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050 4 _aDS79.744.L64
_bK37 1992
100 1 _aKassing, David B.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aGetting U.S. military power to the desert :
_ban annotated briefing /
_cDavid Kassing.
264 1 _aSanta Monica, CA :
_bRAND,
_c1992.
300 _axi, 60 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c28 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aA RAND note ;
_v3508
500 _aAnnotated briefing.
500 _aPrepared within RAND's Arroyo Center, Project Air Force, and National Defense Research Institute.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 _aThis Note describes the main dimensions of U.S. deployments to the Gulf area and reviews the performance of the deployment systems. The Note highlights six deployment and execution issues: (1) for the first month of the Phase I deployments, total transportation requirements were hard to pin down, with much of the uncertainty traceable to varying estimates of Army noncombat unit requirements; (2) initial air deployments were hampered by problems of coordination between users and the Military Airlift Command; (3) during Phase II, unit integrity was not preserved in sealift operations; (4) during Phase II, the coordination of passenger and equipment deliveries was abandoned to get personnel into the area before the January 15th deadline; (5) resupply cargoes in air channels came to exceed capacity; and (6) many prewar planning factors proved optimistic. To prepare for future contingencies that may require faster deployments through seaports and airports that are under attack, the Department of Defense needs to consider such issues as how to provide more responsive planning and how to improve the coordination of deployment operations.
530 _aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aAirlift, Military.
650 0 _aDeployment (Strategy)
_xResearch.
650 0 _aPersian Gulf War, 1991
_xLogistics
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aTransportation, Military
_zUnited States.
710 2 _aProject Air Force (U.S.)
710 2 _aArroyo Center.
710 2 _aNational Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
710 2 _aRand Corporation.
710 1 _aUnited States.
_bAir Force.
710 1 _aUnited States.
_bArmy.
710 1 _aUnited States.
_bDepartment of Defense.
_bOffice of the Secretary of Defense.
830 0 _aRand note ;
_v3508.
856 4 1 _yOnline Access
_uhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/notes/N3508/
999 _c598250
_d598250