Prepositioning ship
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Originally obtained for the United States Marine Corps, but now making up United States Transportation Command's Afloat Prepositioning Force, (maritime) prepositioning ships carry the supplies to sustain a unit, whose personnel may fly in on passenger transport aircraft and man the equipment aboard the ships. The most common grouping is a squadron, which carries 30 days of supplies for a Marine Air-Ground Task Force#Marine Expeditionary Brigade|Marine Expeditionary Brigade, although there are prepositioning ships that carry ammunition for United States Air Force operations. There are three kinds of ship, which operate in joint squadrons:[1] Air mobility is intimately associated with prepositioning ships, since many plans conceive of troops flying to the port or location where the ships unload.
The ships are civilian-owned, and chartered by the United States Transportation Command. Depending on the area of operations, they may anchor at a secure forward location such as Guam or Diego Garcia, or may stay at sea, especially in the Mediterranean. Maritime Prepositioning Squadron OneOperates in the Mediterranean:
Maritime Prepositioning Squadron TwoOperates from Diego Garcia:
Maritime Prepositioning Ships Squadron 3Operates from Guam/Saipan
Afloat Propositioning Ships Squadron 4Operates from Diego Garcia
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