Sealift

The major exception is strategic sealift, which is delivered through a 25-year private finance initiative with AWSR Shipping Ltd.

Reagan's massive military buildup had sacrificed unglamorous functions like transport ships "sealift" and minesweepers to pay for high-tech programs like "Star Wars," stealth technology, fighter aircraft, attack subs and cruise missiles. ❋ Geoffrey Wawro (2011)

Each summer, up to eight CCG icebreakers provide not only scientific research platforms, search-and-rescue capability, pollution response capacity, support for commercial shipping engaged in the annual "sealift," and occasionally "platform" support for the RCMP and Armed Forces, but the big red and white hulls are also the main element in Canada's sovereignty presence in these waters... ❋ Unknown (2007)

Once a year, in the late summer, a large ship arrives, known as the "sealift", enabling the delivery of large items such as trucks, equipment and building materials. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Then there's the advanced defense ties with the U.S. Hanoi and Washington signed their first defense cooperation agreement this year, and two U.S. military sealift ships have undertaken minor repairs in Cam Ranh Bay. ❋ Carlyle A. Thayer (2011)

The United States Merchant Marine provided the greatest sealift in history between the production army at home and the fighting forces scattered around the globe in World War II. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Transportation Command took control of various air - and sealift commands, and of getting matériel right up to the battlefront. ❋ Unknown (2008)

These interests include such matters as missile defense and early warning; deployment of sea and air systems for strategic sealift, strategic deterrence, maritime presence, and maritime security operations; and ensuring freedom of navigation and overflight. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Airlift is substantially more expensive than sealift, which could raise the costs to deploy. ❋ Unknown (2009)

However, the GTS Katie episode, wherein the American owner of the ship refused to deliver the load of armoured vehicles, weapons and ammunition returning from the Kosovo mission until more money was paid, folded another role into the yet-to-be-designed replenishment ship replacement - that of military sealift. ❋ Dave (2009)

Then it was delayed in passage by inadequate sealift and bad weather. ❋ Unknown (2008)

However, today's expansive security landscape requires an integrated approach with all agencies; the military, because of its airlift and sealift capabilities, is uniquely placed to play a role in helping to build resilience, integrated, of course, with civilian agencies and NGOs. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Our only alternative was to schedule the airlift and sealift by hand. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Richards would disband them, save the Marine Corps, some useful tac air i.e., A-10s and some sealift, and give the money back to the taxpayer. ❋ Papabear (2008)

Therefore large deliveries of NATO and US kit are moved by sealift to Pakistani ports, and then driven overland to landlocked Afghanistan. ❋ West End Bob (2008)

Eight fast sealift ships took nearly a month to deliver the 24th Infantry, a mechanized division. ❋ Unknown (2008)