Preparing for deploying: US Navy, US Marine Corps opt for new prepositioning concept.

The article offers information on sealift and prepositioning tasks opted by the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps that can proficiently sustain U.S. amphibious and land operations. Topics discussed include take advantage of both the prepositioning capabilities provided by the Prepositioning division (PM3) and the projection capabilities; sealift capacity of the U.S.; and design of ESB USNS Lewis B. Puller to increase intra-theatre agility and support a broad range of military operations.