Operation Unified Response

USN & USMC : Jan 2010

Amphib and MPF

Response Capability
HA / DR
Haiti
Train/Advise/Assist

MPSRON-1

Relief Operations

MPF(F)

Frequency

Nation Building

Peace Enforcement
MPSRON-2

Show of Force
Shaping/
Engagement/
Maritime Security
(14-20 days)

NEO
Act of Terrorism
COIN

Lesser
Contingencies
(21-28 days)
Peacetime
and Crisis

Low Intensity
Conflict

COIN
South East Asia

Civil War

MCO
South West Asia

Limited War

Major
Combat

Global
War

Major Contingency (40-45 days)

Mid-Intensity
Conflict

High Intensity
Conflict

Responsive and Scalable across the full Range of Military Operations

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Initial USN-USMC Haiti Support Response

Blount Island, FL

Camp Lejeune, NC

USNS Lummus

Norfolk, VA

Nassau ARG / 24 MEU

(Deploy 19 Jan)

(Deploy 20 Jan - Arrive 22 Jan)

USS Carl Vinson

USNS Comfort

Bataan ARG / 22 MEU

(Deploy 18 Jan - Arrive 20 Jan)

Port Au Prince
UN Compound

22 MEU Forward Command Element

(Arrived 16 Jan)
(as of 21 Jan)

Haiti Support Response

& US Amphibious Fleet Inventory
Current inventory of US Amphibious Fleet:
Deployed NOT in support of Haiti:
Deployed in support of Haiti:
Not available due to maintenance:
Worldwide Operationally Available :

31 Amphibs

9 Amphibs
7 Amphibs
9 Amphibs
6 Amphibs

~23% of US Amphib Inventory in support of Haiti

Port Au Prince
UN Compound

+
(as of 21 Jan)

USN-USMC Haiti Support Response

& US Amphibious Fleet Inventory
USS Carl Vinson
(CVN 70)
Aircraft Carrier
nd
22 Marine Exped Unit (22 MEU)
USS Bataan
(LHD 5)
Big Deck Amphib
USS Gunston Hall
(LSD 44)
USS Fort McHenry
(LSD 43)
USS Carter Hall
(LSD 50)
7 of 20 (35%) of Haiti support
th
24 Marine Exped Unit (24 MEU)
ships are Amphibs
USS Nassau
(LHD 4)
USS Mesa Verde
(LPD 19)
USS Ashland
(LSD 48)
USS Normandy
(CG 60)
and 9 other USN and MSC vessels

Port Au Prince
UN Compound

20 U.S. Navy and Military Sealift Command Ships

Amphibious Ship Capabilities

Foundation for seabasing
Flight decks air mobility
Well decks surface mobility
Command and control suites
Survivable in an anti-access environment
Supporting forces for extended periods
Flexible, rapid repositioning, self-sustaining

Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF)

Task Organized to Mission

Task Organized
Command
Element
(CE)

Aviation
Combat Element
(ACE)

Tailorable

MEF: ~50K to 80,000

MEB: ~14K to 17K
MEU: ~2200
SPMAGTF: ~300 to 2,000

Ground
Tailorable
Combat Element
(GCE)

Rapid Response

Logistics
Combat Element
(LCE)

911 Force in Readiness

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MV-22 & HA/DR

Leveraging Transformational Capabilities
In-flight refueling capability provides:
- Strategic Agility & Flexibility
- Unlimited Operational Reach
NC
FL

- Joint & Multinational Enabling

- Expeditionary
- Tactical Flexibility
- Support & Sustainment

- Vertical takeoff & landing

- Shipboard or land-based
- Multi-role flexibility
- 2x the speed & 3x the payload
- 3-5x range of legacy helicopters
- Self deployable
- More survivable

Haiti
GTMO
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Bataan Amphibious Ready Group

(ARG) / 22D MEU Capabilities
(2,031 Marines)

3 x LCAC

3 x LCU
81 x HMMWVs

8 xCH-53E

24 x MTVR

4 x UH-1N

8 x LAV
10 x AAV

Water Production Capability

Arrived on station : 19 Jan
LHA/D
200 K gallons / day
Provided First Aid and evacuated seriously injured
LSD
63 K gallons / day
Selected and established logistic distribution points
LPD 17
96 K gallons / day
near UN Compound
Secured a landing beach site and landed supplies
Supported & secured multiple NGO distribution centers
USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44),
was en route for a deployment
to Africa Partnership Station,
but was ordered to Haiti.

USS Bataan
(LHD-5)

USS Carter Hall

(LSD-50)

USS Ft McHenry
(LSD-43)

USS Gunston Hall

(LSD-44)

24th MEU Capabilities (Enroute)

(2,318 Marines)

USS Nassau
(LHA-4)

USS Mesa Verde

(LPD-19)

USS Ashland
(LSD-48)
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Bataan ARG / 22 MEU

(Initial Support)
Port-Au-Prince

Phase I Initial Build-up 19 JAN

- Helo & Surface Forces :
security
- Surface forces Land BLZ to
establish lodgment
- Infrastructure and security
assessments

(as of 21 Jan)

UN Compound
(Leogane)

Phase II Site Establishment 20

JAN
- Build logistics
- Establish distribution point(s)
Phase III HA Relief Operations 21 JAN
- Provide Medical aid
- Civil Affairs assessment
- Surface/aviation distribution hubs
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Joint HA/DR Seabase

Port & Airfield at Sea
Navy Marine Corps Coast Guard Team
Mobility
-- Air & sea transport
LSD
Flexibility
USNS Comfort Without ability to sea base, the size of
Assured Access
the ground force logistic tail will often
Security Afloat and Ashore
LSD suffocate the flow of aid and take up
valuable time and resources that
Support
should be dedicated to aid and relief.
LSD
-- Food
USNS Lummus
-- Water
UN Compound
(no operational port)
-- Fuel
Medical
-- Doctors / Nurses
LHD
-- Facilities
At sea organization and
-- Supplies
transfer of capabilities and
Communications
support
Min footprint ashore
Self sustaining
(as of 21 Jan)

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The Seabasing Solution

A Joint Capability an Allied Capability

Exploits sea as maneuver space 365 days a year

Enables access, influence, and effects

Maximizes the effects of forward presence

Reduces burden on host nation

Executes the full range of military operations

With Operational Flexibility

Close, Assemble, Employ, Sustain, Reconstitute from the Sea

Freedom of movement and inherent force protection at sea

Minimizes the vulnerability of iron mountains ashore

Able to rapidly transition crisis response capabilities ashore

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Seabasing Connectors

Surface and aviation

High speed
Endurance
Inter-theater, intra-theater, and assault
Integral to seabasing

Integrating the sea base from land bases to objectives

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USNS LUMMUS
USAID & USMC Support
Operational Flexibility

MPSRON-3
Flag Configured, AMSEA Class
Old Navy Literage, Not INLS
Bulk Water
99 K Gallons Capacity
36 K / day water production
Amphibious Bulk Liquid Transfer System
10 K ft hose, 720K gallon / day capacity
Bulk Fuel
39 K Barrels Capacity
8 K Gallons MOGOS (containerized)
Equipment Sets:
MEU Equipment Set
Expeditionary Air Field (EAF)
Water: Pumps, Hoses, Bladders
Habitability: Tentage, Cots, Lights
Fuel Set
AAFS = 1.2 Million Gal Storage
TAFDS = 320K Gal Storage
HERS & ERS
Electrical / Power: Generators, Wiring
Food: Tray ration heater systems, Tents
Security (Barbed wire, fencing etc)
Medical: Med Supply Blocks, Cots
Naval Beach Group

Underway from Florida

(1700 EST 19 Jan)

Key Equipment Includes:

20 X HMMWV

36 X MTVR

10 X Bulldozer

50 Water/50 Fuel SIXCONS

4 X Water Purification System

13 X AAV

Classes III, IV, VIII

Lummus loaded with following fuel:

From USMC/USN: 1.25 million gal JP-5/6 x 5000 tanks of
MOGAS
- 6 X 5000 tanks of diesel
- From USAID: 5000 x 5 gal propane tanks

~ $51,960 per day; all op costs

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Provide medical support to victims

Casualty support and mortuary affairs

Coordinate with and support UN, Government

of Haiti, US Coast Guard, and relief agencies

Designate and secure a beach or port landing

site for offload of support materials, equipment,
and security forces

Bataan ARG / 22 MEU

(Next 48 Hours)

LSD
USNS Comfort
LSD
LSD
USNS Lummus

UN Compound

LHD

Create and distribute water and food

Assess Haitian infrastructure and security

capability at distribution sites.

Conduct reconnaissance to locate areas

of need and likely areas capable of serving
as distribution points.
Coordinate air space
Assist and protect American Citizens. 16

(as of 21 Jan)

Secure sites and begin distribution of aid

materials and services to the Haitian
people.

USCG Port Assessment Status

PORT DE PAIX

Fully Operational

LABADIE
CAP HAITIEN

Partially Operational
Not Operational

Even if Port is operational:

1) Does port have depth and piers
sufficient for Amphib or Prepo ships?
2) What is the overland transport
available from the green ports?
2) Do the green ports support
helicopter if overland transport is not
Available?
3) If helicopter transport is
required/desired, is there a central
transfer distribution point that will
service helicopter transfer ?
4) Are there enough helicopter assets
to move the supplies in an efficient
manner?

GONAIVES

SAINT-MARC

LES CAYES

AUBRY
LAFITEAU

MIRAGOANE

PORT AU PRINCE

JACMEL

21 Jan
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General Medical Capability

LHA-1 CLASS (TARAWA CLASS)

4 Operating rooms
Post-operative recovery/Intensive care 17 beds Isolation
ward 4 beds Primary care ward 48 beds
1 x Medical Officer
1 x Dentist

LHD-1 CLASS (WASP CLASS)

6 Operating rooms
Post-operative recovery/Intensive care 18 beds Isolation
ward 6 beds Primary care ward 36 beds
1 x Medical Officer
1 x Dentist

LPD-17 CLASS (SAN ANTONIO CLASS)

1 Operating room
6 Intensive care beds/ 6 Casualty Receiving Areas
16 x Ward Beds
2 x Isolation Beds
2 X RAY Machines
Ships Company
2 x Medical Officers
16 x Corpsmen
1 x Dentist
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USMC MEU Engineer Platoon

Assets
Water Section

8 3K Water Bags

2 Fresh Water Purifiers

3 125 GPM Water Pumps

2 Sixcon Water Pump

1 Water Storage Syst
6 500 gallon Water Pods
2 Shower Units
1 Base X Shower Unit
4 Water Tanks
2 Salt Water Purif System
(1200 GPM)

2 Field Shower Units

1 Water Analysis Kit

Electrical Section

18 Generators (various sizes)

6 Floodlight Sets

2 30k Power Distribution

2 15k Power Distribution

5 60,000 BTU Refer Unit

5 36,000 BTU Refer Unit

13 Medium Duty Trailers

4 Light Duty Trailer

1 Lineman Tool Kit

4 Wiring Harness Sets

Combat Engineer Section

2 Front End Loader (Forklift)

1 Backhoe

1 Bulldozer

2 Bob Cat

2 Air Compressors

1 Engineer Trailer

3 Pioneer Kits

Capability

Wood construction

-- Basic carpentry skills

expeditionary in nature

Small wood-frame
structures (one-story, 16ft
x 32ft)

Well reinforcement

Concrete

Foundations

Slabs

Small concrete block

structures (one-story, 16ft
x 32ft)

Well reinforcement

Earth-moving

Dig (~30ft usually not

deep enough for a well),
Push, Carry

Earth/Debris Clearing

Force Protection,
Fortification

Water purification, distribution,

storage

1,200 gal per hour (24k gal per

10 hour day) purification

5,400 gal mobile

distribution/storage

30,000 gal static storage

Electrical Power (US standard 110)

Tactical generators w/ skills

commensurate not qualified as
electricians for civilian facilities

Limited internal wiring

Floodlights

Examples of MSSG/CLB Engineering

Village water cistern

reinforcement

Vertical building of a military style

obstacle course

Roof replaced/refurbished for a

school

Distribution of 10,000 gal per day

of potable water

Debris removal

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Strategic Lift

It takes 400 C-17s to do the job of 1 LMSR

Summary Comparison
It takes 54 C-17s to do the job of 1 LPD-17

LPD 17 also provides

hospital, C2, well deck
and flight deck ship-toshore capabilities,
water production
capability, and up to
800 Marines

Cost Compare
1 LPD 17 ~ 54 C-17s
1 LPD 17 ~ $110,760 to Haiti
1 C-17 ~ $22,400 to Haiti
54 C-17s ~ $1,209,600 to Haiti

1 LPD 17 ~ 11% of C-17 Cost

1 LMSR = 400 C-17s

1 LMSR = $88,140 to Haiti
400 C-17s = $8,960,000 to Haiti

1 LMSR < 1% of C-17

Cost
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Strategic Lift by Sea is Green

Transport by ship is much more efficient than by air
and has a smaller CO2 footprint
1 LMSR = 400 C-17s
1 LPD 17 = 54 C-17s of cargo plus hospital, C2, and
welldeck capabilities
Moving 1 ton of cargo 1 mile by C-17 produces roughly 38
times more CO2 emissions than by LMSR

Sustaining security force assistance activities from

the sea reduces the burden on local infrastructure
and eliminates or minimizes the use of airlift

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Working Slides

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MPF (E)
HA/DR Capability
(2014)
HA/DR From the Sea : Capability
3 in 2010

1 in 2014

LMSR

MLP

Organic C2 for local HA / DR operation

Water production
Shore / Port / Beach Stand-off
High volume and high speed delivery: from at
sea

HA/DR From the Sea : Enablers

MLP = Mobile Landing Platform

Stabilized Cranes (Pendulation Control
Systems)
Selective Offload
T-AKE
Skin To Skin At Sea Transfer
Arrival And Assembly At Sea (Partial)
High Capacity Underway Replenishment
LCAC Improved Navy Lighterage Interface
Dynamic Positioning
2014 MPF platforms will enable US to more rapidly deliver
equipment, aid, & forces to crisis areas

1 in 2014

Mobile Landing Platform (MLP) is the key to enable more rapid discharge and delivery

Sea based HA/DR immediately employable

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MPF(E)
MLP (Flt 1) With Modular Block Upgrades
Enables Rapid At-Sea Transfer-Arrival and Assembly-Employment
C4I Spaces:
MCC, Xmit room,
Planning Area

37 MSC
berths

Skin-skin ramp,
fenders

15 knots,
9,500 nm
VERTREP takes
place on vehicle
stowage deck
Tankage capacities
100,000 gal Pot. Water
380,000 gal JP5

445
USN/USMC
berths
RAS/FAS
receive only
on stbd side

25,000 ft2
elevated vehicle
stowage deck
3 LCAC lanes

IOC ~ 2014

LMSR skin-skin moored

alongside MLP(L)
Vehicles transfer from LMSR to
MLP via sideport ramp, and
onto LCACs
LCACs deploy forces to beach
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Current Amphib Plan

25

26

Joint HA/DR Seabase

Currently Limited

Future
Seabasing
Capabilities

Mobile Landing
Platform

Mobile Landing
Platform

Vehicle
Transfer
System

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Joint HA/DR Seabase

Bataan ARG / 22 MEU Operational Stats

LSD
USNS Comfort
LSD
LSD
USNS Lummus

LHD

To Be Filled In

UN Compound

-- Medical Care stats

-- Air sortie generation stats
-- Surface sortie generation stats
-- Water production / day stats
-- Security stats
-- Other distribution throughput stats

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Scalable MAGTFs

Forward presence and flexible MAGTFs enable

the Corps to respond quickly to crises and then
integrate additional capabilities and capacities as
needed

MEF
Win the Nations Battles
20-90 K
60 Days Sustainment

MEB

Respond to Crises
3-20 K
30 Days Sustainment

MEU(SOC)
Promote Peace
And Stability
1.5-3 K
15 Days Sustainment

SP MAGTF
Theater Security Cooperation
Building Partner Capacity

CRISIS

The inherent C2, INTELLIGENCE, MANEUVER, FIRES, LOGISTIC, and

FORCE PROTECTION of the Navy-Marine Corps team makes us the most
flexible and cost-effective force-in-readiness for the Nation
29

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Marine Expeditionary Unit

(MEU)
Forward deployed, first choice
for initial crisis response
Task-organized units forward
deployed aboard amphibious
ships
~ 2,200 Marines and Sailors
15 days sustainability

Battalion
Landing
Team

Composite
Aviation
Squadron

MEU
CE

- Security Force Assistance

- Interagency Enabling
- Raids
- Non-Combatant
Evacuations (NEO)
- Tactical Recovery of Aircraft
& Personnel (TRAP)
- Humanitarian Assistance
and Disaster Relief (HA / DR)
- Bilateral Exercises

Marine
Special Ops
Company

Combat
Logistics
Battalion

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Expeditionary Roots

MEU

MEU

Crisis / Contingency Response

Deter aggression
Quickly respond to crisis & aggression
Protect citizens / interests
63% of the worlds population lives in the
littorals 75% by 2030

MEU

--East Timor
-- Kosovo
-- Liberia
-- Haiti
-- Philippines
-- Indonesia
-- Sri Lanka
-- US Gulf Coast
-- Pakistan
-- Lebanon
Partner and Prevent,
Persistent Presence

Expand influence
Strengthen alliances
Conduct Information
Operations

III

MEU

Crisis Response and Limited

Contingency Operations

Forcible Entry and Major

Operations / Campaigns

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Amphibious Ship Inventory

As of 20 Jan 2010
EAST COAST

WEST COAST

WASP

LHD-1

ESSEX

LHD-2

KEARSARGE

LHD-3

BOXER

LHD-4

BATTAAN

LHD-5

BONHOMME RICHARD

LHD-6

IWO JIMA

LHD-7

PELELIU

LHA-5

NASSAU

LHA-4

MAKIN ISLAND

LHD-8

PONCE

LPD-15

CLEVELAND

LPD-7

SAN ANTONIO

LPD-17

DUBUQUE

LPD-8

MESA VERDE

LPD-19

DENVER

LPD-9

NEW YORK

LPD-21

NEW ORLEANS

LPD-18

10

WHIDBEY ISLAND

LSD-41

10

GREEN BAY

LPD-20

11

FORT MCHENERY

LSD-43

11

GERMAN TOWN

LSD-42

12

GUNSTON HALL

LSD-44

12

COMSTOCK

LSD-45

13

ASHLAND

LSD-48

13

TORTUGA

LSD-46

14

CARTER HALL

LSD-50

14

RUSHMORE

LSD-47

15

OAK HILL

LSD-51

15

HARPERS FERRY

LSD-49

16

PEARL HARBOR
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LSD-52

31 Assault Ships in Inventory

UNCLASSIFIED

JTF Haiti Operation Unified Response

VERSION 7
Updated 201100ZJAN10
0600 EST Local

CDRUSSOUTHCOM
JTF HAITI

NOR
CTG 41.2

VIN
CTG 41.3

OPCON CDRUSSOUTHCOM
Theatre Reserve per CJCS DEPORD

CVW-17
CPR-6
CTG 41.4 CTG 41.5

JFACC
Joint LOG Sea Base
and Joint LOG HUB
CTF 48

Port Survey and

Assessment
CTF 42

CSG-1
CTF 41
CDS-1
CTG 41.1

NAS ARG/24th MEU

C4F
JFMCC

JSOTF

JFLCC

OPCON
TACON
Support

BKH
22nd MEU
CTG 41.6 CTG 41.7

CDS-40
CTG 41.8

SALVAGE SUP
CTG 42.1

OPCON MFS

HIG
CTU 41.1.1

BGN
CTU 41.1.4

BAT
CTU 41.5.1

CTH
CTU 41.5.3

UND
CTU 41.1.2

SAC
CTU 41.1.5

FTM
CTU 41.5.4

GUN
CTU 41.5.6

FSF-1
CTU 41.1.3

T-AK 3011
CTU 41.1.6

COM
TU 41.8.1

GSP
CTU 42.1.1

NAVOCEANO
CTU 41.1.2

HEN
CTU 42.1.3

MDSU-2
CTU 42.1.4

FST
CTU 42.1.5

UCT-1
CTU 42.1.6

NMCB-7
CTU 42.1.7

MPF and Joint Warfighting

Extraordinarily flexible across the Joint spectrum of operations
Contribute to sustaining other Service components
MLPs can interface with legacy LMSRs, JHSVs, Army Logistics
Support Vessels, LCU 2000, Navy LCUs, LCMs, utility boats, &
container ships
MPF(F) LCACs can support movement of other Service
component forces ashore
MPF(F) can assist movement of other Service component forces
within the AOR
Interoperate with Naval logistics and the Joint theater logistics
pipeline
MPF(F) supports the Seabasing Joint Integrating Concepts Lines of Operation:
Close, Assemble, Employ, Sustain, & Reconstitute

CURRENT & ANTICIPATED FORCE FLOW

TODAY
(SUN 17 JAN)
82d/XVIII ABC

22 MEU

O/C/D-JS

48 HRS
(TUES 19 JAN)

72 HRS
(WEDS 20 JAN)

BOG
Enroute
AWT

BOG; 787/135
Enroute: 281/0
AWT: 1594/2

BOG
Enroute
AWT

BOG
Enroute
AWT

TOTAL

TOTAL: 2662/137=2799

TOTAL

TOTAL

Arrived:
USS Carter Hall-293

Arriving:
USS Bataan
USS Fort NcHenry
USS Gunston Hall

Complete

776 pax in ADVON afloat on:

USS NASSAU
USS MESA VERDE
USS ASHLAND

ONLOADING

Total:
Afloat:
Ashore:

Total:
Afloat:
Ashore:

24 MEU

Total Est.PAX

24 HRS
(MON 18 JAN)

Total:
Afloat:
Ashore:

* As of 17 1015 Jan 10

Total--22 MEU--2136

USS NASSAU (Radio

Island)
USS MESA VERDE
(PMHC)
USS ASHLAND (Onslow
Bay)

EMB/DEP
USS NASSAU (1295 pax)
USS MESA VERDE (650
pax)
USS ASHLAND (373 pax)

Total:
Afloat:
Ashore:

Strategic Lift Summary Comparison

Air & Sea

Capability Compare
1 LPD 17 = 54 C-17s of cargo
LPD 17 also provides hospital,
C2, and welldeck capabilities

Cost Compare
1 LPD 17 = 54 C-17s
1 LPD 17 = $110,760 to Haiti
54 C-17s = $1,209,600 to Haiti
1 TAK = 400 C-17s
1 TAK = $88,140 to Haiti
400 C-17s = $8,960,000 to Haiti

1 LPD 17 ~ 11% of C-17 Cost

1 TAK < 1% of C-17 Cost

Time/Dist/Fuel Calculations:
C-17 from Charleston, SC (one-way)
Flight Time : 2 hours 30 mins : 972 NM
Avg Gnd Speed: 388 knots
Fuel 53,622 lbs (0 wind) ;
Gallon JP-8 fuel = 6.7 lbs
~ 8003 gallons
~ $2.80 JP-8 / gallon
$22,400 one way fuel cost per aircraft
1178 NM from Norfolk to Port-Au-Prince
15 knots avg underway = ~78 hours transit
18 knots avg underway = ~65 hours transit
LPD-17: $1420 / Ship Hour Underway
LHA:
$4200 / Ship Hour Underway
LSD:
$1400 / Ship Hour Underway
TAK:
$1130 / Ship Hour Underway
LPD-17: $110,760 high - $92,300 low
LHA:
$327,600 high - $273,00 low
LSD:
$109,200 high - $91,000 low
TAK:
$88,140 high - $73450 low

22D MEU Capabilities

(2,031 Marines)

3 x LCAC

3 x LCU

8 x LAV
8 xCH-53E

4 x UH-1N

USS Bataan
(LHD-5)

24 x MTVR

81 x HMMWVs

10 x AAV
USS Carter Hall
(LSD-50)

USS Ft McHenry
(LSD-43)

USS Gunston Hall

(LSD-44)

USNS PFC Dewayne T. Williams is one of

Military Sealift Command's thirteen
Container & Roll-on/Roll-off Ships and is part
of the 31 ships in Military Sealift Command's
Prepositioning Program.
Length: 673 feet, 2 inches
Beam: 105 feet, 6 inches
Draft: 33 feet
Displacement: 46,111 long tons
Speed: 16.4 knots
Civilian: 29 contract mariners
Government-Owned/Chartered:

WILLIAMS is activated under TRANSCOM and is planned to deploy

the following:
EMF (150 bed), 7th SBE JLOTS, ELSF MHE, 82nd Abn cargo and 1
INLS CF
final load plans are still being configured
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Seabasing : Whats New ?

(1) Joint force
personnel fly into
the sea-base
(amphib and MPF(F)
big decks) on long
range rotary wing
aircraft, such as the
MV-22, or over sea
via high speed
JHSV, or other
surface craft.

LHD / LHA

AIR FIELD at Sea

&

PORT at Sea

MLP

Increased
SPEED and
FLEXIBILITY
of response

At Sea Arrival & Assembly of Joint Forces

Force = Personnel + Equipment

Mobile Landing Platform (MLP)

Vehicle Transfer System (VTS)
MLP and VTS are the critical new technology that enables Seabasing
Mobile Landing Platform

Vehicle Transfer System

Transfer vehicles & personnel while underway in NATO SS3

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Jt Seabasing Experimentation Areas

Science & Technology and Research & Development
Skin-to-Skin Transfer

High Capacity UNREP

Selective Offload

Stabilized Cranes

Joint Modular
Intermodal Container
(JMIC)

Enhanced Air Skid

Automated Cargo Handling

At-Sea Arrival, Assembly, Employment, Sustainment

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Port & Airfield Afloat

Vietnam Era Innovation

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Strategic Lift Summary Comparison

Air & Sea

Capability Compare
1 LPD 17 = 54 C-17s of cargo
LPD 17 also provides
hospital, C2, welldeck and
flight deck ship-to-shore
capabilities, water production
capability, and up to 800
Marines

1 LPD 17 ~ 11% of C-17 Cost

Cost Compare
1 LPD 17 ~ 54 C-17s
1 LPD 17 ~ $110,760 to Haiti
1 C-17 ~ $22,400 to Haiti
54 C-17s ~ $1,209,600 to Haiti
1 LMSR = 400 C-17s
1 LMSR = $88,140 to Haiti
400 C-17s = $8,960,000 to Haiti

1 LMSR < 1% of C-17 Cost

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