Designing and prepositioning humanitarian assistance pack-up kits (HA PUKs) to support Pacific fleet emergency relief operations

The 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review has emphasized the role of humanitarian assistance missions in winning the Global War on Terror. U.S. Pacific Fleet operates in an area prone to both terrorist recruitment and sudden-onset natural disasters that require humanitarian assistance and disaster re...

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Main Author: McCall, Valerie M.
Other Authors: Brown, Gerald G.
Format: Others
Published: Monterey California. Naval Postgraduate School 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/2480
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spelling ndltd-nps.edu-oai-calhoun.nps.edu-10945-24802017-05-24T16:07:47Z Designing and prepositioning humanitarian assistance pack-up kits (HA PUKs) to support Pacific fleet emergency relief operations McCall, Valerie M. Brown, Gerald G. Pilnick, Steven Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.). Operations Research Disaster relief Operations research Natural disasters The 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review has emphasized the role of humanitarian assistance missions in winning the Global War on Terror. U.S. Pacific Fleet operates in an area prone to both terrorist recruitment and sudden-onset natural disasters that require humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations. The U.S. Navy has unique capabilities to deliver first-response humanitarian assistance. This thesis develops and suggests prepositions for humanitarian assistance pack-up kits that contain emergency relief material commonly used in these missions in order to expedite delivery to those impacted by a disaster. 2012-03-14T17:35:20Z 2012-03-14T17:35:20Z 2006-12 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10945/2480 80749446 Approved for public release, distribution unlimited xviii, 98 p. : col. ill., 1 col. map ; application/pdf Monterey California. Naval Postgraduate School
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topic Disaster relief
Operations research
Natural disasters
spellingShingle Disaster relief
Operations research
Natural disasters
McCall, Valerie M.
Designing and prepositioning humanitarian assistance pack-up kits (HA PUKs) to support Pacific fleet emergency relief operations
description The 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review has emphasized the role of humanitarian assistance missions in winning the Global War on Terror. U.S. Pacific Fleet operates in an area prone to both terrorist recruitment and sudden-onset natural disasters that require humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations. The U.S. Navy has unique capabilities to deliver first-response humanitarian assistance. This thesis develops and suggests prepositions for humanitarian assistance pack-up kits that contain emergency relief material commonly used in these missions in order to expedite delivery to those impacted by a disaster.
author2 Brown, Gerald G.
author_facet Brown, Gerald G.
McCall, Valerie M.
author McCall, Valerie M.
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title Designing and prepositioning humanitarian assistance pack-up kits (HA PUKs) to support Pacific fleet emergency relief operations
title_short Designing and prepositioning humanitarian assistance pack-up kits (HA PUKs) to support Pacific fleet emergency relief operations
title_full Designing and prepositioning humanitarian assistance pack-up kits (HA PUKs) to support Pacific fleet emergency relief operations
title_fullStr Designing and prepositioning humanitarian assistance pack-up kits (HA PUKs) to support Pacific fleet emergency relief operations
title_full_unstemmed Designing and prepositioning humanitarian assistance pack-up kits (HA PUKs) to support Pacific fleet emergency relief operations
title_sort designing and prepositioning humanitarian assistance pack-up kits (ha puks) to support pacific fleet emergency relief operations
publisher Monterey California. Naval Postgraduate School
publishDate 2012
url http://hdl.handle.net/10945/2480
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