Strategic Mobility Innovation

<p>Since the George W. Bush Administration announced its proposal to reduce theU.S. military overseas basing posture strategic mobility has been the topic of manypolicy discussions. The Administration's identification of transformation as a majorgoal for the Department of Defense (DOD) technological advances the QuadrennialDefense Review (QDR) deployment goals and anti-access issues also have relevancewith regard to the topic of strategic mobility. The issue for the 109th Congress is todetermine which investments should be pursued today to develop strategic mobilityplatforms to meet tomorrow's National Security Strategy requirements. Several studies pertain to strategic mobility innovation. The DOD's MobilityRequirements Study - 2005 the Department of Army's Advanced Mobility ConceptsStudy (AMCS) the Institute of Defense Analyses' Assessment of the AMCS aDefense Science Board (DSB) Mobility Study and the DOD's TransformationPlanning Guidance. These studies along with current U.S. strategic mobilityinventories and strategic mobility funding trends all pertain to the discussion. Theyexamine issues such as DOD's million-ton-mile per day requirement future mobilityconcepts and feasibilities the importance of decreasing the Services' deploymentfootprint transformation roadmaps the DOD's current strategic mobility inventoriesand airlift/sealift future funding trends. Research identifies at least 11 potential strategic mobility platforms whichinclude four sealift vehicles and seven airlift vehicles.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>