Navy Shore Surge Requirements Support

This briefing describes work we did for the Commander, Navy Installations in support of the Strategies for Support and Sustainment of Surge Requirements by Navy Shore Infrastructure Study. Specifically, it summarizes the probable surge requirements and potential infrastructure support issues resulting from implementation of the Navy’s new Sea Power 21 operational vision. This new strategy and supporting operational concepts require greater flexibility in shore support options to keep the fleet assets action-capable with higher states of readiness. Since future operational needs will most likely be more fluid and less predictable, and shore support capacity relatively fixed, there will be a potentially higher possibility for these needs to overlap and result in support delays. CNI requested CNA to help address this concern by investigating the current shore infrastructure for its mission expansion capacity to support both Navy and Joint Force surge requirements worldwide and to recommend strategies of investment to determine how much, if any, additional permanent, temporary, and non-tangible infrastructure might be needed.