Avoidance of prohibitive costs for access to foreign base 
sites 
Retention of basing infrastructure on redeployment of forces 
Enhanced integration of C(3)I advanced technology with basing 
functions and force deployment 
Enhanced cost-effectiveness of forward basing over current 
budget outlays for foreign basing assets 
(3) Desirable: 
Optional supplementary utilization of forward basing system as 
infrastructure for U.S. diplomatic, foreign trade and economic 
interests and, offshore operations which are directed for 
preservation of the natural environment and social welfare, 
e.g., drug interdiction. 
2.2.3. System Objectives 
Setting design/development objectives for the forward basing system 
requires simultaneous consideration of the Effective Needs (2.2.1) and 
the selection criteria (Value System, 2.2.2). 
1. System Objective (a): Provide platform integrity and support 
structure for performance of 21 critical forward base functions identi- 
fied below (Table 1). It is assumed the range of present-day (circa 
1990) critical basing functions identified in the referenced source 
(Appendix G) are applicable to U.S. security environment, circa 2000. 
This assumption is supported by the consensus that characteristics of 
Navy force structure will be sustained for three decades, notwithstand- 
ing prudent changes in Top Level Warfare Requirements (TLWR) and WSA&E. 
2. System Objective (b): Provide, in theater, all critical forward 
basing functions for joint land-sea-air war-fighting operations as need- 
ed to address the Generalized Scenario (Section 3.0). 
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