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What the SEALIFT? How the US Military Sails to War

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January 20, 2022

Associate Professor of History Sal Mercogliano from Campbell University (www.campbell.edu) presented to the Strategic Sealift Officers Unit and the cadets at California Maritime Academy (www.csum.edu) on Strategic Sealift and the U.S. Merchant Marine on May 14, 2021

The presentation discussed the four components of the Sealift Pyramid that support the National Defense Strategy.

0:00 Introduction
7:08 1. Fleet Support
14:01 2. Afloat Prepositioning
21:23 3. Surge Sealift
32:02 4. Sustainment.

Sources referenced in this talk included:

Nicholas A. Lambert, What is a Navy For? - USNI Proceedings
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2021/april/what-navy

A Century of the Jones Act - Sea History
https://seahistory.org/wp-content/uploads/SH169_Feature_Jones_Act.pdf

Suppose There Was a War and the Merchant Marine Didn't Come
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2020/january/suppose-there-was-war-and-merchant-marine-didnt-come

Advantage at Sea
https://media.defense.gov/2020/Dec/16/2002553074/-1/-1/0/TRISERVICESTRATEGY.PDF

Goals and Objectives for a Stronger Maritime Nation
https://www.maritime.dot.gov/sites/marad.dot.gov/files/2020-07/Final_2_25_Stronger%20Maritime%20Nation%20Report_.pdf

The United States Merchant Marine at War
https://maritime.dot.gov/sites/marad.dot.gov/files/docs/outreach/history/vessels-maritime-administration/9761/theunitedstatesmerchantmarineatwar.pdf
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