Team 9: Evaluation of a USMC Maritime Prepositioning Force Arrival and Assembly Model

Abstract

The U.S. Marine Corps' Maritime Prepositioning Force (MPF) enables the rapid deployment of Marine forces to permissive areas of operations. The MPF consists of more than a dozen ships divided between three squadrons. Each squadron supports a notional Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB) and is based in one of three locations: the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, or the Mediterranean.