| At the peak of the surge, four large, medium-speed, roll-on-roll-off vessels and one fast sealift ship were berthed at the same time. |
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| The area where precious defense resources can be used to best effect is to improve our airlift and sealift capabilities. |
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| Using this vital supply route significantly reduces airlift and sealift costs. |
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| When he spoke of the tempo of operations, he said the sealift capability was critical to their success over the airlift. |
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| They provide an interface between strategic sealift ships and lighters, and between the lighters and the beach or underdeveloped ports. |
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| The LMSR and fast sealift ships have a draft of about 37 feet and a sustainable speed of about 25 knots. |
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| One large medium-speed roll-on roll-off vessel or two fast sealift ships can lift almost an entire combat team. |
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| Even a Navy fast sealift ship in the area is dispatched to the Atlantic range as a floating command post, if needed. |
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| By the 1980s, the link between commercial shipping and military support had been all but broken by changes in sealift requirements. |
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| The fusion of airlift, sealift, and prepositioning elements produces an effective lift capability for the operational commanders. |
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| After sending Hunter Brigade, I recommend that you put airlift and sealift resources on full alert. |
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| It oversees the Army's prepositioned stocks and is a component of the strategic mobility triad of airlift, sealift, and global prepositioning. |
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| Together, MSC's eight fast sealift ships can carry almost all of the equipment to outfit an Army mechanized infantry division. |
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| In addition to strategic airlift, the Canadian Forces have made use of strategic sealift to deploy in recent years. |
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| Contract Awarded for Technical management for six Military Sealift Command Maritime Prepositioning Ships. |
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| In 2004, TransAtlantic Lines outbid Sealift Incorporated for the transport contract between Singapore and Diego Garcia. |
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| This ship joins a distinguished tradition of NASSCO-built or modified ships bound for service under the direction of the Navy's Military Sealift Command. |
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| Although sealift is an annual feature of the Canadian Arctic this is the first time that the western communities have been serviced from the east. |
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