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1: MADSS
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DoD
must maintain the capability to deploy/redeploy massive combat power
anywhere in the world with minimum preparation time. Currently, DoD
units must have the capability to secure, open and operate both
seaports and airports in a variety of environments throughout the
world. Deployment includes pre-deployment activities, movement to and
activities at Ports of Embarkation (POE), movement to and activities at
POE, movement to Ports of Debarkation (POD), and Reception, Staging,
Onward Movement & Integration (RSO&I). Redeployment
activities include recovery and reconstitution in addition to
deployment activities. Reception at POD is under the command and
control of the Joint Force Commander (JFC). Reception planning and
execution, however, is the responsibility of the commander assigned the
overall RSO&I mission. This designation can require an
augmentation of functional units capable of conducting RSO&I.
Movement control is a subset of command and control. A movement control
element must be positioned at each reception node, and remain in
constant communication with USTRANSCOM elements on-site and with other
movement control elements in-theater. Unit onward movement is centrally
planned with decentralized execution. Historically, depending on the
command level assigned the overall RSO&I mission, movement
control could be planned and directed at theater level by a movement
control agency (MCA), at Corps level by the Corps Transportation
Officer (CTO) and Corps movement control battalion (Corps MCB) or at
division level by a Division Transportation Officer (DTO). Theater and
Corps movement control teams are positioned throughout the Area of
Responsibility (AOR) to assist with movement control. Force tracking
provides situational awareness on combat-ready units within the AOR.
The process actually begins in the staging area, where equipment and
personnel are reassembled to become combat-ready units. Staging areas
must have the communications, data processing equipment, and personnel
assets to provide and manage force-tracking data.
The
importance
of having correct, timely information for use by all services cannot be
overstated. In austere areas of operation, adequate information
technology may not be available. Under these conditions, processing of
information is even more susceptible to human error and intensifies the
need for ancillary verification, which compounds the effect of scarce
resources and time.
Fig.
2: MADSS
Deployment Process
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This
program leverages several complementary technology demonstration and
development efforts underway in the Services and ORNL. This program is
firmly rooted in guidance provided in the DoD Transformation Planning
Guidance published in April 2003. MADSS will provide the capability to
operate any node of the Distribution System. It provides Global SATCOM
connectivity, will contain a Wireless LAN, providing for a RFID
capability and a full 2D Barcode suite. MADSS provides TC-AIMS II,
AALPS, ICODES, and WIM in a single, mobile package, and is scalable to
any IT application package required to operate a node, based upon unit
requirements. MADDS will be able to support any A/SPOE/D, Distribution
node, Supply activity, Movement Control, etc. and will provide full
personnel manifesting and air/sea load planning capability in austere
areas. MADSS extends the ITV/TAV linkage to the “dirty
end” of the E2E Distribution System.
- Mobile Automated
Distribution
Support System Fact Sheet (PDF)
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