NDTA – USTRANSCOM
Transportation University
Session: G5
DELIVERING NATIONAL OBJECTIVES:
OPERATING IN AN INCREASINGLY DISRUPTIVE WORLD
Title: Military Sealift Command (MSC) 101: A
Command View
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of ideas. In the spirit of this academic setting, the
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assumed to be their own and not those of NDTA,
DoD, USTRANSCOM, or anybody’s parent
organization/company.
THE U. S. NAVY’S
MILITARY SEALIFT
COMMAND
WE
D E L I V E R!
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WHAT WE DO…
OPERATE THE SHIPS THAT:
• Sustain our Navy at and from the sea
(Combat Logistics Force)
• Provide towing, rescue/salvage, hospital ships,
and command and control platforms
(Service and Command Support)
• Support oceanography, underwater surveillance,
missile tracking, submarine, and special warfare
(Special Mission)
• Preposition combat cargo around the world
(Prepositioning)
• Move military equipment and supplies
(Sealift)
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WORLDWIDE
24/7 OPERATIONS
MSCLANT
CTF-83
MSCCENT
~26 ships
CTF-53
MSCPAC
CTF-33
~21 ships
Locations:
• HQ, Norfolk, Va.
• 5 Area Commands
• 6 Maintenance Hubs
• 15 Area Command offices
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~18 ships
MSCEURAF
CTF-63
~7 ships
MSCFE
CTG-73.7
~48 ships
~120 ships at sea or ready for tasking
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CHAIN OF COMMAND
Regional Combatant
Commanders
U.S. Transportation
Command
U.S. Fleet Forces
Command
Asst Sec Nav For
RD&A
Maritime Component
Commander
for Sealift Missions
TYCOM Commander
Man, Train, Equip
MSC ships
Procurement Policy
and
Oversight Matters
Navy Component/
Fleet Commanders
MSCLANT
CTF 83
NORFOLK
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MSCPAC
CTF 33
SAN DIEGO
MSCCENT
CTF 53
BAHRAIN
MSCEURAF
CTF 63
NAPLES
MSCFE
CTG 73.7
SINGAPORE
Maintenance Hub
Maintenance Hub
Maintenance Hub
Maintenance Hub
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MANNING
U.S. Government Workforce – 7,314
Military Ashore/Afloat (active duty)
5% (315)
Civil Service
Ashore
16% (1,166)
Civil Service Mariners
79%
(5,833)
Total Workforce ~9,550 (1)
(1) Total includes military reservists (857) and contract force
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Civil Service Mariners
•
Average age: 46
•
Average years at MSC: 10
•
42% U.S. military veterans
•
23% retired military
•
15% college degrees
•
100% USCG certified and
licensed
Contract Force
~ 1,400 commercial mariners
operating 75 government-owned
or contractor-owned ships
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BUDGET SNAPSHOT
FY16 Congressional Budget
Navy Working Capital Fund (NWCF)
Department of Navy
U.S.
TRANSCOM
Transportation Working Capital Fund (TWCF)
Working Capital Fund:
$ 2,850,982,000
80%
703,398,000
20%
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$ 3,554,380,000
100%
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-
Revolving fund finances activities that
produce products and services on a
reimbursable basis
-
Creates a customer-provider
relationship between operating units
and support organizations
-
Total cost visibility and recovery
-
“Business Like”
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COMBAT LOGISTICS FORCE
• Keeping the fleet on station and
combat ready
• Fuel, ordnance and dry cargo
• Government-owned/operated
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SERVICE AND
COMMAND SUPPORT
• Rescue and salvage
• Ocean tugs
• Submarine logistics/maintenance
• Humanitarian aid/disaster response
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SERVICE AND
COMMAND SUPPORT
• Command ship
• Expeditionary mobile base
• Cable laying/repair
• Government-owned/operated
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SPECIAL MISSION
• Variety of missions for
government agencies
• Submarine support
• Survey and surveillance
• Missile range instrumentation
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SPECIAL MISSION
• Sea-based X-band radar
• Special warfare support
• Navigation test
• Government and
contractor-owned
• All contractor-operated
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PREPOSITIONING
• Ensure rapid availability of
equipment and supplies:
•
•
•
•
Major theater war
Humanitarian assistance
Contingencies
Exercises
• Government and contractor-owned/
contractor-operated
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SEALIFT
• Providing ocean transportation for
DoD and other federal agencies
during peacetime and war
• Government and contractor-owned/
government and contractor-operated
• Voyage and time-charters for
specific missions
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SEALIFT EQUATION
•
Cost vs Time
•
Commercial port loading
•
MSC / SDDC
(1)
Taxi / Bus
America does not go to
war without Sealift!
> 95% of combat cargo travels by sea
(1) U.S. Army Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command
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READY RESERVE FORCE
FLEXIBLE & MULTI-MISSION
Roll-on/Roll-off
Off Shore Petroleum
Distribution System
Fast Sealift
Aviation Maintenance
Auxiliary Crane
Heavy Lift
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MSC FLEET
(# of ships)
• Combat Logistics Force
29
• Service and Command Support
20
• Special Mission
24
• Prepositioning
25
• Sealift
24
• Ready Reserve Force (when activated)
46
TOTAL
168
* USNS Rainer, USNS Navajo, USNS Safeguard, USNS Grapple recently deactivated
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SEA-BASING
• National capability
• Global force projection
• Combat power from the sea
without reliance on land bases
• Solutions across the range
of operations
MSC is key enabler:
• Expeditionary Transfer Dock
• Expeditionary Fast Transport
• Dry Cargo/Ammunition Ship
• Large, Medium-Speed,
Roll-on/Roll-off ship
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 Free up combatant ships
 Provide flexibility and options
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NEW PLATFORMS:
EXPEDITIONARY TRANSFER DOCK
• Based on oil
tanker design
• Ballast to waterline
• Integrates connectors
• Skin-to-skin operations
with large, mediumspeed, RO/RO ship
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NEW PLATFORMS:
EXPEDITIONARY FAST TRANSPORT
Potential Mission Sets:
• Theater Security Cooperation
• Counter Illicit Trafficking (CIT)
• Direct Action (Spec Ops support)
• Fleet support / AFSB (small sea base)
• Underwater MCM
• Intra-theater lift
• Global Fleet Station Operations
• Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief
• Noncombatant Evacuation Operations
12-ship class
• Distance - Speed - Cargo
• Forward deployed
• Class laydown using hub system
• Seven ships now operating
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NEW PLATFORMS:
EXPEDITIONARY SEA BASE
•
•
•
•
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Hybrid crew
Air mine countermeasures mission
Special warfare support
Variety of rotary-wing aircraft
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ALTERNATIVE USE OF PLATFORMS
MONTFORD POINT U/W transfer
with BOB HOPE
MAERSK PEARY Refueling
CAPE RAY configured for
chemical neutralization
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CONCLUSION
More than
gas, guns
and
groceries
MSC is
involved in
every
operation
MSC is
adaptive,
flexible, and
growing
MSC has
professional,
experienced,
civilian
mariners
MSC is
always
looking for
talent!
Key Takeaways
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MSC DELIVERS!
Join the conversation:
www.facebook.com/MSCdelivers
www.twitter.com/MSCsealift
MSCSealift.dodlive.mil
www.msc.navy.mil
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