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Suggested Citation:"C Force Sustainment Data and Calculations." National Research Council. 1999. Naval Expeditionary Logistics: Enabling Operational Maneuver from the Sea. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6410.
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C Force Sustainment Data and Calculations

Table C.1 provides the resupply requirements of the command, ground combat, and combat service elements (i.e., the landing force). Tables C.2 and C.3 detail the daily air delivery capacity of the MV-22 and CH-53. All three tables are used in determining the percent of resupply requirements met by air deliveries as shown in Chapter 4, Table 4.3.

Suggested Citation:"C Force Sustainment Data and Calculations." National Research Council. 1999. Naval Expeditionary Logistics: Enabling Operational Maneuver from the Sea. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6410.
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TABLE C.1 Landing Force Daily Resupply Requirements

 

Personnel

Food Requirement (Short Tons)

Water Requirement (Short Tons)

Fuel Requirement (Short Tons)

Ammunition Requirement (Short Tons)

Other Cargo* (Short Tons)

Total

Percent

Command Element

365

0.80

10.18

15.90

0.53

1.42

28.84

5.9

Ground Combat Element

5,694

12.53

158.86

152.23

32.07

22.21

377.90

77.1

Headquarters Battalion

158

0.35

4.41

8.96

0.20

0.62

14.54

3.0

Infantry Regiment

2,993

6.58

83.50

6.53

3.76

11.67

112.05

22.9

Artillery Battalion

835

1.84

23.30

54.13

20.19

3.26

102.71

21.0

AAAV Battalion

521

1.15

14.54

25.86

2.28

2.03

45.86

9.4

Engineering Battalion

224

0.49

6.25

16.25

2.50

0.87

26.36

5.4

Light Armored Reconnaissance Company

138

0.30

3.85

2.59

1.44

0.54

8.72

1.8

Tank Battalion

825

1.82

23.02

37.91

1.71

3.22

67.66

13.8

Combat Service Support Element

747

1.64

20.84

56.87

0.88

2.91

83.15

17.0

Military Police Company (—)

89

0.20

2.48

0.71

0.10

0.35

3.84

0.8

Landing Support Battalion

360

0.79

10.04

10.67

0.23

1.40

23.13

4.7

Military Transportation Battalion

298

0.66

8.31

45.50

0.55

1.16

56.19

11.5

Total

6,806

14.97

189.89

225.01

33.48

26.54

489.89

100.0

Percent

 

3.10

38.80

45.90

6.80

5.40

 

100.0

* Not included by CNA. Other cargo, added at 7.8 lb/Marine/day, includes an austere level of construction material, medical, and parts resupply.

SOURCE: Adapted from McAllister, Keith R. 1998. MPF 2010 Ship-to-Shore Movement and Sea based Logistics Support, Volume I: Report and Volume II: Appendices, Center for Naval Analyses, Alexandria, Va., March.

Suggested Citation:"C Force Sustainment Data and Calculations." National Research Council. 1999. Naval Expeditionary Logistics: Enabling Operational Maneuver from the Sea. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6410.
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TABLE C.2 Daily Air Delivery Capacity at 12-hour Air Operations

Separation Distance

Payload

Speed

RTFT (hours)

RTFT (minutes)

Cycle Time (minutes)

Rounded Cycle Time (minutes)

Cycles @ 12 (hours)

Cycles

Deliveries per A/C

Aircraft Availability

Number Aircraft

Available Aircraft

Number Aircraft

Daily Deliveries (short tons)

50–200=250 MV-22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Int

3.27

240

2.08

125

170

170

4.24

4

13.2

0.75

36

27

27

356

Ext

0.00

180

2.78

167

212

215

3.35

3

0.0

0.75

36

27

27

0

CH-53E

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Int

7.23

130

3.85

231

276

280

2.57

2

14.4

0.70

8

5.6

5

72

Ext

7.23

100

5.00

300

345

345

2.09

2

14.4

0.70

8

5.6

5

72

25–100=125 MV-22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Int

4.46

240

1.04

63

108

110

6.55

6

27.0

0.75

36

27

27

729

Ext

3.91

180

1.39

83

128

130

5.54

5

20.0

0.75

36

27

27

540

CH-53E

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Int

9.78

130

1.92

115

160

160

4.50

4

38.2

0.70

8

5.6

5

196

Ext

9.78

100

2.50

150

195

195

3.69

3

29.4

0.70

8

5.6

5

147

5–50=55 MV-22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Int

4.93

240

0.46

28

73

75

9.60

9

44.1

0.75

36

27

27

1,191

Ext

4.93

180

0.51

37

82

85

8.47

8

39.2

0.75

36

27

27

1,058

CH-53E

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Int

11.05

130

0.85

51

96

100

7.20

7

77.0

0.70

8

5.6

5

385

Ext

11.05

100

1.10

66

111

115

6.26

6

66.0

0.70

8

5.6

5

330

NOTE: 12-hour day, 0.85 maximum payload, 36 MV-22, 8 CH-53E. RTFT, round-trip flight time; A/C, aircraft.

Suggested Citation:"C Force Sustainment Data and Calculations." National Research Council. 1999. Naval Expeditionary Logistics: Enabling Operational Maneuver from the Sea. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6410.
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Suggested Citation:"C Force Sustainment Data and Calculations." National Research Council. 1999. Naval Expeditionary Logistics: Enabling Operational Maneuver from the Sea. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6410.
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TABLE C.3 Daily Air Delivery Capacity at 10-hour Air Operations

Separation Distance

Payload

Speed

RTFT (hours)

RTFT (minutes)

Cycle Time (minutes)

Rounded Cycle Time (minutes)

Cycles @ 10 (hours)

Cycles

Deliveries per A/C

Aircraft Availability

Number Aircraft

Available Aircraft

Number Aircraft

Daily Deliveries (short tons)

50–200=250 MV-22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Int

3.27

240

2.08

125

170

170

3.53

3

9.9

0.75

36

27

27

267

Ext

0.00

180

2.78

167

212

215

2.79

2

0.0

0.75

36

27

27

0

CH-53E

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Int

7.23

130

3.85

231

276

280

2.14

2

14.4

0.70

8

5.6

5

72

Ext

7.23

100

5.00

300

345

345

1.74

1

7.2

0.70

8

5.6

5

36

25–100=125 MV-22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Int

4.46

240

1.04

63

108

110

5.45

5

22.5

0.75

36

27

27

608

Ext

3.91

180

1.39

83

128

130

4.62

4

16.0

0.75

36

27

27

432

CH-53E

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Int

9.78

130

1.92

115

160

160

3.75

3

29.4

0.70

8

5.6

5

147

Ext

9.78

100

2.50

150

195

195

3.08

3

29.4

0.70

8

5.6

5

147

5–50=55 MV-22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Int

4.93

240

0.46

28

73

75

8.00

8

39.2

0.75

36

27

27

1,058

Ext

4.93

180

0.51

37

82

85

7.06

7

34.3

0.75

36

27

27

926

CH-53E

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Int

11.05

130

0.85

51

96

100

6.00

6

66.0

0.70

8

5.6

5

330

Ext

11.05

100

1.10

66

111

115

5.22

5

55.0

0.70

8

5.6

5

275

NOTE: 10-hour day, 0.85 maximum payload, 36 MV-22, 8 CH-53E. RTFT, round-trip flight time.

Suggested Citation:"C Force Sustainment Data and Calculations." National Research Council. 1999. Naval Expeditionary Logistics: Enabling Operational Maneuver from the Sea. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6410.
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At the request of the Chief of Naval Operations, the National Research Council (NRC) conducted a study to determine the technological requirements, operational changes, and combat service support structure necessary to land and support forces ashore under the newly evolving Navy and Marine Corps doctrine. The Committee on Naval Expeditionary Logistics, operating under the auspices of the NRC's Naval Studies Board, was appointed to (1) evaluate the packaging, sealift, and distribution network and identify critical nodes and operations that affect timely insertion of fuels, ammunition, water, medical supplies, food, vehicles, and maintenance parts and tool blocks; (2) determine specific changes required to relieve these critical nodes and support forces ashore, from assault through follow-on echelonment; and (3) present implementable changes to existing support systems, and suggest the development of innovative new systems and technologies to land and sustain dispersed units from the shoreline to 200 miles inland.

In the course of its study, the committee soon learned that development of OMFTS is not yet at a stage to allow, directly, detailed answers to many of these questions. As a result, the committee addressed the questions in terms of the major logistics functions of force deployment, force sustainment, and force medical support, and the fundamental logistics issues related to each of these functions.

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