Military Sealift Command has the responsibility for providing sealift and ocean transportation for all US military services as well as for other government agencies. It first came into existence on 9 July 1949 when the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) became solely responsible for the Department of Defense 's ocean transport needs.

The official website of Military Sealift Command, which is the transportation provider for the Department of Defense with the responsibility of providing strategic sealift and ocean transportation...

U.S. 6th Fleet flagship with advanced C4I suites. Commanded by a Navy Captain with a combined CIVMAR/uniformed Navy crew. Provides dedicated support for mine countermeasures and special warfare missions. AFSB-variant of the mobile landing platform. Delivers petroleum products, ammunition, food and other cargo to other ships at sea.

Norfolk, Va. (Dec. 10, 2024) - Military Sealift Command’s (MSC) Combat Logistics Force (CLF) fleet replenishment oiler USNS Patuxent (T-AO 201) returned to Naval Station Norfolk, Dec. 10,...

MSC’s Combat Logistic Force (CLF) . These ships are crewed by commercial mariners working for companies under contract to MSC Adaptive Force Package The Adaptive Force Package...

The United States Navy Combat Logistics Force (CLF), formerly the Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force (NFAF), is a subordinate component of the United States Navy's Military Sealift Command. CLF's 42 ships are the supply lines that provide virtually everything that Navy ships at sea needs to accomplish its missions, including fuel, food, ordnance ...

2022年10月25日 · Military Sealift Command links DOD with the USMM. MSC direct-hires civil service mariners as government employees and contracts with private shipping firms for contract mariners to operate ships on government missions. The command is the largest deep-sea employer of U.S. mariners today, though this was not always the case.

2021年11月23日 · MSC’s CLF ships include oilers (TAOs), dry cargo and ammunition ships (TAKEs), and fast combat support ships (TAOEs). For these designations, T means the ship is operated by MSC and comprised...

2024年4月6日 · The T-AKE class vessels play a crucial role in the Combat Logistics Force (CLF) and are common assignments for CIVMARs with Military Sealift Command. With 14 vessels under MSC’s purview, 12 vessels are tasked with conducting underway replenishments (UNREPS), while the other 2 vessels are critical components of the Marine Corps Maritime ...

2024年8月9日 · HAWAII — Military Sealift Command (MSC) combat logistic fleet (CLF) ships have completed their support to the world’s largest, international maritime exercise, Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024,...