The United States' prepositioning capacity has almost tripled since the Persian Gulf war, as has its readiness.

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And that includes all the prepositioning of resources that FEMA has done in key locations prior to landfall.

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The study found that in order to move enough forces in-theater early enough, both surge sealift and prepositioning would need to be increased.

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The Christian aid group World Vision was prepositioning supplies and mobilizing its staff across camps in Haiti on Monday to help residents prepare for Irene.

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The RRF, after the LMSR's come into service, will be reduced from 100 dry cargo ships to 65 due to an increased emphasis on prepositioning.

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At this stage, everybody is confident that the staging process, the prepositioning of resources, commodities, equipment that are going to be needed to respond to this storm are in place.

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There was a brief thaw in relations when the Cold War ended, because with the Red Navy gone the U.S. Navy needed to highlight its relevance to fighting ashore, but the more common pattern is for the Navy to constantly question the requirement for Marine assets like vertical-takeoff jets and maritime prepositioning ships (which store warfighting supplies in likely areas of conflict).

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