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United States Navy Salvage Forces (What’s that got to do with Sea Basing??)

United States Navy Salvage Forces (What’s that got to do with Sea Basing??). CAPT Jim Wilkins USN Supervisor of Salvage & Diving Director of Ocean Engineering NAVSEA 00C. WHAT DO SALVAGE FORCES HAVE TO DO WITH SEA BASING??. Sea Basing is reliant on connectors .

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United States Navy Salvage Forces (What’s that got to do with Sea Basing??)

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  1. United States Navy Salvage Forces(What’s that got to do with Sea Basing??) CAPT Jim Wilkins USN Supervisor of Salvage & Diving Director of Ocean Engineering NAVSEA 00C

  2. WHAT DO SALVAGE FORCES HAVE TO DO WITH SEA BASING?? • Sea Basing is reliant on connectors. • Current and near-term connectors are inadequate to exclusively support logistics demands of a rapidly advancing joint war-fighting front. • Until connectors are more capable, Sea Basing remains critically dependent on ports. • Ports have their own vulnerability: a determined enemy can easily impede or deny access to channels, harbors and berths. • USN Salvage Forces will be expected to come to the rescue.

  3. Problem Statement: USN Salvage Forces are not adequately addressed in Sea Basing doctrine, war gaming, war plans, or op plans, and are “bit-players” in major Fleet exercises. Risk: “Ad hoc”-ing a major salvage operation in the midst of insertion or sustainment of Sea Based combat forces.

  4. Solutions 1. Develop Sea Basing doctrine which employs Salvage Forces for: Harbor and Channel Clearance Amphibious Operations Battle Damage Assessment & Repair Casualty Towing 2. Develop/overhaul war plans and op plans to synchronize with revised doctrine. 3. “War-game” Salvage Force response to understand logistics impacts. 4. Employ Salvage Forces in major Fleet exercises (aka…train the way we plan to fight)

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