I've been trying to find out about a new-ish variant of the SeaBase concept called the Global Fleet Station (GFS).
Navy tours to test global fleet concept - Military News, Navy News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, reports - Navy Times
It seems like part persistent maritime presence strategy, part floating PR campaign.
Looks like the initial version will use the HSV-2 Swift and an LSD as the core, with a DDG and other vessels supplementing.
Does anyone know of any publicly-available concept documents describing GFS?
Also, what do we think about its applicability and value in the GWOT for extended duration littoral maritime security ops? stability and support ops? What would be the "ideal" composition? (as much as an ideal can be defined)
Is this the future of littoral operations short of war?