Maritime Prepositioning Forces serve as a naval power projection capability that significantly supports the deployment and employment of Naval expeditionary forces worldwide . The three current MPS squadrons , composed of 16 ships , provide a unique , strategic warfighting capability . Employment of MPS assets during Operation Desert Storm , Operation Vigilant Sentinel , Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom against Afghanistan and Iraq , and Operation Restore Hope and Operation Continue Hope in Somalia , demonstrated the value of these expeditionary assets . Humanitarian efforts following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake also utilized the capabilities of the MPF
2010 Haiti earthquake
2010 Haiti earthquake
Blount Island Command