 2022

Friday Films "Replenishment at Sea" (1965) and "Seaplane Tenders"

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Monday, March 12, 2018

Important Strategic Input: "U.S. Navy Carriers: Strike Range Expansion Is Critical"

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If you are going to influence shore based powers, you need to be able to reach out touch them if need be. This is addressed by Jerry Hendr...
Saturday, January 27, 2018

On Midrats 28 January 2018 - Episode 421: Sealift, Logistics, & MSC with Salvatore Mercogliano

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Please join us at 5pm EST on 28 January 2018 for Midrats Episode 421: Sealift, Logistics, & MSC with Salvatore Mercogliano : It feeds,...
Wednesday, January 03, 2018

Not Sexy But Important: "IG launches review of Military Sealift Command readiness problems"

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Logistics, logistics, logistics. The ability to sustain a fleet at sea and to deliver and sustain forces in the field is a vital need of any...
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Thursday, August 31, 2017

Sea Power Logistics: Fourth Arm of Defense:Sealift and Maritime Logistics in the Vietnam War by Salvatore R. Mercogliano

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Free pdf download of a short book by Salvatore R. Mercogliano at Naval History and Heritage Command Fourth Arm of Defense Fourth Arm of D...
Tuesday, July 25, 2017

"Last of the 8-inch Cruiser Guns"

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Nice little article from USNI's Naval History by CDR Tyrone G. Martin, USN (ret) about heavy cruiser guns, especially the Last of the 8...
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Thursday, July 06, 2017

Kind of a Big Deal: "CNO Announces the Return of Vertical Launch System At-Sea Reloading"

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I want to say "about time" but this is a big deal, reported by Hunter Stires at The National Interest Exclusive: CNO Announces th...
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Wednesday, May 24, 2017

If You Grow the Fleet, Who Is "Optimizing the US Navy's combat logistics force?"

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Prompted by the celebration One Hundred Years of U.S. Navy Replenishment at Sea , it's good to remind ourselves that if you want to have...
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Saturday, November 26, 2016

Logistics Week at EagleSpeak: "Sealift Program"

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U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command's Sealift Program : Our Sealift Program provides high-quality, efficient and cost-effective ocean ...
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Friday, November 25, 2016

Logistics Week at EagleSpeak: Prepositioned Ships

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The U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command has a number of ships staged around the world in anticipation of need, as set out in Prepositio...
Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Logistics Week at EagleSpeak: Where We Were, Where We Are

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Let's take a stroll back in time to 1971. As the Vietnam war was coming to an end and while the Cod War was still "hot," the U...
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Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Logistics Week at EagleSpeak: Naval Logistics Defined and Implemented

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From Administration of the Navy Department in World War II [Chapter 18] The word "logistics" did not come into common usage ...
Monday, November 21, 2016

Logistics Week at EagleSpeak Begins with a Plan

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A hallmark of the U.S. Navy is its ability operate for long periods of time away from its own shores. The ability to sustain such operations...
Friday, April 17, 2015

Friday Fun Film: "Supply - Lifeblood of Seapower" (1959)

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Saved by Periscope Film Created in 1959, this documentary film profiles the U.S. Navy's Supply Corps. and shows the varied activiti...
Tuesday, July 22, 2014

The Hidden Side of the U.S. Navy: Military Sealift Command

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On Sunday 20 July 2014, we had a discussion on Midrats with Salvatore R. Mercogliano, Ph.D. about the "Military Sealift Command - Past,...
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Friday, December 27, 2013

Friday Fun Film: "History of Refueling at Sea"

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Nice All Hands video: Logistics, logistics, logistics.
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Monday, March 04, 2013

Golden Oldies of Logistics at Sea

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A look at the U.S. Navy at war in 1968, focusing on the logistics train: Except that certain "politically incorrect" items wou...
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