Strategic Homeport
Strategic Homeport was a plan developed in the 1980s by
Reagan Administration
. It called for the construction of new ports for existing and newly commissioned ships.
The plan was based on five strategic principles:[1]
- force dispersal to complicate Soviet targeting
- battlegroup integrity
- wider industrial base utilization
- logistics suitability
- geographic considerations such as reduced transit times to likely operating areas
The program was devised in part to achieve a political goal: to build support for the naval expansion program though the promise of new naval bases.[2][3]
The program enjoyed broad support both in Congress and in the Reagan Administration.[citation needed]
Stations
Stations opened under the program include:
- Naval Station Everett, Everett, Washington
- Naval Station Galveston, Galveston, Texas
- Naval Station Ingleside, Ingleside, Texas
- Naval Station Lake Charles, Lake Charles, Louisiana
- Naval Station Mobile, Mobile, Alabama
- Naval Station New York, Staten Island, New York
- Naval Station Pascagoula, Pascagoula, Mississippi
References
- ^ "Ports and Harbors". GlobalSecurity.org. 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2010.