The report discusses the ability of both Army active and reserve forces to mobilize and move to ports of embarkation within the timeframes prescribed by operation plans. The report focuses on the availability of the required transportation resources and the adequacy of unit and installation plans and preparations to use them. Evaluations included DOD's development of commercial transportation requirements for mobilization and its determination of the availability of commercial rail and truck assets with which to meet these needs; Army reserve component unit home station and mobilization station plans and preparations for conducting commercial rail and truck outloading operations; and FORSCOM programs for procuring, distributing, and storing selected materials and equipment needed to support commercial rail and truck loading operations.
Army Deployment: Better Transportation Planning Is Needed
1987
72 pages
Report
No indication
English
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