Global Combat Support Basing: Robust Prepositioning Strategies for Air Force War Reserve Materiel

by Ronald McGarvey, Robert S. Tripp, Rachel Rue

The ability to rapidly deploy forces into austere locations is essential to the global power projection concept of operation. Materiel used by such expeditionary forces often does not deploy with the unit but is instead sourced from a global network of prepositioning storage locations. Alternative approaches to storing combat support materiel might provide better support to deploying forces in an expeditionary environment.

170 pages, Paperback

First published March 16, 2010