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Optimizing the US Navy's combat logistics force

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  • Gerald G. Brown
  • W. Matthew Carlyle

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We study how changes to the composition and employment of the US Navy combat logistic force (CLF) influence our ability to supply our navy worldwide. The CLF consists of about 30 special transport ships that carry ship and aircraft fuel, ordnance, dry stores, and food, and deliver these to client combatant ships underway, making it possible for our naval forces to operate at sea for extended periods. We have modeled CLF operations to evaluate a number of transforming initiatives that simplify its operation while supporting an even larger number of client ships for a greater variety of missions. Our input is an employment schedule for navy battle groups of ships operating worldwide, extending over a planning horizon of 90–180 days. We show how we use optimization to advise how to sustain these ships. We have used this model to evaluate new CLF ship designs, advise what number of ships in a new ship class would be needed, test concepts for forward at‐sea logistics bases in lieu of conventional ports, demonstrate the effects of changes to operating policy, and generally try to show whether and how the CLF can support planned naval operations. Published 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 2008

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  • Gerald G. Brown & W. Matthew Carlyle, 2008. "Optimizing the US Navy's combat logistics force," Naval Research Logistics (NRL), John Wiley & Sons, vol. 55(8), pages 800-810, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:navres:v:55:y:2008:i:8:p:800-810
    DOI: 10.1002/nav.20318
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    1. Mofidi, Seyed Shahab & Pazour, Jennifer A. & Roy, Debjit, 2018. "Proactive vs. reactive order-fulfillment resource allocation for sea-based logistics," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 114(C), pages 66-84.
    2. Mohammad Marufuzzaman & Farjana Nur & Amy E. Bednar & Mark Cowan, 2020. "Enhancing Benders decomposition algorithm to solve a combat logistics problem," OR Spectrum: Quantitative Approaches in Management, Springer;Gesellschaft für Operations Research e.V., vol. 42(1), pages 161-198, March.
    3. Gerald G. Brown & Walter C. DeGrange & Wilson L. Price & Anton A. Rowe, 2017. "Scheduling combat logistics force replenishments at sea for the US Navy," Naval Research Logistics (NRL), John Wiley & Sons, vol. 64(8), pages 677-693, December.

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