COL Daniel D. Imholte Chief of Staff

US Army Transportation Center and Fort Eustis, Virginia

FUTURE SUPPORTFUTURE SUPPORT

TO THE ARMY TO THE ARMY WARFIGHTERWARFIGHTER

NDIA National Logistics NDIA National Logistics Conference and ExhibitionConference and Exhibition

Sparks, NevadaSparks, Nevada

1-4 March 20041-4 March 2004

Incremental build of combat power Time consuming Risky POD dependant Efficiency focused

Deploy = Employ Multiple entry points Start line CONUS Effectiveness focused

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US / GermanStaff Talks

InformationDominance

Force Projection 2020

Highly Lethal Operations

Non Linear

Force Projection Today

OBJECTIVE AREA

Operational TacticalStrategic

APOE

SPOE

AIRLIFT

STRATEGICMOBILITYTRIAD

SEALIFT

APOE

SPOE

Moving as a unit i.e., people, equipmentand sustainment together

Reception,Staging,

Onward MovementAnd Integration

PREPOSITIONEDSTOCKS APOD

SPOD

Delivered Capability

• 9 CONUS Seaports Used

• 2 Months to Move 15M Sq Ft Cargo

• Zero Break-bulk AMMO Vessels

• 100% Visibility (ITV) for Containers Prior to Lift

• TAV Built Warfighter Confidence

Delivered Capability

• 9 CONUS Seaports Used

• 2 Months to Move 15M Sq Ft Cargo

• Zero Break-bulk AMMO Vessels

• 100% Visibility (ITV) for Containers Prior to Lift

• TAV Built Warfighter Confidence

Delivered Equipment

• 20 CONUS Seaports Used

• 6 Months to Move 33M Sq Ft Cargo

• 33 Break-bulk AMMO Vessels

• Limited Visibility—40% Containers arriving theater had to be opened

Delivered Equipment

• 20 CONUS Seaports Used

• 6 Months to Move 33M Sq Ft Cargo

• 33 Break-bulk AMMO Vessels

• Limited Visibility—40% Containers arriving theater had to be opened

DS/DS OEF/OIF

DEPLOYMENT OPERATIONS… THEN AND NOW

ParadigmShift

MOVEMENT TRACKING SYSTEM (MTS)

Laptop ComputerHP Color

Portable Desk jet Printer

ControlStation

Map Engine:• Full color maps (NIMA and CADRG)• Active map layers• Supports computer generated vehicle icons with time/date

Two-way messaging:• Multi-Satellite Capable • Supports automated polling• 400 days unlimited usage• Built-in, Selectable Level of Encryption

Desired Capabilities:• Interface with STAMIS• Enhanced Signal Security• Vehicle Diagnostics/prognostics• Interface with FBCB2

MT-2010 / 2011Transceiver

GPS PLGRwith All Units10 year warranty

V2 Truck-

Mounted

37% AAO Funded• AAO: 37,718• Funded: 13,965• Fielded: 2,482

Must possess these vital qualities:

• Bypass predictable and traditional choke points

• Deliver intact combat power at multiple entry points

• Support uninterrupted deployment momentum

• Provide for assured access, and decrease predictability and dwell time

FUTURE LIFT

Theater Support Vessel

HLVTOL SSTOL

Shallow Draft High Speed Ship

Army Leadfor Intratheater

Lift

Joint Operational Pay-offs•More rapid introduction of forces•Increased capability to achieve assured access

•Reduced vulnerability to enemy counters

•Increased possibility of achieving operational surprise

•Immediate employment of deployed forces

•More rapid seizure of the initiative with preclusive effects

•Significantly higher versatility and adaptability

•More rapid transition to decisive operations

•Expanded capability to maintain overwhelming tempo

•More rapid achievement of conflict termination and/or transition to another JOA

Med & Heavy Truck Variants

Numerous Material Handling Equipment

Numerous Delivery Platforms

FTTS-MSV

Load Handling System

Modular Platform

FTTS ACTD OBJECTIVE

A SEAMLESS Distribution SYSTEM built for the Obj Force(Applied to the SBCT to evolve the TTPs, CONOPS, and doctrine)

A SEAMLESS Distribution SYSTEM built for the Obj Force(Applied to the SBCT to evolve the TTPs, CONOPS, and doctrine)

Numerous Interface Devices

FTTS-UV provides Command and Control and includes a Hybrid propulsion system for increased fuel efficiency and onboard power

SUMMARY OF CHANGETODAY TOMORROW

• Incremental build of combat power. Four interrelated segments

• Operational maneuver from strategic distances. Deploy = Employ

• Alert/Train/Deploy • Train/Alert/Deploy

• Lengthy TPFDD process • Immediate data entry into DTS

• Lengthy task organization process with below the line forces

• Prompt “as is” deploying modules with basic load

• POD dependent/susceptible to anti-access • Multiple entry points/bypass choke points

• Joint deconfliction • Joint interdependence

• Large, layered organizations for deployment and distribution gap between early entry and follow-on forces

• Agile teams with space-based persistent comms for both deployment and distribution

• Uninterrupted deployment momentum

• Ammunition in theater • Deploy with ammunition

• Iron mountain • Distribution-based; intermodal (configured loads for prompt force)

• Developed theaters • All theaters

• Limited to surface movement in theater • Operational maneuver by air of one division

BACKUP SLIDES

THEATER LIFT

TSV is the only Army unique intra-theater lift platform that meets Army Transformation Vision Goals

Theater Support Vessel

• Rapidly self-deploy to the JOA (soldiers, equipment, and sustainment together)

• Increase access

• Conduct rapid shore to shore intra-theater sea lift of combat ready unit sets to support operational maneuver

• Gain access through multiple points of entry through small, minor or degraded ports

• Conduct enroute mission planning and rehearsal

• Conduct follow-on sustainment and/or repositioning of units in forward areas

• Length Overall - 318.11 ft, beam - 87.03 ft

• Cargo Capacity: Up to 820 STs & 14,300 SqFt

• Pax Capacity: 292

• Max draft – 11.03 ft.

• Loaded Speed - 32 knots - light ship Speed - 40 knotsMax

• Required Range - 2,400 nautical miles - load dependent

OEF/OIF OBSERVATIONS

• ITV and electronic tracking– Lack integrating policy– Need DOTMLPF battlefield construct for manned and

remote systems– Redesign movement control (structure and doctrine)– Modernize transportation C2 tools (TC AIMS II, MTS)

• Logistics and contracting– Host Nation Support and LOGCAP – Failed to meet expectations and requirements

• Weapon system fielding– Movement Tracking System– TCAIMS / IRRIS / RFID– KALMAR RTCH– TSV Acquisition

OIF/OEF OBSERVATIONS• Theater distribution

– Established strategic linkage and operational Command and Control

– Commodity distribution– Lacked In-transit Visibility and materiel /

transportation integration

• Army prepositioned stocks– Largest draw in history– Fighting systems were in excellent shape– Complex property transfer

• Army watercraft and Joint Logistics Over the Shore– Largest since Vietnam (>5,000 containers)– Theater Support Vessel operational significance– Army support to 26 Marine Expeditionary Unit

landing– Navy Special Operation Forces direct action and

Umm Qasr opening

DEPLOYMENT OBSERVATIONS• Post ODS Army Strategic Mobility Program (ASMP)

• CONUS Force Projection– Rail capacity tripled at Hood, quadrupled at Campbell– Shipped over 380,000 tons in third less time than first Gulf

War– Use of Large Medium Speed Roll-On/Roll-Off (LMSR) and

C-17 eliminated weeks in transit time

Army Deployment Command and Control– Improved deployment process – TC-AIMS II/JFRG II in

USAREUR– HQ MTMC Operations center – good start!– Deployment seams remain in process / command

relationships– Continue Mobility Warrant Officer program– Continue Joint Deployment Employment Sustainment

process improvement initiatives– Reengineered Army and Joint distribution processes