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The Army as part of its strategic mobility program (ASMP) recently launched its Army Prepositioning Afloat (APA) program also known as Army War Reserve -3 (AWR-3). The intent is to preposition a heavy brigade and a theater sustainment package afloat in order to bolster up some of the identified shortfalls that the Army experienced during Desert Storm. APA, as the Marine Corps’ Maritime Prepositioning Force (MPF), is designed to give the Army a rapid entry capability into a theater of operations. This study analyzes why the Army is prepositioning a heavy brigade afloat while the Marine Corps already has a preexisting program that provides forces for crisis response. The analysis demonstrates that the change in Army prepositioning to include a heavy brigade afloat is necessary to meet the changing threat and to comply with the National Security Strategy (NSS)1 National Military Strategy (NMS), the Mobility - Requirements Study (MRS) and identified requirements by the CINOs. This analysis concludes that the Army’s combat brigade afloat initiative is an enabling force of theater level campaigning with unique and complementary capabilities. The Army’s brigade afloat program provides from the sea -- a versatile, lethal, sustainable, and expansive heavy brigade. APA is critical to insure the nation has the capability to quickly project heavy combat power. The combination of APA and MPF gives a CINO a catalog of options to mix based upon his METT-T (Mission, Enemy, Troops available, Terrain, and Time) assessment. The monograph is 44 pages long, 66 with appendices and notes.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
