Question re: Supplies

[Pepper]

Yes -- I think the idea is that the MEU always travels with a PHIBRON that can provide forward supplies. So, an MEU at sea can get called into an engagement and can sustain itself for 30 days without further supply.

The Ranger info. implied that the 5 days was short (maybe it said "only 5 days" or something like that). Again, I assume that this means if a Ranger Battalion is called in for an airdrop, on an airport capture mission, for example, that the Ranger Battalion can sustain itself from the airdrop for 5 days only.

If you stick a Mechanized Battalion on a RO RO and send it overseas ... how long can it hold out once it disembarks? I assume their must be some standard associated with the services & supply companies ... some amount that they pack in as part of the battalion. No former FSCs around?