MSC was also involved in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, delivering 61,000,000 square feet (5.7 km2) of cargo and 1,100,000,000 US gallons (4,200,000 m3) of fuel by the end of the first year. This is an Official U.S. Navy Web site and is the official web site of the Military Sealift Command. These ships like those of the NFAF are painted haze gray with blue and gold stack bands. The fleet includes about 130 ships in eight programs: Fleet Oiler (PM1), Special Mission (PM2), Strategic Sealift (PM3), Tow, Salvage, Tender, and Hospital Ship (PM4), Sealift (PM5), Combat Logistics Force (PM6), Expeditionary Mobile Base, Amphibious Command Ship, and Cable Layer (PM7) and Expeditionary Fast Transport (PM8). 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COVID-19 may be one of those moments. Strategic sealift ships are part of the United States Military Sealift Command's (MSC) prepositioning program. Along with updating, I'm sure some of these could be merged (and others possibly split off). Ships of MSC Work Ashore; Resources. There are currently 49 ships in the program, strategically positioned around the world to support the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Defense Logistics Agency.Most are named after Medal of Honor recipients from the service they support. [13] After a 2012 reorganization, this program now maintains the 32 government-operated fleet underway replenishment ships from the former Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force (NFAF). In August 2017, the Government Accountability Office issued a report detailing readiness issues that limited at-sea mission capabilities, prompting an investigation from the Department of Defense's Inspector General.[26]. MSTS was renamed Military Sealift Command (MSC) in 1970. The new Secretary of Defense, Louis Johnson, issued a memorandum on 12 July 1949 that detailed service responsibilities and the funding of the new Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS).[24]. Military Sealift Command is organized around five programs: 1. MSFSC has ship support units, or SSUs, in Naples, Bahrain, Singapore, Guam, Yokohama and San Diego. Realistically you will double your salary in overtime once aboard a vessel. Fleet replenishment oilers form the Oilers Program N031, while the dry cargo/ammunition ships and fast combat support ships were separated to Explosive Program N036. PM4: Service Support 5. Issues with funding held up the transfer of the functions to the Navy. Fast Combat Support Ships or T-AOEs provide parts, supplies and fuel at sea. Bridgwater joins the MSC team following a position as the prospective Commanding Officer facilitator at the Navy Leadership and Ethics Center in Newport, R.I. To determine the feasibility of this concept, Admiral Zumwalt directed the formation of a special study group to recommend how the navy could better utilize the MSC fleet to save both manpower and money. The fleet includes about 130 ships in eight … (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Indra Beaufort) MORE. Neither type of ship had cargo fuel, but each could share its own fuel with destroyers and frigates in an emergency. Most of the ships in the RRF are obsolescent, well past their normal life expectancy. The Combat Logistics Force was the part of the MSC most associated with directly supporting the Navy. Military Sealift Command operates approximately 125 civilian-crewed ships that replenish U.S. Navy ships, conduct specialized missions, strategically preposition combat cargo at sea around the world and move military cargo and supplies used by deployed U.S. forces and coalition partners. These are responsible for crewing, training, equipping and maintaining MSC's government-owned, government-operated ships.[11][22]. COVID 19 Information For current information regarding COVID-19 click here Government Response to COVID-19 click here For Navy specific COVID-19 guidance click here. Military Sealift Command has the responsibility for providing sealift and ocean transportation for all US military services as well as for other government agencies. She entered service with a crew of 105 civilian mariners hired by the government augmented by a sixteen-member naval complement. In 1971 Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Elmo Zumwalt proposed the use of MSC ships for direct support of the fleet at sea. The Prepositioning Program consists of 34 at-sea ships plus two aviation support ships kept in reduced operating status. Merchant Marine. Currently, most US troops are prepositioned by air. 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