As United States Africa Command matures, United States Transportation Command will have to be postured and trained to accommodate a greater Department of Defense dependence on the En Route System (ERS) to ensure rapid global mobility of forces and resources. Today's ERS is postured to handle limited movement of forces to multiple theatres concurrently. The maturation of USAFRICOM will place increased reliance on the ERS to move resources to Africa. The current ERS is not adequately postured to handle large, sustained, humanitarian or military operations in, through or out of USAFRICOM. Increased movement requirements to and through Africa will require an investment of people or infrastructure to ensure sustainability, effectiveness and efficient movement of resources. A review of the current ERS reveals the need for an additional en route location to effectively and efficiently deliver resources to Africa if large, sustained movement is required. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.