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Protecting Readiness to Meet Today’s Challenges February 2010Figure 21 ‐ Active Force Ship OPTEMPOMPOOPTE706050403020100DeployedNon-deployedFY 2011Budget(includesOCO)58 days/qtr24 days/qtr19731975197719791981198319851987198919911993Fiscal Y earMobilizationProviding rapid response to contingencies is an ever increasing need. The Navy’smobilization forces, displayed in Figure 22, are resourced to provide this neededlogistics capability throughout the world. In support of a strong logistics capability,the prepositioning ship squadrons are forward deployed in key ocean areas toprovide the initial military equipment and supplies for a contingency. Theprepositioned response is followed by the surge ships, which are maintained in areduced operating status from four to thirty days. The number of days indicates thetime from ship activation until the ship is available for tasking; e.g., ReducedOperating Status 4 (ROS‐4) indicates it will take four days to make the ship ready tosail, fully crewed and operational. Ships in reduced operating status have smallcadre crews aboard to assure the readiness of propulsion and other primary systemsif the need arises to activate the ship. The cadre crews vary in size based on the typeof ship and the length of reduced operating status. Only ROS‐4 and ROS‐5 ships areconsidered in the surge capacity in Figure 22.1995199719992001200320052007200920114‐6 FY 2011 Department of the Navy Budget