The Falklands task force shows how quickly extra personnel can exhaust shipboard accommodation. Senior officers ended up sleeping in corridors and other improvised spaces after normal berthing filled. A ship cannot add tents or vehicles as a land headquarters might, so its designed berths and offices create a hard ceiling. Adding a new specialist may require removing another billet, which helps explain resistance to expanding staffs.
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Shipboard space caps a command staff
A discussion of Falklands task-force crowding shows why ship design imposes a hard ceiling on staff size and forces tradeoffs when new specialists are added.