Deep water port? Did not the AEC in the 60s have a nuke excavation program. 100MT should do it.
I applaud your cynicism. I did this stuff once - 5 decades ago. I was told that I was planning the first LOTS operation since the Korean war. A joint British/US task force pretended to do a landing/resupply op at Ft. Story, VA.
Much of it was rote. But I learned a lot, especially from the USMC whose special jigs, etc had not ever been assigned an FSN. [and damn, the Brits had discontinued their rum ration!]
On a tangent - I also remember the USS Liberty being attacked by Israeli air. Discussed this many times with Israeli officers attached to my unit - by then I was S3.
Uncomfortable conversations. And then I sat on my duffel bag next to a runway at Ft. Bragg during the Yom Kippur War, waiting to be detailed to set up a port to support the IDF.
My IDF acquaintances told me they were burning through all their munitions each day, expecting to be resupplied the next. I was < 30 days to ETS!
eFFJB.