LOG TRANS

Question 1

What is LOTS?

Answer 1

Logistics over the shore; operations provide the capability to move focus, cargo and sustainment through austere/degraded ports or over bare beaches (INDIVIDUAL SERVICE)

Question 2

What is JLOTS?

Answer 2

Joint Logistics Over the Shore; opertions together under a joint task force; each service component provides equipment and performs designated tasks specific to that Service’s capability outlined in JP 4-01.6

Question 3

What is the purpose of LOTS

Answer 3

combatant commander the option to choose off-load locations, such as bare beach, austere port, or damaged fixed port in order to achieve port access; allows for cargo to be delivered and off-loaded closer to the point of need

Question 4

What are planning considerations for LOTS

Answer 4

water depth, tidal range, wind and weather, weight of vehicles, sandbars, sand dunes, local population, proimixty to rail, APOD, SPOD and road

Question 5

What is RORO and RRDF

Answer 5

RORO: roll on and roll off; RRDF: roll on roll of discharge facility

Question 6

What is aerial port operations

Answer 6

arrival and departure airfield operations conducted by USAF units and the deploying component units.

Question 7

Contingency Group Response

Answer 7

a USAF organization tasked to deploy in order to secure, assess, and open initially operate airbases for the USAF component their regional Combatant Command