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RMl<.'S/~ (S THE RE~UIREMENTS SENER~TED IN ~ DESERT W~RF~RE
ENVIRONM T~RE UNLIKE ~NY EXFERIENCED IN THE RECENT HISTORY OF THE
M~RINE CORRS. NOT THE LE~ST OF THESE RE().UIREMENTS flRE THE DIST~NCES
WHICH MUST ~E COVERED BY CSS UNITS IN SU~F'ORT OF THE COMB~T FORCES
~ND THE VOLUME OF SUPFLIES WHICH MUST BE MOVED TO SUST~IN ~N
~RMOR/ MECH FORCE
2.(ON ~ T~CTIC~L LEVEL~ THIS INVOLVES THE TR~NSFORT OF MORE TH~N
7q,000 SHORT TONS OF M~TERI~L OVER DIST~NCES OF 1OO-1~0 MILES OR MORE.
THIS IS ONE D~Y OF SUPPLY IN CL~SSES I~ III(~), ~ND V~ONLY. THE ~RMY
IS EXPERIENCINS DIFFICULTIES SUPPORT~NS THEMSELVES, EVEN WITH THE
M~NY RESUL~R ~ND RESERVE TRUCK UNITS THEY POSSESS THEREFORE, WE DO
NOT ~NTiCIP4TE TH?'~T THE ~RMY WILL BE ~BLE TO FULLY SUPPORT M~RINE
~ORPS *EO.UIREMENTS FOR LINE H~UL.
) TO SOLVE THE LINE H~UL PROBLEM4 WE H~VE LE~SED 4~O HIGH BED
TR4TOR TR~ILER TRUCKS 110 HE~VY E~UIPMENT TR~NSPORT TRUCKS, 150
Ht(3H BED TR('~ILERS WITHOUT TR~CTORS 50 FIVE THOUS~ND GflLLON WflTER
TRUCKS~ ~ND 50 FIVE THOUS~ND (3~LLON FUEL TRUCKS. WE (\NTICIP~TE
LE~SING ~N 4DDITION~L 50 REFUELER TRUCKS. THE S~UDI MOD~ IS
~ROVI NS THE FUND INS TO SU~PORT THIS EFFORT.
4 ( ) OUR CONCEPT IS TO USE COMMERCI~LLY LE~SED VEHICLES TO LINE
H~UL SUPPLIES FROM THE FCSS~ TO THE FORW~RD CSS~S. WE WILL USE
T~CTIC4L TRUCKS TO MOVE SUPF'LIES FROM THE CSS~S TO THE MCSSDS ~ND
UNIT LOS TR4INS. THESE M~Y BE UP TO SC) MILES ~P~RT. IN THE OFFENSE~
THIS WILL RE~UIRE FREOUENT DISPL~CEMENT OF THE CSS~S, RESULTING
IN SR ER DIST~NCES FOR COMMERCI~L ~SSETS TO TR~VEL FROM THE FCSS~.
5. ( THE KEY TO M4KINS THIS CONCEPT WORK EFFECTIVELY WILL BE THE
C~P BILITY TO R~PIDLY TURN TRUCKS ~ROUND THIS C~N ONLY BE DONE WITH
~DE~U~TE MHE. FORKLIFTS CURRENTLY POSSESSED BY I MEF (TO INCLUDE
EQUIPME T FROM II MEF FORCES ~ND INCOMINS SUST~INMENT) ~RE
IN~DE ~TE TO ~CCOMPLISH THIS T~SK.
~. ( TO D~TE I MEF H~S INITI~TED THE LE~SE OF TWENTY (20) 4K~
TWE Y (20) ~K, ~ND THREE (.~) ELECTRiC 4K W~REHOUSE TYPE FORKLIFTS.
~DDITION~LLY, "TWENTY-THREE (2.~) 4K W~REHOUSE TYPE FORKLIFTS ~RE BEING
PROVIDED BY THE 503. THESE FORKLIFTS WILL BE C~P~BLE OF H~NDLIN3 THE
BULK OF- THE FORKLIFT RE~UIREMENTS ~T THE FCSS~ IN THE ~UB~IL ~RE~ BUT
*R~t. OF~ CL~F"I~S
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