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| | Naval Expeditionary Logistics - Chapter 3 |
 | | If the Marine Corps were to rely only on the fleet of amphibious ships to deploy its forces from CONUS, arrival in-theater would be slow, taking 30 days or more, because of the time required to move to embarkation ports, embark the troops, their equipment, and ammunition, and move to the theater of operations. |
 | | Today, except for the amphibious-ready groups that are forward deployed, deployment of amphibious task forces from CONUS is slow because before deploying the ships must move from their home ports and then embark the Marines, their equipment, and ammunition. |
 | | Amphibious ships used in this manner would not, of course, be available for deployment of additional Marine Corps units. |
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