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Naval Expeditionary Logistics: Enabling Operational Maneuver from the Sea (1999)

Chapter: C Force Sustainment Data and Calculations

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Suggested Citation: "C Force Sustainment Data and Calculations." National Research Council. 1999. Naval Expeditionary Logistics: Enabling Operational Maneuver from the Sea. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6410.

C Force Sustainment Data and Calculations

Table C.1 provides the resupply requirements of the command, ground combat, and combat service elements (i.e., the landing force). Tables C.2 and C.3 detail the daily air delivery capacity of the MV-22 and CH-53. All three tables are used in determining the percent of resupply requirements met by air deliveries as shown in Chapter 4, Table 4.3.

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TABLE C.1 Landing Force Daily Resupply Requirements

	Personnel	Food Requirement (Short Tons)	Water Requirement (Short Tons)	Fuel Requirement (Short Tons)	Ammunition Requirement (Short Tons)	Other Cargo* (Short Tons)	Total	Percent
Command Element	365	0.80	10.18	15.90	0.53	1.42	28.84	5.9
Ground Combat Element	5,694	12.53	158.86	152.23	32.07	22.21	377.90	77.1
Headquarters Battalion	158	0.35	4.41	8.96	0.20	0.62	14.54	3.0
Infantry Regiment	2,993	6.58	83.50	6.53	3.76	11.67	112.05	22.9
Artillery Battalion	835	1.84	23.30	54.13	20.19	3.26	102.71	21.0
AAAV Battalion	521	1.15	14.54	25.86	2.28	2.03	45.86	9.4
Engineering Battalion	224	0.49	6.25	16.25	2.50	0.87	26.36	5.4
Light Armored Reconnaissance Company	138	0.30	3.85	2.59	1.44	0.54	8.72	1.8
Tank Battalion	825	1.82	23.02	37.91	1.71	3.22	67.66	13.8
Combat Service Support Element	747	1.64	20.84	56.87	0.88	2.91	83.15	17.0
Military Police Company (—)	89	0.20	2.48	0.71	0.10	0.35	3.84	0.8
Landing Support Battalion	360	0.79	10.04	10.67	0.23	1.40	23.13	4.7
Military Transportation Battalion	298	0.66	8.31	45.50	0.55	1.16	56.19	11.5
Total	6,806	14.97	189.89	225.01	33.48	26.54	489.89	100.0
Percent		3.10	38.80	45.90	6.80	5.40		100.0
* Not included by CNA. Other cargo, added at 7.8 lb/Marine/day, includes an austere level of construction material, medical, and parts resupply. SOURCE: Adapted from McAllister, Keith R. 1998. MPF 2010 Ship-to-Shore Movement and Sea based Logistics Support, Volume I: Report and Volume II: Appendices, Center for Naval Analyses, Alexandria, Va., March.

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TABLE C.2 Daily Air Delivery Capacity at 12-hour Air Operations

Separation Distance	Payload	Speed	RTFT (hours)	RTFT (minutes)	Cycle Time (minutes)	Rounded Cycle Time (minutes)	Cycles @ 12 (hours)	Cycles	Deliveries per A/C	Aircraft Availability	Number Aircraft	Available Aircraft	Number Aircraft	Daily Deliveries (short tons)
50–200=250 MV-22
Int	3.27	240	2.08	125	170	170	4.24	4	13.2	0.75	36	27	27	356
Ext	0.00	180	2.78	167	212	215	3.35	3	0.0	0.75	36	27	27	0
CH-53E
Int	7.23	130	3.85	231	276	280	2.57	2	14.4	0.70	8	5.6	5	72
Ext	7.23	100	5.00	300	345	345	2.09	2	14.4	0.70	8	5.6	5	72
25–100=125 MV-22
Int	4.46	240	1.04	63	108	110	6.55	6	27.0	0.75	36	27	27	729
Ext	3.91	180	1.39	83	128	130	5.54	5	20.0	0.75	36	27	27	540
CH-53E
Int	9.78	130	1.92	115	160	160	4.50	4	38.2	0.70	8	5.6	5	196
Ext	9.78	100	2.50	150	195	195	3.69	3	29.4	0.70	8	5.6	5	147
5–50=55 MV-22
Int	4.93	240	0.46	28	73	75	9.60	9	44.1	0.75	36	27	27	1,191
Ext	4.93	180	0.51	37	82	85	8.47	8	39.2	0.75	36	27	27	1,058
CH-53E
Int	11.05	130	0.85	51	96	100	7.20	7	77.0	0.70	8	5.6	5	385
Ext	11.05	100	1.10	66	111	115	6.26	6	66.0	0.70	8	5.6	5	330
NOTE: 12-hour day, 0.85 maximum payload, 36 MV-22, 8 CH-53E. RTFT, round-trip flight time; A/C, aircraft.

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TABLE C.3 Daily Air Delivery Capacity at 10-hour Air Operations

Separation Distance	Payload	Speed	RTFT (hours)	RTFT (minutes)	Cycle Time (minutes)	Rounded Cycle Time (minutes)	Cycles @ 10 (hours)	Cycles	Deliveries per A/C	Aircraft Availability	Number Aircraft	Available Aircraft	Number Aircraft	Daily Deliveries (short tons)
50–200=250 MV-22
Int	3.27	240	2.08	125	170	170	3.53	3	9.9	0.75	36	27	27	267
Ext	0.00	180	2.78	167	212	215	2.79	2	0.0	0.75	36	27	27	0
CH-53E
Int	7.23	130	3.85	231	276	280	2.14	2	14.4	0.70	8	5.6	5	72
Ext	7.23	100	5.00	300	345	345	1.74	1	7.2	0.70	8	5.6	5	36
25–100=125 MV-22
Int	4.46	240	1.04	63	108	110	5.45	5	22.5	0.75	36	27	27	608
Ext	3.91	180	1.39	83	128	130	4.62	4	16.0	0.75	36	27	27	432
CH-53E
Int	9.78	130	1.92	115	160	160	3.75	3	29.4	0.70	8	5.6	5	147
Ext	9.78	100	2.50	150	195	195	3.08	3	29.4	0.70	8	5.6	5	147
5–50=55 MV-22
Int	4.93	240	0.46	28	73	75	8.00	8	39.2	0.75	36	27	27	1,058
Ext	4.93	180	0.51	37	82	85	7.06	7	34.3	0.75	36	27	27	926
CH-53E
Int	11.05	130	0.85	51	96	100	6.00	6	66.0	0.70	8	5.6	5	330
Ext	11.05	100	1.10	66	111	115	5.22	5	55.0	0.70	8	5.6	5	275
NOTE: 10-hour day, 0.85 maximum payload, 36 MV-22, 8 CH-53E. RTFT, round-trip flight time.