What the SEALIFT? How the US Military Sails to War

What the SEALIFT? How the US Military Sails to War What's Going on With Shipping? 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/procee... A Century of the Jones Act - Sea History https://seahistory.org/wp-content/upl... Suppose There Was a War and the Merchant Marine Didn't Come https://www.usni.org/magazines/procee... Advantage at Sea https://media.defense.gov/2020/Dec/16... Goals and Objectives for a Stronger Maritime Nation https://www.maritime.dot.gov/sites/ma... The United States Merchant Marine at War https://maritime.dot.gov/sites/marad....