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Don't be assigned to 11th ACR. OPS GRP is where it's at. NTC is like a karate class vs a real fight. Pay attention and hopefully you take something good away from it. I hope you learned that you cannot ever control a situation. You just have to react accordingly.
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MAJ (Join to see) - Thanks. Let me know what you are looking for and I will see what data I have on file about NTC. But, for starters,
I. Home Station Prep: Maintenance is key. If you take your tanks or draw them you need to look at your maintenance and your CL IX spares.... road wheels, idler arms, shocks, look at whatever has broken on all your stuff and see if anyone has it handy. Look at your weapons maintenance, when were they last gauged? Need spare barrels. Look at your NVGs and get them purged before NTC. Comms- have your comms smart folks run through all your gear to include your JCR, FBCB2, BFT, etc Your FSC can support all of this.
Supply- Figure out what you need and don't need. I saw 22 units bring conex after cones and leave half their it in the RUBA because no one had an inventory of where is was. Batteries, bring them for everything. Look at your CL VIII requirements; combat lifesaver bags and re-order all expired supplies.
II. Wargame NTC: while at home station you need your NCOs to discuss day by day, hour by hour actions during RSOI. There is simply too much to do during this 96 hrs and most units just survive it rather than own it. You should know who is tasked with waking up everyone, who is drawing vehicles, miles gear, commo, CL III P, CL V, ect. You will need an area to track all this movement as well, I used a field desk, paper in document protectors and dry erase markers. Develop your rest/sleep plan before NTC and enforce it. Too many units smoke themselves during RSOI then conduct a 6-8 hr roll-out and are not ready on TD-01.
Contact the Scorpion and Tarantula Teams and ask them for their Lessons Learned. They can get into specifics on reviewing your SOPs and TTPs, updating your Battle Drills, gunnery prep for live fire, ect.
Have a Great Rotation as well. Don't dread NTC, own it!
I. Home Station Prep: Maintenance is key. If you take your tanks or draw them you need to look at your maintenance and your CL IX spares.... road wheels, idler arms, shocks, look at whatever has broken on all your stuff and see if anyone has it handy. Look at your weapons maintenance, when were they last gauged? Need spare barrels. Look at your NVGs and get them purged before NTC. Comms- have your comms smart folks run through all your gear to include your JCR, FBCB2, BFT, etc Your FSC can support all of this.
Supply- Figure out what you need and don't need. I saw 22 units bring conex after cones and leave half their it in the RUBA because no one had an inventory of where is was. Batteries, bring them for everything. Look at your CL VIII requirements; combat lifesaver bags and re-order all expired supplies.
II. Wargame NTC: while at home station you need your NCOs to discuss day by day, hour by hour actions during RSOI. There is simply too much to do during this 96 hrs and most units just survive it rather than own it. You should know who is tasked with waking up everyone, who is drawing vehicles, miles gear, commo, CL III P, CL V, ect. You will need an area to track all this movement as well, I used a field desk, paper in document protectors and dry erase markers. Develop your rest/sleep plan before NTC and enforce it. Too many units smoke themselves during RSOI then conduct a 6-8 hr roll-out and are not ready on TD-01.
Contact the Scorpion and Tarantula Teams and ask them for their Lessons Learned. They can get into specifics on reviewing your SOPs and TTPs, updating your Battle Drills, gunnery prep for live fire, ect.
Have a Great Rotation as well. Don't dread NTC, own it!
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MAJ (Join to see) - CPT Jordan- Here is a list of questions that you can edit and provide to your BN XO to give to his FSC Cdr for a follow-on discussion. Your FSC and Staff, will make or break you at NTC and training the CBT/Field Trains in LOGPAC operations will be as critical as your Table XII Gunnery. No fuel= No tanks.
(Just replace higher echelon names with lower).
Distribution Process: How does your brigade manage the distribution process? Walk your process thru commodities reception from the CSSB, LNOs at the SSA, communication procedures, Walk Thru Process, Hi-Pri Parts, expedited movement, reception of commodities at the BSA, and from the BSA to conducting LRP operations. Explain the standardized process at Brigade TOC, TAC, or BSB TOC, for LOGPAC operations with both the FTCPs and the CTCPs.
Battle Rhythm: Look at the sustainment battle rhythm. It needs to be nested with the
916th Sustainment Brigade. They are 96 hours ahead of your timeline. So
if your SPO can only see requirements 24 hrs out he will never get in the
Sustainment Brigade's Battle Rhythm. What is your LOG Reporting process and how is it conducted, by whom, to whom, and times?
Reports: How does the BSB receive reports and when. Do the Battalion
(S-4) use the LRT. Are they on NIPR or SIPR. When do we convert from the
NIPR LRT to the SIPR BCS3 report?
Sustainment Synchronization: do we synchronize sustainment at the BSB level
and do we include the FTCPs and the CTCPs? Is the SPO in charge of coordinating FSCs convoys from the BSA to the maneuver units? Or is that controlled by the maneuver XOs and if so how is that coordinated? How do we show at echelon all
the movements in time and space to clearly see all the friction points of
the distribution process? Is Protection of these movements discussed and who has the responsibility for this process?
Medical: Have we defined all the roles and responsibilities of the medical
system from the point of injury to self and buddy aid; use of non standard
evac equipment Back to Role I. Has each MAS and BAS defined what a MASCAL
is for them and established triggers with Role II for evacuation? Have we
defined the roles of who is authorized for launch authority of our MEDEVAC
aircraft? Have we clearly defined the role of the BCT Surgeon and the BCT
MEDO? Do these two have an IT system to use or do they just sit in the back of the BDE TOC? Do all the medical players understand the PACE plan from lower to
higher? Do we have an activation plan for AXPs? Are they manned or unmanned
and have we set triggers for the establishment of triggers for AXPs?
Do we truly understand air corridors for the MEDEVAC platform and have we
develop a plan for the Cavalry troopers? Is our AXP accessible to the
MEDEVAC aircraft or is too far forward that we will need to utilize M113s or
M997s to another AXP? Do we have established BFT role names and FM Call
signs for our evacuation platoons? Who synchronizes all the medical
evacuation assets and maintains the COP at the BCT level?
Personnel: Have we defined where the BCT 1 will be and the location of the
PHA? Do we have the infrastructure to hold Soldiers at the BSA and how do
we transfer those Soldiers back to their parent units?
BCT 4 and SPO: Have we clearly articulated the roles and responsibilities
of the BCT 4 and the SPO. The BCT 4 receives the LOGSTATs daily from the BN
S-4s (the What) and provides the BCT LOGSTAT to the SPO to determine (The
How) the plan to distribute commodities to the FSCs? Have we developed a
FSC and BSB relation and so that the SPO can receive the FSC Commander's
Concept of Support and the synchronize the support structure? Or is each
FSC under the control of a BN XO that will provide centralized control of
their execution according to the BSB Commanders plan?
BSA: have we developed a BSA concept for the BCT. Do we know the size of
the BCT and how to properly defend it. Have we giving guidance to the FSCs
or Field Trains on the BSA and their responsibly to defend the perimeter.
Have we defined the Roles of the BSB S-2 who now becomes the BSA S-2 and
rear area S-2. Are we using digital systems to be collaborative and
preparing products for the Distribution Company and the FSCs for TCOs are do
we let them depart the BSA without a S-2 de-brief? Do we collaborate with
the CSSB S-2 and track and monitor their TCOs or do we let them drive thru
our battle space with no knowledge of the tactical plan and rear area
threats?
Those are my initial comments. Please let me know where I can assist in the
train up for NTC. Get in some reps driving the team at night. Working 24
hrs or working one shift one day and another shift on the next. Have orders
production timed events to see how fast staff can crank out an order.
Develop an order for every phase of NTC starting with homestation prep;
load; leave; RSOI, STX, FOF, REGEN, Unload, BSB AAR and home station
training plan after NTC.
(Just replace higher echelon names with lower).
Distribution Process: How does your brigade manage the distribution process? Walk your process thru commodities reception from the CSSB, LNOs at the SSA, communication procedures, Walk Thru Process, Hi-Pri Parts, expedited movement, reception of commodities at the BSA, and from the BSA to conducting LRP operations. Explain the standardized process at Brigade TOC, TAC, or BSB TOC, for LOGPAC operations with both the FTCPs and the CTCPs.
Battle Rhythm: Look at the sustainment battle rhythm. It needs to be nested with the
916th Sustainment Brigade. They are 96 hours ahead of your timeline. So
if your SPO can only see requirements 24 hrs out he will never get in the
Sustainment Brigade's Battle Rhythm. What is your LOG Reporting process and how is it conducted, by whom, to whom, and times?
Reports: How does the BSB receive reports and when. Do the Battalion
(S-4) use the LRT. Are they on NIPR or SIPR. When do we convert from the
NIPR LRT to the SIPR BCS3 report?
Sustainment Synchronization: do we synchronize sustainment at the BSB level
and do we include the FTCPs and the CTCPs? Is the SPO in charge of coordinating FSCs convoys from the BSA to the maneuver units? Or is that controlled by the maneuver XOs and if so how is that coordinated? How do we show at echelon all
the movements in time and space to clearly see all the friction points of
the distribution process? Is Protection of these movements discussed and who has the responsibility for this process?
Medical: Have we defined all the roles and responsibilities of the medical
system from the point of injury to self and buddy aid; use of non standard
evac equipment Back to Role I. Has each MAS and BAS defined what a MASCAL
is for them and established triggers with Role II for evacuation? Have we
defined the roles of who is authorized for launch authority of our MEDEVAC
aircraft? Have we clearly defined the role of the BCT Surgeon and the BCT
MEDO? Do these two have an IT system to use or do they just sit in the back of the BDE TOC? Do all the medical players understand the PACE plan from lower to
higher? Do we have an activation plan for AXPs? Are they manned or unmanned
and have we set triggers for the establishment of triggers for AXPs?
Do we truly understand air corridors for the MEDEVAC platform and have we
develop a plan for the Cavalry troopers? Is our AXP accessible to the
MEDEVAC aircraft or is too far forward that we will need to utilize M113s or
M997s to another AXP? Do we have established BFT role names and FM Call
signs for our evacuation platoons? Who synchronizes all the medical
evacuation assets and maintains the COP at the BCT level?
Personnel: Have we defined where the BCT 1 will be and the location of the
PHA? Do we have the infrastructure to hold Soldiers at the BSA and how do
we transfer those Soldiers back to their parent units?
BCT 4 and SPO: Have we clearly articulated the roles and responsibilities
of the BCT 4 and the SPO. The BCT 4 receives the LOGSTATs daily from the BN
S-4s (the What) and provides the BCT LOGSTAT to the SPO to determine (The
How) the plan to distribute commodities to the FSCs? Have we developed a
FSC and BSB relation and so that the SPO can receive the FSC Commander's
Concept of Support and the synchronize the support structure? Or is each
FSC under the control of a BN XO that will provide centralized control of
their execution according to the BSB Commanders plan?
BSA: have we developed a BSA concept for the BCT. Do we know the size of
the BCT and how to properly defend it. Have we giving guidance to the FSCs
or Field Trains on the BSA and their responsibly to defend the perimeter.
Have we defined the Roles of the BSB S-2 who now becomes the BSA S-2 and
rear area S-2. Are we using digital systems to be collaborative and
preparing products for the Distribution Company and the FSCs for TCOs are do
we let them depart the BSA without a S-2 de-brief? Do we collaborate with
the CSSB S-2 and track and monitor their TCOs or do we let them drive thru
our battle space with no knowledge of the tactical plan and rear area
threats?
Those are my initial comments. Please let me know where I can assist in the
train up for NTC. Get in some reps driving the team at night. Working 24
hrs or working one shift one day and another shift on the next. Have orders
production timed events to see how fast staff can crank out an order.
Develop an order for every phase of NTC starting with homestation prep;
load; leave; RSOI, STX, FOF, REGEN, Unload, BSB AAR and home station
training plan after NTC.
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