Seabasing brochures

http://www.quantico.usmc.mil/seabasing/resources/graphics.htm
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http://www.quantico.usmc.mil/Seabasing/docs/Seabasing_Concepts_Capablities.pdf
Seabasing Concepts Capabilities

Future Security Environment (p.3)
“Hybrid” Threats &
Challenges …
Largely in the Littorals
ARC OF INSTABILITY
•!Nuclear armed states
•! Top ten oil reserves
•! Significant drug regions
•! Anti-West attitudes
•! Increasing Global Interdependence
•! Emerging Global Powers
•! Improved anti-access weapons
•! “Haves” vs “Have Nots”
•! Emerging Global Powers
•! Improved anti-access weapons
•! “Haves” vs “Have Nots”
The “asymmetrical kind of war” we face today will last at least two decades…

The Seabasing Solution (p8)
A Joint Capability … an Allied Capability …•! Exploits sea as maneuver space 365 days a year
•! Enables Coalition / Joint Forces
•! Maximizes the effects of forward presence
•! Reduces burden on host nation
•! Executes the full range of military operations
… With Operational Flexibility
•! Close, Assemble, Employ, Sustain, Reconstitute – from the Sea
•! Freedom of movement and inherent force protection at sea
•! Minimizes the vulnerability of iron mountains ashore
•! Able to rapidly transition warfighting capabilities ashore

CMC Guidance (p 17)
•! Achieve victory in the Long War.
•! Right-size our Corps to achieve a 1:2 deployment-to-dwell ratio.
•! Provide our Nation a naval force that is fully prepared for
employment as a MAGTF across the spectrum of conflict.
•! Reset and Modernize to “be the most ready when the Nation is
least ready.”
•! Improve the quality of life for our Marines and our families.
•! Rededicate ourselves to our Core Values and warrior ethos.
•! Posture the Marine Corps for the future.
QDR Compliant

Most Likely Employment
Train/Advise/Assist (p 9)
Relief Operations
Show of Force
Peacetime & Crisis
Frequency
Peace Enforcement
Acts of Terrorism
Nationbuilding
Selective Strike
Limited War
Regional
Conflict
Global
War
Noncombatant Evacuation
~85 Amphibious Operations since 1990
Seabasing is not just about MCO [major combat operations]
Task organized forces to meet CCDR mission requirements

(CMC Commandant of the Marine Corps)

From NWP 3-62/MCWP 3-31.7, Seabasing (p 19)
"Seabasing, a national capability, is the overarching transformational
operating concept for projecting and sustaining naval power and joint
forces, which assures joint access by leveraging the operational
maneuver of sovereign, distributed, and networked forces operating
globally from the sea."
"The sea base is an inherently maneuverable, scalable aggregation of
distributed, networked platforms that enable the global power
projection of offensive and defensive forces from the sea, and
includes the ability to assemble, equip, project, support, and sustain
those forces without
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http://www.quantico.usmc.mil/seabasing/resources/Graphics/Joint_Seabasing_Overview.pdf
Joint Seabasing Responsive, Scalable National Power Projection
Maximum Flexibility Minimum Footprint
The expeditionary character and versatility of maritime forces provide the United States the asymmetric advantage of enlarging or contracting its military footprint in an era of declining access to facilitate multinational, coalition, joint, and interagency forces acting across the full spectrum of operations to influence actions and activities at sea and ashore. Our persistent forward presence will help preserve global freedom of action, strengthen existing and emerging alliances and partnerships, and institute favorable security conditions.

Seabasing
Enabling Joint Operations & Overcoming Anti-Access Challenges
Full Spectrum Utility
ASSIST victims of natural and man-made disasters through security, humanitarian relief operations, and foreign assistance projects
SUSTAIN presence to assure friends, deter potential adversaries, build relationships and enforce international, multinational, and bilateral agreements
DEVELOP economic markets and commerce of other nations; the military and civil capabilities of other nations by training and advising local military and police forces; the capability and capacity of local government to respond to the needs of its people
DEFEAT adversaries through joint and multinational military force application in combination with other elements of national power.

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Seabasing - A Port and Airfield at Sea
http://www.quantico.usmc.mil/seabasing/resources/Graphics/Seabasing_Brochure_ver_007.pdf

Seabasing is the idea that we can
establish a joint port and airfield
at sea that would allow for followon
forces, allow for combined forces,
allow for whatever we thought we needed
to move ashore, either in a lethal environment or in a
humanitarian environment.”
General James T. Conway
Commandant of the Marine Corps


The Seabasing Story

There has been a significant reduction in overseas bases and
basing rights in the last 25 years due to economics and declining
political acceptance of US military boots on the ground. This has
resulted in a "transformation" for the US military, changing from
a forward based military to a CONUS projected, expeditionary
force.

The challenge with this basing reality is the widely-shared view
in our national security and defense strategies that in order to
reduce the ability of extremists to attack our interests at home
and abroad we must prevent them from gaining a foothold in
other countries. We must be there to assist countries without
maintaining a large presence ashore while integrating and applying
a combination of our national capabilities with those of international
partners.

Fortunately, the United States possesses an asymmetric advantage
in this regard: Seabasing. However, the Seabasing capability
currently resident in the Navy-Marine Corps team is not sufficient
to support large scale joint operations of extended duration and
is dependent upon secure ports and airfields ashore.

To realize this new vision we must develop cargo transfer, handling
and stowage technologies into our new ships and develop high
speed craft and connector capabilities. A new connector capability
ship, the Mobile Landing Platform, will be a key enabler.

The cost of Seabasing is considerably less than the costs for
forward basing forces especially when considering the reduced
force protection costs and political concerns associated when
burdening host nations with military presence on
the ground.

Seabasing will allow for Joint,
Interagency and Multinational
persistent forward presence which
will help preserve global freedom
of action, strengthen existing and
emerging alliances, and better
protect our national interests.
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Seabasing is a concept that enables employing the
full range of government capabilities from the sea.
Innovations in shipbuilding, cargo handling, at sea
transfer and sea based defense systems allowed the
Seabasing concept to become a reality. Currently in
order to employ an expeditionary force of 15,000 or
greater, a secure port and or airfield ashore is needed,
however by 2022 it will be possible to do this at sea.

Such a capability recognizes that nations are
increasingly placing restrictions on or denying the use
of their facilities at a time when we must have a greater
forward presence to reduce the ability of extremists
to gain a foothold or disrupt the flow of commerce.
Seabasing will allow the use of the world’s oceans as
large or small scale Joint, Multinational and
Interagency bases for operations without dependence
on ports or airfields ashore. We must be present to
be a part of the solution and protect
our interests.

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http://www.quantico.usmc.mil/Seabasing/docs/Haiti%20Response%20Article%200.1.doc
Amphibious Ships Key Disaster Response Enabler

[VERSION ONE]


The destructive power of the January 12 Haitian earthquake has led to an almost complete collapse of civil infrastructure in this small Caribbean island nation. The unique capability of amphibious ships to position off shore and respond to humanitarian needs by various means demonstrates more than ever the utility of amphibious forces.

As the massive outpouring of support continues, it is important to note what is required to most efficiently solve the immediate problems of the Haitian government.

As nations and private institutions react to immediate needs, media reports indicate that there is presently more confusion than control. This circumstance is to be expected with devastation this widespread, especially during the early hours and days following a disaster of this magnitude.

Helping a disaster-torn nation recover means more than just provision of immediate needs, the nation and its government need time to take stock and to reorganize. It needs time to start the more permanent recovery actions, and most of all, the long-term support capabilities necessary to enable recovery.

The US military, and particularly the capabilities resident in our amphibious forces, are key enablers in this regard.

Amphibious forces not only have the wherewithal to meet immediate needs, but the ability to initiate and facilitate more permanent recovery. These capabilities include not just engineering, medical, and security skills, but the command and control capabilities that facilitate reestablishing centralized leadership and management of the recovery effort.

Air power provides an invaluable means to quickly deliver personnel—especially those charged with assessing the situation and determining requirements. It is limited, however, in the volume of material—supplies and heavy equipment—it can deliver. Sealift is still the most efficient means of delivering materiel in volume.


For example, in order to provide the same amount of equipment one maritime prepositioning ship is capable of providing it would take 400 C-17 shipments.

Amphibious forces backed up prepositioning ships and support vessels provide tremendous recovery capability, permitting the kind of effort that contributes to initial stabilization of the situation, followed by initiation of more permanent solutions.

It is not practical to fly in all the necessary support especially when the high weight and volume of aid is considered and when required airports are often not operational at the outset of a crisis. This is why the majority of our military’s vehicles, equipment and supplies are delivered by sea.

Naval Forces aboard amphibious ships are uniquely configured to provide support to disaster relief and humanitarian assistance operations.

Amphibious ships include the following key services from mobile, self-sustaining, and protected platforms:

• Food

• Water

• Surface and Air Transportation

• Medical and Dental

• Command and Control

• Minimal footprint ashore

• Self sustaining

• Security

• Billeting

The current Navy-Marine Corps response to Haiti’s crisis is not new. The Navy-Marine Corps team supported disaster relief efforts from the sea in Haiti in September 2008. An amphibious ship using embarked helicopters and landing craft delivered 3.3 million pounds of aid to people isolated by Hurricane damage.

Given the weight, volume and cost advantages of seaborne transportation, ships have long been recognized as the most useful means of disaster relief. This has been demonstrated many times and in many places. For example, the tsunami in Indonesia in 2004; Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans; the earthquake in Pakistan in 2005; the earthquake in Peru in August of 2007 and the cyclone in Bangladesh in late 2007.

Additionally, amphibious ships were available for disaster relief operations following the May 2008 cyclone in Burma, but the ruling military junta there did not allow the aid.

It is simple; the value gained by getting the scale of capability and capacity Marines and amphibious ships bring cannot be duplicated by any other current military or civilian means.

One amphibious ship can carry 1,700 Marines, along with the supplies and equipment needed for 15 days, and move them quickly ashore and back by either helicopter or surface craft.

Additionally one amphibious ship can provide medical facilities such as 6 Operating Rooms, 17 ICU Beds, 47 Ward Beds, and 60 Overflow beds.

The value of amphibious ships are not lost on nations with navies, they are building more and relying more on their amphibious ships, which can carry thousands troops and a myriad of aircraft and vehicles.

In every maritime era, there is always one type of ship that has been key to executing our Nation’s maritime strategy, today, and for the foreseeable future, it is the amphibious ship.

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Terms of Reference
ABCT Airborne Brigade Combat Team
ACE Aviation Combat Element
AF Amphibious Force
AIT Automated Information Technology
AIS Automated Information Systems
ALSS Advanced Logistics Support Site
APOD Aerial Port of Debarkation
AS/RS Automated Storage and Retrieval
ATF Amphibious Task Force
C2 Command and Control
CAESaR Close, Assemble, Employ, Sustain and Reconstitute
CG Guided Missile Cruiser
CH-53 Heavy Lift Cargo and Troop Transport Helicopter
CLF Combat Logistics Force
COCOM Combatant Commander
COD Carrier Onboard Delivery
COIN Counter Insurgency
CONOPS Concept of Operations
CONPLAN Contingency Plan
CONSOL Consolidation
CONUS Continental United States
COP Common Operating Picture
CSG Carrier Strike Group
CTF Commander Task Force
CVN Aircraft Carrier, Nuclear
DFM Diesel Fuel Marine
DDG Guided Missile Destroyer
DOS Days of Supply
DPS Defense Planning Scenario
EOD Explosive Ordnance Detachment
ESG Expeditionary Strike Group
FARP Forward Arming and Refueling Point
FBE Forward Base Echelon
FLS Forward Logistics Site
FOB Forward Operating Base
FUNCPLAN Functional Plan
G4 Ground Logistics Director (Army or United States Marine Corps)
GCDR Geographic Combatant Commander
IBCT Infantry Brigade Combat Team
ISO International Organization for Standardization
ITV In-Transit Visibility
J4 Combatant Commander Joint Logistics Director
JDDOC Joint Deployment and Distribution Operations Center
JFC Joint Force Commander
JFACC Joint Force Air Component Commander
JFLCC Joint Force Land Component Commander
JFMCC Joint Force Maritime Component Commander
JFSOC Joint Force Special Operations Commander
JHSS Joint High Speed Sealift
JHSV Joint High-Speed Vessel
JIC Joint Integrating Concept
JMIC Joint Modular Intermodal Container
JMAC Joint Maritime Assault Connector
JOA Joint Operations Area
JP5 Jet Fuel
JTAV Joint Total Asset Visibility
JTF Joint Task Force
LCAC Landing Craft, Air Cushion
LCS Littoral Combat Ship
LCU Landing Craft Utility
LF Landing Force
LHA(R) Amphibious Assault Ship (Replacement)
LHD Multi-purpose Amphibious Assault Ship
LMSR Large, Medium Speed, Roll-On/Roll-Off
LO/LO Lift on / Lift off
LOTS Logistics Over the Shore
LPD Amphibious Transport Dock
LSD Amphibious Landing Ship, Dock
LSV Logistics Support Vessel
LT CCT Long-term Commercially Chartered Tanker
MAGTF Marine Air Ground Task Force
MCSSD Mobile Combat Service Support Detachment
MCM Mine Countermeasures
MCO Major Combat Operation
MEB Marine Expeditionary Brigade
MEDEVAC Medical Evacuation
MEU Marine Expeditionary Unit
MFDS Modular Fuel Discharge System
MH-60 Multi-purpose Helicopter
MLP Mobile Landing Platform
MPF Maritime Prepositioning Force
MPF(F) Maritime Prepositioning Force (Future)
MPG Maritime Prepositioning Group
MPS Maritime Prepositioning Ship
MPS(F) Maritime Prepositioning Ship (Future)
MSFD Multi-Service Force Deployment
MV-22 Multi-purpose Tilt Rotor Aircraft
NCP Naval Capabilities Process
NOC Naval Operating Concept
OMFTS Operational Maneuver From the Sea
POL Petroleum, Oil, Lubricants
OPLAN Operational Plan
RFDC Radio Frequency Data Collection
RFID Radio Frequency Identification
RO/RO Roll-on / Roll-off
SBE Sea Base Echelon
SBME Sea Base Maneuver Element
SBSE Sea Base Support Element
SOA Sustained Operations Ashore
SOF Special Operations Forces
SPOD Sea Port of Debarkation
SSG Surface Strike Group
STOM Ship-to-Objective Maneuver
STREAM Standard Tensioned Replenishment Alongside Method
SUSD Strike-up/Strike Down
T-5 Government Owned Tanker (T-AOT)
T-AK Dry Cargo Carrier
T-AKE Auxiliary Dry Cargo and Ammunition Ship
T-AO Auxiliary Fleet Oiler
T-AOE Auxiliary Fleet Oiler and Ammunition Ship
TAV Total Asset Visibility
TEU Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit (a container type)
UNREP Underway Replenishment
VERTREP Vertical Replenishment
VOD Vertical Onboard Delivery

http://www.quantico.usmc.mil/seabasing/docs/Seabasing_Logistics_Enabling_Concept.pdf (2006)