Our Mission

As part of the Navy's strategic sealift capability, Maritime Prepositioning Ship Squadron One, or MPS Squadron One, is responsible for tactical control of ships of the Military Sealift Command Prepositioning Program in the Mediterranean Sea and eastern Atlantic Ocean. These ships carry afloat prepositioned cargo for various U.S. military services. The squadron's mission is to provide command and control to facilitate sea transportation of vital equipment and supplies to a designated area of operations.

Command Profile

MPS Squadron One is an afloat staff of about 10 military personnel under the command of a U.S. Navy captain. The staff is embarked in one of the squadron's Maritime Prepositioning Ships. Staff members serve one-year tours in a continuously underway, forward-deployed status. The MPS Squadron One ships operate in European waters without a permanent homeport in that area.

MPSRON ONE consists of USNS 2nd LT John P. Bobo, SS PFC Eugene A. Obregon, USNS Sisler and USNS LCPL Roy M. Wheat.

The MPS Squadron One ships move from port to port in many allied nations of Europe throughout the year, rarely traveling together. The ships themselves and the squadron staff form only part of the team needed to deploy cargo. Periodically, through real-world operations and exercises, the various Marine Corps and Navy units work together to conduct an off-load. The MPS Squadron One staff's main job is to keep the vessels and their cargo ready at all times until an order to deploy is given. On 24-hours notice, every MPSRON ONE ship can leave port and sail literally anywhere in the world bringing combat and support equipment U.S. military services need to accomplish their missions.

Since its inception, the squadron has supported operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom in the Persian Gulf region.

MPS Squadron One is a component of the U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command, or MSC, administratively reporting to the Prepositioning Program Manager at MSC Headquarters in Washington, D.C. MPS Squadron One is an operational asset of the U.S. Navy's 6th Fleet. The squadron's operational commander is MSC's Commander, Sealift Logistics Command Europe located in Naples, Italy.

Meet the commander of the squadron. Click here for the commander's biography.

Contact Information

As a continuously underway, forward-deployed command, land-line telephone service to the squadron is generally not available. Electronic mail is the preferred method of communicating with MPSRON One.

• E-mail:

mps1_Info@msc.navy.mil

• DDN plain language address:

COMPSRON ONE