Strategic Sealift and the US Merchant Marine - California Maritime Academy, April 6, 2021

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.

The presentation discussed the four components of the Sealift Pyramid that support the National Defense Strategy - Fleet Support, Afloat Prepositioning, Surge Sealift, and Sustainment. References in the 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....