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The article discusses the effectiveness of the plan of the U.S. Marine Corps to move its base to Guam by 2014-16. It notes that a divert strategy for the operational readiness of airlift and sealift will be improved in the transfer. It mentions that the selection criteria under base realignment has been failed by Guam.

The article offers information on Navy aircrafts used in 2010 by the U.S. including fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters. It provides vital facts and on the description of each aircraft like F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, F-35C Lightning II, and EA-18G Growler. It presents the manufacturing and production details as well as the functions and mission of the aircrafts.

The article offers information on the operations of the Military Sealift Command (MSC) during the fiscal 2010 which utilized an average of 110 ships daily. It focuses on the expenditures in the U.S. Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force, special mission, preposition, and sealift programs. It provides the reports and presents the subcategories under the naval fleet auxiliary force including combat stores ships, ammunition ships, and dry cargo ships.

Abstract: This paper describes recent studies devoted to the problem of modeling the solid–fluid interaction in partially filled liquid containers. This problem is of much importance for numerous applications, including those in the airspace industry (rockets, satellites), road and naval transportation, and has become in recent years an object of keen interest from researchers. The paper focuses in particular on the sloshing phenomenon and on the numerical approaches used to predict the sloshing wave amplitude, frequency, pressure exerted on the walls and the effect of sloshing on the stability in the container environment. Recent publications devoted to sloshing and fluid–structure interaction are reviewed and the numerical methods used in then are exposed and classified according to the problem formulations employed. They concern primarily finite-elements and finite-differences methods applied to Euler or Lagrangian fluid and solid domains, as well as the smoothed particle method. Issues related to modeling the free-surface of the fluid, fluid–solid interface and to numerical coupling are exposed. Results obtained by various numerical methods are discussed in comparison with experimental results, where possible. Applications of sloshing models in naval, aerospace and other industries are described and discussed. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

The article offers information on the mission of U.S. Military Sealift Command (MSC) ships. It states that MSC delivered more than four million square feet of combat cargo and 2.5 billion gallons of petroleum products to the U.S. and coalition warfighters around the world. The article also highlights the accomplishments of the four mission of MSC. The four mission s of MSC includes Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force (NFAF), special mission, prepositioning, and sealift.

The article offers information on several U.S. military sealift command (MSC) ships including dry cargo and ammunition ships (T-AKE), air force container ships (T-AK), and aviation logistics support ships (T-AVB).

The article presents several charts related to the U.S. Navy's battle force changes including the commissioning of ships entering the U.S. naval force, the new construction ships delivered to the military sealift command, and the naval weapon systems cancelled.

The article offers information on various warships under the U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC). It highlights the achievements of the MSC and presents a brief of several warships including the combat stores ships, ammunition ships, and navigation test-support ships. Also listed are various features of the warships which include their length, speed and displacement.

The article focuses on opportunities provided by strategic sealift capability to the U.S. military services. The study ,"The Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Rethinking Strategic Responsiveness and Assessing Deployment Options," conducted by Rand Corp. is taken into account. The use of strategic sealift as floating storage and tactical containerization are also discussed.

The article offers information on several military sealift command ships of the U.S. Navy. They include Ness Class, also known as Sirius Class, with a displacement of 16,792 tons full load, Kilauea Class with displacement of approximately 20,000 tons full load, and Mars Class with approximately 16,000 tons full load.

The article offers information on the special mission of the military sealift command ships of the U.S. The command ships USNS Coronado and USS Mount Whitney are the first commissioned warships of the navy. USNS Waters vessel supports submarine navigation-system testing and offers ballistic-missile flight-test support services. The Maritime Prepositioning Force ships have carried enough equipment to support the sustainment follow-on requirements of a Marine Air-Ground Task Force.

The article provides information on the U.S. Military Sealift Command ships. Dry Cargo and Ammunition Ships were used to transport fuel, ammunition, dry combat stores and refrigerated stores to ships at sea by the Combat Logistics Force. The fast combat support ships were designed to transfer fuel, ammo and stores to ships in carrier strike groups. Victorious class and Impeccable class use surveillance towed-array sensor system equipment to support the Navy's antisubmarine warfare capability.

The article reports that U.S. military ordered the largest stress test of its wartime sealift fleet in the command's history. It mentions U.S. Transportation Command report revealing that Organic Surge Fleet is challenged to be immediately available for a large-scale inter-theater force deployment without delays/impacts to force closure due to degraded readiness.

The article discusses the importance of controlling the sea, embodied by the Sea Basing concept. The "new geography" of modern economic-military competition could provide new insights into the importance of the sea in the current struggles that dominate the international landscape. Faced with facts that dare not be ignored, the value of the sea base takes on new meaning, even as modern expeditionary strike groups expand the definition of presence in critical regions of the world. The sea, the last international commons on the planet, provides ample room for maneuver and defense, and it is an arena in which the capabilities of the U.S. in the form of its Navy, are unmatched.

The article focuses on the different types of Military Sealift Command ships under the afloat prepositioning ship program of the United States Navy. These include: maritime prepositioning force(enhanced) program; combat prepositioning ships; large, medium-speed, roll-on/roll-off ships; aviation logistics support ships; logistics prepositioning ships and high-speed vessel.

The article focuses on the different types of Military Sealift Command ships under the naval fleet auxiliary force program of the United States Navy. These are combat stores ships; ammunition ships; dry cargo and ammunition ship; fast combat support ship; fleet ocean tugs; fleet oilers and hospital ships.

The article reports on issues relating to military sealift assets worldwide. The availability of enough seaport facilities determines the requirements for strategic sealift ships. Range, speed and cargo capabilities are considered as general set of requirements needed for strategic sealift. The strategic sealift assets are important for force build ups in the preparations of combat operations or in the deployment of peace-support forces.

The article reports on the effort of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to address the airlift and sealift Alliance shortfalls. The NATO High Level Steering Group was established in order to check progress of the Defence Capabilities Initiatives work. The group of willing nations is establishing the Sealift Coordination Cell (SCC) that will meet the deployability and mobility shortfall on multinational sealift cooperation. The SCC is aiming to improve efficiency and effectiveness of strategic sealift movements.

Focuses on the development of advanced Naval transport ships and sealift crafts for strategic force projection by the U.S. military. Significance of sealift as most important military strategy to allow the transport and subsequent support to the expeditionary units; Assessment of the specific features and designs of sealift ships for military roles they are intended for; Details of the Sea Base concept and doctrine; Development of amphibious fleet and fast ferries complimented with the introduction of the Expeditionary Strike Group concept; Insights on the similar developments initiated by other countries.

The article presents information on the ships of Military Sealift Command in the U.S. In 2004, Military Sealift Command (MSC) proved itself to be one of the U.S. Navy's most valuable commands by providing maritime support to all components of the Department of Defense and occasionally to other government agencies during Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. Ammunition ships replenish ordnance stocks and other stores onboard Navy combatant ships. The ship Kilauea was assigned to MSC in 1980 and placed in reduced operating status in October 2000.

Reports on the status of the Singaporean Navy. History of the country's naval forces; Primary mission of the navy; Equipment and military transport of the nation's navy; Features of the navy's frigate program; Units that comprise the country's naval forces.

Argues that high-speed sealift could help the United States military to project land power into a crisis area at the speed and tempo required. Findings from the 2000 Army Science Board study on revolutionary advances in rapidly deployable joint ground forces in the 2015-2025 era; Factors exacerbating the strategic airlift problem facing the military; Components of the strategic mobility triad.

Points out that the key to the U.S. Marine Corps seabase is the maritime prepositioning force (future) (MPF(F)). Importance of seabased logistics to any over-the-horizon amphibious employment methodology; Design enhancements of MPF(F) which facilitate force closure with prepositioning shipping; Relationship between the combat logistics force and the military sealift command.

Focuses on the navy ships of the U.S. Air Force which are intended to transport and store backup munitions for its combat operations. Procedures in transporting the munitions; Reason for transporting such munitions by water; Information on the afloat prepositioning program run by the Navy's Military Sealift Command. INSETS: Ship-naming honors hero;MV A1C William H. Pitsenbarger mini-stats.

Features several high-speed sealift ships in U.S. Speed performance of the High-Speed Sealift; Capability of the Stena ship; Usefulness of ship on U.S. Marine Corps.

Discusses the Mobility Requirements Study 2005 (MRS-O5) which is aimed at the sealift enhancement programs of the United States Navy. Principal Objectives of MRS-05; Areas where sealift mobility improvements are needed; Shortfalls of MRS-05.

Presents a review of the performance of the merchant marine and maritime industry in the United States (US) in 1999. Highlights of merger and acquisition activity; Failure of the merchant marine industry to adapt in the face of changing political conditions; Ships operating under the US Navy's Military Sealift Command; Special vessels and maritime projects.

Features the USNS `Watson,' the first large, medium-speed, roll-on/roll-off (LMSR) sealift ship. Overview on the United States LMSR sealift ship program; Avondale Industries' contract to build LMSRs known as the `Bob Hope' class; Crew contract through Maersk Line Ltd.; Itinerary of USNS `Watson'; Loading and unloading equipment.

The article focuses on factors for decline in number of vessels in U.S.-flag merchant fleet and shortage of qualified mariners for managing sealift vessels during mobilization. It presents views of U.S. Transportation Command and the Maritime Administration (MARAD) maritime administrator Paul N. "Chip" Jaenichen on the same. Mariner Lee Kincaid shares his views on International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW) licensing requirement.

The article focuses on the need to embrace the tactics of using of merchant vessels to strengthen sealift capability by British Army during the Falklands War in 1982. Topics discussed include the need to embrace the British Army strategy to extend the use of merchant vessels for amphibious operations, the utilization of a program known as "STUFT" to meet the shipping requirements by the British Army during the war and threats to antiaccess/area denial (A2/AD) capabilities of the British Army.

The article discusses how the Marine Corps will expand its presence in the Pacific since its present bases in Okinawa and Iwakani can only accommodate so many Marines. It cites the need for the Marine Corps to take advantage of the Navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC) and its ships for embarking troops in an expeditionary role. It suggests for the Marine Corps to take advantage of opportunities such as the T-AKE vessels to deploy its Marines and expand its Pacific presence.

The article shows the improvement with the sealift capability of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) with the arrival of the HMAS Canberra and HMAS Adelaide Landing Helicopter Docks (LHD) to keep with its international peacekeeping obligations. It discusses the geopolitical reasons for the acquisition of the LHDs and offers update on the plan of RAN to form an Australian Defense Force (ADF) Amphibious Ready Group for amphibious assault deployment. It describes the primary watercraft for the LHDs.

The article reports on a pilot program implemented at the amphibious assault ship Kearsarge in which sailors stand four-hours on, eight-hours-off watches instead of a normal six-and-six. The pilot program is part of an initiative aimed at extending the sailing lives of naval ships. The pilot program is based on the operations of the oilers, supply and support ships of Military Sealift Command. Information is also presented on the work done by sailors in the main propulsion division of Kearsage.

The article offers information on the naval fleet auxiliary force program of the U.S. Navy. Comfort has been activated for a deployment in support of Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. Zeus is considered as the first cable laying and repair ship that has been built for the navy. The USNS John McDonnell coastal hydrographic survey ship is being used to survey the ocean floor and collect data.

The article reports on the testing performance of the M80 Stiletto, a new 50-ton watercraft made of carbon fiber materials developed by M Ship Co. LLC. The ship was tested for its combat capabilities by the Department of Defense officials on the waters of San Diego Bay together with the Naval Special Clearance Team 1 on May 2006. According to Neil Parrott, a navy captain who joined the local exercise, the Stiletto outperformed their best expectations.

The article discusses Joint Support Ship (JSS) of Canadian Navy. It states that in the next six years, Canadian Navy likely will acquire JSS, which formerly floated logistics and sealift capability ship. However, because the ship is fundamentally the result of peculiarities of Canadian defense budgeting, it may be another Canadian defense white elephant. It is not yet apparent what the event of 11 September 2001 mean for Canadian Forces. What have been apparent within the navy, however, are recognition of the changing international context and the place of the navy in it. JSS is a harbinger of the recognition and a real attempt to forge a defense policy consistent with Canadian foreign policy and Canada's role in international affairs.

Focuses on the design and military capability of the warships and class guided weapon frigates of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Specialization and operations in air defense and command; Military communications; Size and flexbility.

Assesses the military sealift capacity of the U.S. Decline of merchant marine after the World war II; Sources of cargo sealift available to defense planners; Components of military sealift capacity. INSET: ELEMENTS OF MILITARY SEALIFT.

Lists several military sealift command ships used by the U.S. Navy. Ammunition ships; Container ships; Ocean surveillance ships.

Provides information on the T-AKE sealift program of the United States Navy. Background of the composition of the Combat Logistics Force; Concept-exploration of the T-AKE acquisition cycle; Details of the design of the proposed T-AKE program; Principal characteristics of the T-AKE point design; Requirements for naval logistical support.

Focuses on engineers from the Military Traffic Management Command Transportation Engineering Agency's participation in an evaluation of the feasibility of using commercial high-speed sealift (HSS) during future deployments of the United States Army. Need for the military to partner with commercial industry to leverage state-of-the-art technology such as HSS for military use.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of being part of the USNS Trenton expeditionary fast transport ship's force of the U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command.