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What does VISA stand for?

Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement


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An important aspect of fostering relationships with our commercial partners is reflected in USTRANSCOM's Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) and Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement (VISA) programs.
I am not referring here to the Jones Act fleet, as those are fully committed to domestic service and are not really available for emergency DOD sealifc, but rather to the US-flagged and US-crewed ships operating in international trade, most of which participate in the Maritime Security Program (MSP) and the Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement (VISA).
The Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement, which assures maritime support in a military crisis, and the military's organic fleet played important roles that led to a successful sealift operation, said Eric Mensing, APL's vice president for U.
Brown was also cited for his leadership of the Executive Working Group of the Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement.
He is a "plank holder" in the VISA program, which means that he was one of the original members of the group that developed the Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement that commits US Flag Maritime companies to providing capability to the DOD during a time of crisis.
These roll-on roll-off vessels are the most militarily useful vessels committed to the Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement program," said the citation.
All are assigned to the Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement (VISA) program with nine US-Flag vessels in service to the Maritime Security Program (MSP).
Steve Kubik, Dave Jones and Harvey chaired a Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement tabletop exercise at the Joint Planning Advisory Group with the Military Sealift Command, Maritime Administration and carrier industry representatives.

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