Operations, in ordering the “Overseas Basing' study, included in his 
Memorandum of 4 December 1987 to the President, Naval War College, the 
following stipulations for scope of investigation: 
. "In order to scope the issues and key implications 
for the Navy of a contraction of the U.S. overseas lo- 
gistic and warfighting support structure, I would like 
the Center for Naval Warfare Studies to conduct a study 
of this important potential change in the future security 
environment. Such a study should address, at a minimum, 
the following aspects of the problem: 
a. The general implications of a loss of U.S. 
ground and land based tactical air forces' overseas 
basing and access on mobile, flexible and relatively 
self-sufficient naval forces. 
b. The implications for Navy of a contraction in 
the Navy's overseas logistic and warfighting support 
structure e.g., are there any changes in the fundamental 
way we support naval forces, or in future Navy force 
structure, that should be anticipated in the near term?" 
"The requested Study should be completed if possible by 
July 1988." 
During progress on the Naval War College study, the Navy's David 
Taylor Research Center (DTRC) hosted a workshop with Naval War College 
representatives on 28 February 1988 to address the full range of tech- 
nological alternatives for reducing U.S. dependence on overseas basing. 
Floating islands of the MOBS type was an included topic of considera- 
tion. The workshop focused on the ongoing Naval War College study on 
"Overseas Basing." This workshop was a follow-on to a 8-9 February 1988 
(DTRC) Pilot Decision Conference on Logistic Systems Concepts For The 
Year 2010. Nine candidate systems were identified and discussed. The 
pilot conference participants chose six of the nine futuristic logistic 
systems concepts to analyze, one of which was "Floating and/or Submers- 
ible Mobile Base." 
e DTRC hosted a conference and workshop on 16-17 August 1988 
focusing on Future Logistic Concepts. This workshop was a follow-on to 
the 28 February 1988 workshop. As a result of the 16-17 August workshop, 
