in the world the next general purpose force employment will be required (Drew and Snow, 1988, p. 180). There is also a political dimension to land prepositioning host countries in the desired geographical locations must accede to American prepositioning requests (Miller, 1988, p. 368).
Sea prepositioning can often avoid the political dimensions associated with land prepositioning. To a limited extent, sea prepositioning is also more flexible than land prepositioning. Sea prepositioning, however, is much more restrictive than land prepositioning in the context of the size of the prepositioned force, and a sea prepositioned force is more vulnerable to enemy attack than is a land prepositioned force.
The air lift and sea lift options are also characterized by both advantages and disadvantages. Air lift operation are rapid, and, in this context, they are inferior only to land or sea prepositioning. Air lift operations are flexible with respect to geographic location, and, in this context, are superior to either land prepositioning or s
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