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1 A Time of Change for U.S. Naval Forces
Pages 13-16

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... . From the Sea," announced a shift of strategy away from open-ocean warfighting toward expeditionary operations conducted from the sea: "The new direction of the Navy and Marine Corps team, both active and reserve, is to provide the nation naval expeditionary forces shaped for joint operations operating forward from the sea, tailored for national needs."1 Two years later, the Navy and Marine Corps expanded on the concepts with a second white paper, "Forward .
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... It entails examining, in an integrated strategic planning process, how well and at what costs various combinations of force structure, equipment, and operating practices -- both combat and logistics -- might meet future needs for naval expeditionary forces. In such a process, combat and logistics capability are inseparable, for while the needs of combat set logistics requirements, the limits of logistics constrain combat.
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... -- from benign environments with relatively well developed infrastructures to more stressful situations involving forcible entry and limited infrastructures. An enormously broad topic, naval expeditionary logistics reaches from the national, and sometimes international, industrial base to our maritime forces afloat and ashore throughout the world.
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... Chapters 3 through 5 focus on major logistics activities that will be affected by OMFTS, i.e., deploying forces, sustaining the forces ashore with supplies and maintenance, and providing medical care to combat casualties. In each, the committee concentrates on those aspects of future logistics operations that warrant near-term planning and analysis priority.
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