Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning WILL YOUR UNIT BE READY COMMANDER?

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning He who occupies the field of battle first and awaits his enemy is at ease: he who comes late is weary. S un Tzu (The Art of War)

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Terminal Learning Objective ACTION: Describe the strategic overview of deployments, the automated deployment tools, and the phases of deployments. CONDITION: Give a guided classroom discussion and appropriate publications. STANDARD: Described the strategic overview, the automated deployment tools, and the 5 phases of deployments.

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Outline Strategic overview Automated deployment tools 5 phases of deployments Summary

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Strategic Overview

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Strategic Overview Geographical Commands: –European –Central –Pacific –Southern –Northern Functional Commands: –Transportation CMD –Special OPS CMD –Strategic CMD –Joint Forces CMD Unified Command Plan as of 1 October 2002

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Geographical Command AORs Strategic Overview

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Automated Deployment Tools JOPES TC-ACCIS TC-AIMS COMPASS AALPS GTN AIT So what does this mean to me?

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Automated Deployment Tools JOPES TC-ACCIS TC-AIMS COMPASS AALPS GTN AIT So what does this mean to me?

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Automated Deployment Tools JOPES TC-ACCIS TC-AIMS COMPASS AALPS GTN AIT So what does this mean to me?

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Automated Deployment Tools Find out who has the TC-ACCIS or TC-AIMS II. (ITO, CTO, DTO). Get a copy of your AUEL. Review it carefully. –Must list everything you own---including containers/463L pallets you will need to deploy. GET THIS DOCUMENT RIGHT! AUEL= Automated Unit Equipment List. DEL= Deployment equipment List

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning AUEL/DEL AUEL = All equipment on hand that requires strategic transportation assets to move Updated quarterly or if changes occur  Must include secondary loads and containers  Must be accurate: models, quantities, serial #s, bumper numbers, dimensions and weights  AUEL is used to create the DEL DEL = List of all deploying equipment requiring strategic transportation assets to move

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning 5 Phases of Deployments Predeployment activities Fort to port Port to port Port to destination (RSO&I) Redeployment

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning 5 Phases of Deployments Predeployment activities Fort to port Port to port Port to destination (RSO&I) Redeployment Level of control you will likely have: HIGH LOW TO HIGH LOW LOW TO HIGH GET THE STUFF YOU CAN CONTROL RIGHT!

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Predeployment Actions METL training Deployment training –Unit Movement Officer Responsibilities –Unit HAZMAT handler/certifier Responsibilities –Rear Detachment Soldier Readiness Processing (SRP/POM/PDP) Prepare to move

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning METL Training Train your unit to fight and win. METL focused Marksmanship Common tasks Gunnery Trained crews Collective tasks –Non-negotiable contract with the American people to fight and win the Nation’s wars. Virtually everything always comes back to these things.

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Train your unit to deploy: –Appoint and train UMOs as required. –Appoint and train HAZMAT handlers/certifiers as required. –Appoint and train Rear Detachment Commander. –Ensure your Family Readiness Group is ready. –Review/develop unit movement plans and SOPs and movement book. Deployment Training

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Unit Movement Officer Ideally, 1 lieutenant and 2 NCOs (usually E-6 and above) in your unit. Prepare and maintain unit movement plans/SOPs/Books. Prepare, maintain and submit changes to the AUEL. Supervise the preparation and execution of unit load plans. Coordinate with higher HQ and supporting activities.

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Unit Movement Officer Coordinate logistical support for the move. Maintain approved copies of all unit load plans. Establish and train the unit load teams. Familiar with OPLANS, TPFDDs, and methods of deployment for the unit. Conduct reconnaissance of routes, POEs and deployment processing centers as applicable. BOTTOM LINE: YOUR UMOs WILL MAKE OR BREAK YOUR DEPLOYMENT.

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning HAZMAT Determine the hazards and classify them. Determine and select the proper packaging. Determine segregation requirements. Mark the packaging/containers IAW local and regulatory standards. Prepare HAZMAT packing lists. Determine proper placards. Ensure the AUEL/DEL reflects HAZMAT codes as applicable. Appointment considerations. Know the standards. Know your installation POC.

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Rear Detachment Pay this bill up front. Some installations have formal school. Key player in your FRG. Give them a mission. –Train and deploy replacements. –Prepare for backfill for L&O mission. Property accountability.

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Family Readiness Group Combat multiplier Preventative---not reactive Size and disposition is personality driven Commander/1SG will set the tone What are they VS What they are not

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Movement Plans Written in 5 paragraph OPLAN format. MACOMs/Installations establish standards. Working documents at unit level. Effective plans define: –Responsibilities –Functions –Details for the move from home station to the POE. Sample in FM

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Movement Plans General requirements: –No classified material. –N-Hour Sequence. –Load plans developed and tested for all equipment. –Supplemental transportation requirements identified. –Supplemental containers and packing materials identified. –POCs for all supporting agencies.

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Movement SOP Outlines functions to occur automatically. May include: –Alert procedures. –Property disposition. –Supply procedures. –Equipment maintenance procedures. –Vehicle and container loading. –Security procedures. –Unit briefings.

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Movement Book Book of Annexes Movement Plan Movement SOP Appointment orders Alert Rosters List of Support agency POCs and phone numbers Rear Detachment SOP and FRG information Strip maps for routes of march Spill contingency plan Special hauling permit requests Convoy clearance requests Copy of AUEL/DEL Equipment analysis Supply analysis

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning All classes of supply or 581 prepared for each item Yellow TAT, Red TAT and NTAT –Yellow TAT: Must accompany troops and be accessible enroute. –Red TAT: Must be available at destination before or upon arrival of unit. –NTAT: Does not accompany troops. Supply Analysis

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Soldier Readiness Processing Plan and execute to standard. –Most installations require every six months. –Maximize participation--green cycle. Centralize packet maintenance in OPS. Spot check the packets after you take command. Develop systems to maintain the packets. –Medics –Training/OPS –PAC First Sergeant

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Soldier Readiness Processing Nondeployable soldiers –ARs and outline criteria. Postal Instructions SGLI/DD93 updated ID tags/ID card Finance Legal services (POAs and wills) Immunizations Pregnancy testing

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Soldier Readiness Processing DNA sample Eyeglasses/optical inserts Dental exam/panographic X-ray POV registration/prep for storage Religious support Training records screening Personnel records screening Support Agencies (Red Cross, ACS, AER)

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Prepare to Move Request BBPCT (blocking, bracing, packing, crates and tie-down). Request transportation support. Request containers. Submit convoy clearance requests. Execute briefings. Store personal property (barracks/POVs). Establish security measures (access/key control). Pack, load, clear installation, and move.

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Documentation Military Shipping Label (MSL) Transportation Control Number (TCN) Shipment packing list Load diagram Refer to FM and installation policies for additional documentation required.

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Military Shipping Label

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Military Shipping Label

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Transportation Control Number

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Shipment Packing List Copy outside: –Vehicles –Containers –Crates –463L pallets Weatherproof covering Copy inside Copy in movement book Copy with hand receipt holder Copy with supercargo

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Load Diagram Must show: –Location of each item –Description of load –Type of container vehicle

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Containers Equipment Deployment Storage System (EDSS). –QUADCON –Internal Slingable Unit (ISU-60 or ISU- 90) MILVAN

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning QUADCON

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning ISU = I (Internal) S (Slingable) U (Unit)

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning MILVAN

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Fort to Port Convoy operations Movement by rail

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Convoy Operations Convoy definition Convoy organization –March column –Serial –March unit Convoy elements –Head –Main body –Trail Vehicle identification

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Convoy Organization March Column Serial March Unit

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Convoy Elements Head Main body Trail

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Vehicle Identification First Vehicle Last Vehicle Flags RAWLS

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Movement by Rail Responsibilities –Deploying units –ITO/CTO/DTO –DPW Rail equipment Equipment prep Loading vehicles

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Movement by Rail Responsibilities –Deploying units –ITO/CTO/DTO –DPW Rail equipment Equipment prep Loading vehicles

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Movement by Rail Responsibilities –Deploying units –ITO/CTO/DTO –DPW Rail equipment Equipment prep Loading vehicles

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Port to Port Movement by Air Movement by Sea

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Movement by Air Responsibilities Marshaling area activities Alert holding area Call forward area Loading ramp area

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Movement by Sea Responsibilities Marshaling area Staging area Supercargoes

AIRLIFT ISN’T ALWAYS FASTER DEPLOYMENTFORDUMMIESSMARTIES WORLD EVENTS What Determines Airlift Availability ?  Your Priority for Lift  Aircraft Availability  Load Size, Shape & Type  Runway Length  Fuel Availability  Tanker Availability  Parking Area  Airfield Hours  Material Handling Equip  Stage Crews  Diplomatic Clearance  Season of the Year  Day of the Week  Your TPFDD Discipline  Everyone Else’s Discipline

254 C-141’s vs 120 C-17’s AIRLIFT PRIORITIES 1A1 President 1A2 Forces In Combat 1A3 Presidential Program 1A4 Special Weapons 1B1 Secretary of Defense Missions CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 1B2 JCS 1B3 Validated Min. Freq. Channel 2A1 Combat Support 2B1 JCS-Directed Exercises 2B2 JCS-Coordinated Exercise 3A3 Approved Reqmts. Channels 4B3 Static Display Total C-17/C-141 C-17 C-141 TotalA/CTotalA/C You Think You’re # 1 ……What # Are You ? What Is Your Airlift Priority ? How Many Airplanes Are There ? C-141 to C-17 Transition UNLESS YOU LIVE HERE YOU ARE NOT #1 THE WHITE HOUSE

Pop Quiz 1. There are less than 300 Strategic Lift Aircraft in the USAF Active Component? a. true b. false THIS IS WHY IT TAKES TIME & AIRCRAFT TO ESTABLISH THE AIRBRIDGE ! 4. To set up an Aerial Refueling track for Strategic Lift Aircraft, the ratio of aerial refuelers to refueled is 4:1. a. true b. false Operation Desert Thunder II Nov ‘98 2. There are NO Strategic Lift Aircraft stationed outside the CONUS? a. true b. false 3. Two/thirds of Air Mobility Command’s worldwide enroute infrastructure has gone away since Desert Storm? a. true b. false

EARLY SEALIFT DECISIONS BEAT LATE, GREAT AIRLIFT DECISIONS Cost = 1 FAST SEALIFT SHIP (FSS) 2 C-5s ( Commercial Shipping is even CHEAPER ) 1 FAST SEALIFT SHIP 1 C-5DEPLOYMENTFORDUMMIESSMARTIES Availablity Inventory Average MC Rate 8 FAST SEALIFT SHIPS 95+% 53 Active Non-Depot C-5s 60-% ( Ships are MUCH more reliable ) 1 FAST SEALIFT SHIP (FSS) 130 C-5s ( That’s A LOT of airplanes ) = Lift Capacity

GETTING PLANES “RIGHT NOW” DOESN’T GUARANTEE FASTER FORCE CLOSURE RECENT AIRFLOW CONSTRAINTS DEPLOYMENTFORDUMMIESSMARTIES MAXIMUM ON GROUND (Albania, Africa, Central America, ……...Ramstein……) FUEL (Africa, Romania & SWA) DIPLOMATIC CLEARANCES (SWA) AIRCREWS (Kosovo Tankers)

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Port to Destination (RSO&I) Reception Staging Onward Movement Integration Force does not exist for mobility but mobility for force. It is of no use to get there first unless, when the enemy arrives, you have also the most men-the greater force. RADM Alfred Thayer Mahan: Lessons of the War with Spain (1899)

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Reception Definition Aerial Port of Debarkation (APOD) Seaport of Debarkation (SPOD)

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Staging Definition Theater Staging Base (TSB) Preparation for onward movement In order to make assured conquests it is necessary always to proceed within the rules: to advance, to establish yourself solidly, to advance and establish yourself again, and always prepared to have within reach of your Army resources and your requirements. Frederick the Great Instructions for His Generals, 1747

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Onward Movement Definition Movement control Security and enemy interdiction Overwhelming combat power is achieved when all combat elements are violently brought to bear quickly, giving the enemy no opportunity to respond with coordinated or effective opposition. FM 3-0, Operations

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Integration Definition Integration process The more I see of war, the more I realize how it all depends on administration and transportation...It takes little skill or imagination to see where you would like your army to be and when; it takes much knowledge and hard work to know where you can place your forces and whether you can maintain them there. Field Marshall A. C. P. Wavell ( )

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Redeployment 4 Phases –Recovery, reconstitution and predeployment activities. –Movement to and activities at the POEs. –Movement to PODs. –RSO&I Nearly deployment in reverse Must consider during deployment process.

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Summary Strategic overview Automated deployment tools 5 phases of deployments

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Unit Movement Planning QUESTIONS?

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Take aways Lead vehicle flag: NSN Rear vehicle flag: NSN CDR flag: NSN Flag staffs: NSN

Military Police Captains Career Course Unit movement planning Conclusion WILL YOUR UNIT BE READY?