Amphibious operations are inherently difficult and have become increasingly more complicated with the shortfall of amphibious ships creating the requirement for a large portion of the amphibious task force, the Assault Follow-On Echelon (AFOE), to be carried on commercial shipping. However, commercial ships are not designed to be offloaded at sea thus causing unloading problems and slowing down the required rapid build-up of supplies and equipment ashore. Therefore, what used to take 10 days for the offload of a MAF AFOE, now takes 25 days dependent on many variables. These problems are further exacerbated by the growing size, importance, and increasing critical nature of the often neglected AFOE to support the landing force. Indeed, a situation has been created whereby the landing force may need AFOE stocks, equipment, and supplies well before the general offload of the AFOE is completed. This study focuses on the MAF AFOE, and concludes that the landing force commander requires the capability to selectively offload the AFOE in order to meet the combat situation and all unforeseen requirements/difficulties; and also needs an organization to provide this capability. The logical solution is the TACLOG which can accomplish this function by extending its mission to include the control and coordination of the continuous and selective offload of the AFOE. Recommendations for consideration are provided for appropriate changes to amphibious doctrine.
TACLOG(Tactical Logistical Groups) for the AFOE (Assault Follow-On Echelon)
1984
29 pages
Report
No indication
English
Logistics Military Facilities & Supplies , Military Operations, Strategy, & Tactics , Marine & Waterway Transportation , Amphibious operations , Logistics management , Task forces , Merchant vessels , Unloading , Sequences , Selection , Ship to shore , Military doctrine , Assault , Landing forces , Naval logistics , Marine Corps operations , AFOE(Assault Follow on Echelon) , TACLOG(Tactical Logistical Groups) , Sealift
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