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Sealift key to Security Assistance OpsSealifting is key to security assistance operations McDermott 11 (CAPT Charles U.S. Navy, 2011, “Joint Interagency Multinational Sea-based Logistics Platforms: Utilizing Strategic Sealift to Enhance Geographic Combatant Commanders’ Theater Engagement Capabilities”, http://www.dtic.mil.proxy.lib.umich.edu/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA545854\///TS) Sealift also successfully supported security assistance operations. The MPF ship USNS 1st Lt Jack Lummus was among the first ships to arrive with USS Tripoli (LPH 10) Amphibious Task Force (ATF) at Mogadishu, Somalia in December 1992 where security issues hampered a United Nations mission to end years of starvation. After discharging her Marine Corps combat cargo, Lummus remained on station in Mogadishu to serve as a logistics base providing critical shelter, food and fresh water to deployed Marines and a local population in crisis.35 An accidental shooting in the first days of the operation resulted in the death of two Somalis and wounding of seven others. No U.S. Army or coalition field hospitals had yet arrived and Tripoli had the best medical facilities and surgical teams within the ATF. The wounded were treated onboard Tripoli and all recovered. This incident demonstrated the value of sea-based medical facilities and the criticality of having them available at the start of an operation. Sealift key to Ready ResponseSealift is critical to military ready response Dominic 09 (Keith, Naval War College, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, April 5, 2009, “Foreign Flag Shipping: A Weakness in the Sealift Trident”, http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA503079///TS) Operational logistics provides the foundation for every surge and sustainment capabilities for all military operations. The sealift portion of logistics is the most cost effective and most utilized means to transport our military cargo to an operational area. Therefore, our military’s responsiveness and sustainment is imperative on having a strong and reliant sealift capability. With the steady decline of the United States flagged Merchant Marine and the need to maintain a strong and reliant sealift capability, the United States military has been required to rely on foreign flag shipping to fully meet their sealift requirements. This reliance on foreign flag shipping introduces multiple inherent risks that could interrupt the flow of personnel and materials into a theater of operations. This has the potential to significantly impact the ability to surge and sustain forces, which could result in the constraint of strategic, operational, and tactical options available to the operational commander. This paper discusses these inherent risks to the geographic combatant commanders and TRANSCOM, the functional combatant commander, while also demonstrating the need to address these risks. Finally, the paper will draw a conclusion concerning these inherent risks and recommend updating doctrines and plans so that they incorporate today’s reliance on foreign flag shipping allowing the United States military to continue having the freedom of action necessary for an operational commander to respond to any conflict worldwide that threatens United States national security. Intermodal Containerization?Intermodal Containerization is necessary to revitalize the US transportation sector Evenson 09 (James, Lieutenant Colonel United States Marine Corps Reserve, May 27, 2009, “INTERMODAL WAR: ASSESSING CONTAINERIZED POWER PROJECTION”, http://www.dtic.mil.proxy.lib.umich.edu/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA508289///TS) If the military of tomorrow seeks to avoid the clogged ports and the congested rail yards of the past, a keen understanding of intermodal containerization as a strategic mobility enabler is in order. The present-day factory-to-foxhole path of military logistics is a series of interconnected capabilities employing common hardware standards and practices. Each of these capabilities, in turn, relies on various equipment and information technologies, civil and military organizations, and doctrine and policies for the conduct of operations. These technologies include transportation-related entities such as standardized containers, container handlers, container ships, specialized railcars and trucks, and all of the supporting infrastructure and information technology to provide the overall management of the end-to-end process. Organizations supporting intermodal container operations include specialized military logistics units, civilian workers, railroads, shipping lines, trucking companies, and all of the supporting activities required to make these groups function. Each of these organizations also bring with them business strategies and operating practices that make the supply chain work as a whole. To understand the strategic implications of each of these elements, a summary of their contribution to the overall concept of military power projection using intermodal containerization is required. Sealift key to Natural Disasters Rapid ResponseSealifting is key to natural disasters rapid response McDermott 11 (CAPT Charles U.S. Navy, 2011, “Joint Interagency Multinational Sea-based Logistics Platforms: Utilizing Strategic Sealift to Enhance Geographic Combatant Commanders’ Theater Engagement Capabilities”, http://www.dtic.mil.proxy.lib.umich.edu/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA545854\///TS) On December 26, 2004, a 9.0 magnitude undersea earthquake centered off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia triggered a series of devastating tsunami waves that struck most landmasses bordering the Indian Ocean resulting in the death of at least 283,100 people in fourteen countries. 38 As discussed previously, sea-based logistics from Navy and Coast Guard ships participating in Operation Unified Assistance provided the support necessary to affect a massive international response while virtually eliminating the need for basing ashore. These ships provided personnel and extensive airlift support. However, they did not carry much in the way of relief supplies for the scope of the disaster or the heavy machinery, construction, and engineering capacity needed to repair tremendous infrastructure damage. The significant amount of useful equipment onboard the Marine Corps MPF ships responding was not available because accessing it would have required extensive offload of combat equipment and compromised unit integrity. However, those combat-loaded sealift ships proved useful in disasters response by supplying tremendous amounts of fuel and potable water. However, even empty strategic sealift ships have provided significant capability in domestic disasters. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck the U.S. Gulf Coast with devastating effect in August and September 2005. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) ultimately utilized nine ships from the U.S. Maritime Administration’s Ready Reserve Force (RRF) and National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF) in relief operations in Louisiana and Texas. The ships served as temporary headquarters for the Port of New Orleans, greatly expediting the resumption of port operations to restore the local economy. They provided food, water, shower facilities, laundry services, and even air-conditioned cargo holds as temporary shelter for U.S. Army, National Guard, FEMA workers, local police, doctors, nurses, and other relief workers. These nine ships provided an estimated 270,000 meals and 83,000 accommodations. The ships also provided fuel to restore or maintain power at nearby pumping stations, water treatment plants, hospitals, emergency shelters, responder command centers, and emergency vehicles.39 These ships proved to be a tremendous asset to the U.S. government response to these domestic disasters. 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