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Since the 1980s; strategic sealift has been formally designated as a U.S. Navy mission. With over ninety percent of all military equipment and supplies required to support U.S. military forces in combat being delivered by sea; and as globalized interests and risks continue to spread; this mission is vital to the country’s economic and national security. Despite its necessity; sealift is rarely discussed as anything other than an operations adjunct and must be carried out in an environment of unprecedented fiscal constraints.Global Reach provides a unique examination into the development and implementation of more than a century of U.S. national defense sealift policy. Presenting a comprehensive history on the evolution of sealift from the Spanish American War (1898) to Operation Enduring Freedom/Iraqi Freedom (2002–12); Herberger; Gaulden; and Marshall reflect on what has and has not worked in that time from both a legal and operational perspective. As international demands grow and change; so too must the sealift policies that are directly tied to how the nation will address them. With its thorough history and cogent analysis; Global Reach provides the context necessary to understand this complex; important topic; but also lays out a roadmap for how the U.S. can continue to meet and respond to the increasing challenges of the years to come.