1 Force Projection Symposium Seattle, WA MG Robert T. Dail Chief of Transportation Commandant, U.S. Army Transportation School Fort Eustis, Virginia MG Robert T. Dail Chief of Transportation Commandant, U.S. Army Transportation School Fort Eustis, Virginia

2 From this… Linear lines of operations Uncertainty overcome by mass/reserve Concentrated combat power Large, supply-based logistics system Inventory-based information systems Analysis centers Centrally controlled transportation Sequential operations/logistics “Building and moving mountains” X XX XXXX XXXX XXXX X X X EAD DSA X BSA

3 To This… Situational awareness Extended battlespaces Distributed combat power – simultaneous employment Reduced stocks and footprint Transportation and information integrated into process and systems Leverage delivery systems at operational and tactical level Task organized force packages Node Airfield PTC-AIMS II RF/MTS Node E Port PTC-AIMS II Node SHIPS TSV “Process, information and delivery capability” PTC-AIMS II RF/MTS X XX EAB SPT I II SPT I II Node RF/MTS Node RF/MTS II MTS FTTS X RF/MTS

4 SBCT Deployment Exercise Early results are excellent Why –Robust C Capabilities –Command Emphasis –Deployment is a METL mission –Deployment characteristics considered in unit design –Embedded competencies (MWO) Rail/ Commercial Truck - NTC Air Ops – Ft. Sill, Alexandria, JRTC Ship Loading – Port of San Diego TSV – Beaumont/ Lake Charles Ship Discharge – Lake Charles 2

5 Thoughts Think as a G2: –Manned/unmanned sensors –Arrayed in an operational architecture –Integrated systems and materiel solutions Same Architecture, assets and processes used for deployment, employment, and sustainment Information transferred to capability: –To move and track Blue Force –To move/track CSS –To achieve operational agility and reduced vulnerability from stategic distances Standing Joint Task Force to execute deployment, employment, and sustainment in JOA’s/Theaters (Application of Science and Art) Deployment, employment, and sustainment (D-E-S) are beginning to merge. May need to create a D-E-S system with the ability to Support a variety of widely dispersed, non-contiguous, complex Joint Operations-simultaneously. Observation: Unified Quest ‘03