MOVING THE FORCE
TRANSPORTATION SERVICE
Within an AO, transportation organizations provide support in three basic functional areas: mode operations, terminal operations, and movements management services.
a. Mode operations include physically moving personnel or materiel on a transportation conveyance. The basic modes of transportation are air, rail, road, and water transport. Pipeline is often referred to as a mode of transportation; however, since the transportation organization does not plan, manage, or operate pipelines, they will not be addressed in this summary.
b. Terminal operations consist of shifting cargo from one mode of transportation to a different mode or from one type of transport within a mode to a different type at an intermediate point within the transportation system. A transportation system's effectiveness depends on the efficiency of the terminal facilities that support it. There are two types of terminal operations: terminal service operations and terminal transfer operations.
Terminal service operations support water terminals at either established ports or logistics- over-the-shore operations (LOTS) sites. Transportation terminal service units load, unload, and transship cargo to support the port operations. They also sort cargo by destination and prepare all required ********ation to account for cargo moving through the terminal.
(a) Division modal operations include aviation and truck. The G3 controls aviation assets. The division transportation officer (DTO) coordinates CSS employment of aviation assets with the G3.
(b) The number and types of units assigned to the TMT battalions are variable.
c) The number of movement control teams (MCTs) and movement regulating teams (MRTs) assigned to the MCC is variable.
d) Terminal service and railway operating capabilities may be assigned to the COSCOM as required when a corps is operating independently.
(e) The corps or TA will provide required terminal operations within a division's AO.
Terminal transfer operations include transshipping cargo at air, rail, motor, and inland barge terminals. This includes unloading, segregating, temporarily holding, ********ing, and loading cargo whenever a change in mode occurs
Movements management involves two major functions: transportation movement and highway regulation
Transportation movements management includes the staff planning and coordination required to use the transportation system effectively to move personnel and materiel to the right place, at the right time, and by the most economical means. This management is concerned with planning, coordinating, programming, monitoring, and supervising the allocation and use of the available transportation resources to meet the command's movement requirements. The transportation aspects and logistic readiness actions are continually reviewed, analyzed, and evaluated. This coordination is accomplished through the CMCC and its MCTs to coordinate the movements management program in support of the corps
The MRT established at locations of high-volume traffic (such as supply activities and terminals) performs highway regulation. The MCT acts as the interface between the transportation system users (customers), the mode operators, and the management system))
Division and corps transportation requests
Transportation movements management is centralized at the highest organizational level to maintain flexibility of support and obtain maximum efficiency and effectiveness. The CMCC coordinates and monitors shipments within the corps area. The MCC is the nerve center of the transportation system where movement requirements are received and analyzed, where transportation resources are allocated, and where resources are committed to satisfy these movement requirements. Most corps movement planning and programming are accomplished at the CMCC