INTRANSIT VISIBILITY 50050011

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TRANSPORTATION OFFICER BASIC COURSE
IN-TRANSIT VISIBILITY
500-500-11

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OCTOBER 2002
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• HEADQUARTERED AT OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE
• CONTROLS MILITARY SPACE OPERATIONS
• COMPUTER NETWORK OPERATIONS
• INFORMATION OPERATIONS
• STRATEGIC WARNINGINTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENTS
• GLOBAL STRATEGIC PLANNING

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NAVSTAR GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS)

• CONSTELLATION OF 24 ORBITING SATELLITES
• PROVIDES THREE-DIMENSIONAL LOCATION
  INFORMATION
• PROVIDES WORLDWIDE COMMON GRID
• CONTINUOUS REAL-TIME INFORMATION
• TIME FIGURED TO WITHIN A MILLIONTH OF A SECOND
• VELOCITY WITHIN A FRACTION OF MILE PER HOUR.
• LOCATION WITHIN A FEW FEET

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MILSTAR SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM

• PROVIDES SECURE, JAM RESISTANT COMMUNICATIONS
• LINKS COMMAND AUTHORITIES WITH SHIPS,
  SUBMARINES,
• AIRCRAFT AND GROUND STATIONS.

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DEFENSE SUPPORT PROGRAM SATELLITES

• KEY PART OF NORTH AMERICAS EARLY WARNING
  SYSTEMS.
• DETECTS MISSILE LAUNCHES, SPACE LAUNCHES
• AND NUCLEAR DETONATIONS.

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DEFENSE METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAM

• COLLECTS WEATHER DATA FOR U.S. MILITARY
  OPERATIONS
• FORECASTERS CAN MONITOR AND PREDICT REGIONAL AND
• GLOBAL PATTERNS.

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DEFENSE SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS

• PROVIDES WORLDWIDE SECURE VOICE AND HIGH RATE
• DATA COMMUNICATIONS.
• PROVIDES HIGH PRIORITY EXCHANGE OF WARTIME
  INFORMATION BETWEEN DEFENSE OFFICIALS AND
  BATTLEFIELD COMMANDERS.
• TRANSMITS SPACE OPERATIONS AND EARLY WARNING
  DATA

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Movement Tracking System(MTS)
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MTS Mission
Provide CSS Commanders with near real-time
transportation asset location, movement data, and
situational awareness. Enable logisticians to
redirect supplies, identify/avoid hazards, inform
drivers of unit location changes, and improve the
efficiency of the distribution system.
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MTS Capabilities

• Military and civilian GPS
• Two-way messaging
• Satellite-based tracking and communication system
• Landline-independent
• World-wide coverage
• Capability to interface with EIS

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GPS CommunicationConcepts
GPS Satellites
Comm Satellites
CONUS or
Deep Rear
RF tags, Messages, and Vehicle Diagnostics
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Radio Frequency Automatic Identification
Technology (RF/AIT)
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RF/AIT

• Definition
• Employment
• Equipment
• Software
• Total Asset Visibility

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RF/AIT Definition

• A suite of technologies that enables
  
  the automatic capture of source data,
  
  thereby enhancing the ability to

• Identify
• Track
• Document
• Control

deploying and re-deploying forces,
equipment, personnel and
sustainment cargo.
Includes devices to automate the collection of
information concerning assets in-storage,
in-process, and in-transit
Supports the Army Total Asset Visibility Program
(TAV)
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RF/AIT Objectives
Understand the design,
capabilities, and application of RF/AIT equipment
Become familiar
with basic
concepts and terms associated with RF/AIT
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History of RF/AIT
Deployments to CENTCOM AO (15,000)
Bosnia Redeployment of
2d ACR to Folk
Polk (2,000)
Major Operations
Bosnia Operation
Joint Guard (14,000)
Desert Storm 1st Military
Test-Retrograde Ammo
Foal Eagle TIS (500)
Somalia Operation
Restore Hope (400 Tags)
Central America Hurricane Mitch
Relief (700)
1991
1993
1995
1998
1999
2000
2003
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Concept of Operations
Regional Server/GTN
Tag Interrogator
Tag
Tag Interrogator Name DTG
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3 OF 9 BARCODE
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2D BARCODE MARKING
Bar code field here
Algorithm field here
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Common Access Card
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RF/AIT - CHECK ON LEARNING
1. What satellite provides three-dimensional
location information?

2. Name some transportation systems that
are supported by



communication satellites?
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RF/AIT Equipment
Old Seal Tag
SAVI Seal Tag II Capabilities
300-Foot Range
128K bytes Read/Write Memory
Multiple Tag Collection
Omni-Directional Communication
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RF/AIT Equipment
Seal Tag Employment
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RF/AIT Equipment
Old Docking Station
Capabilities
Create RFID Tags
Retrieve RFID Info
WINDOWS Driven
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RF/AIT Equipment
New Tag
SaviTag 410R RF Tag
New Design
128KB Storage
Improved Battery Case
Same Characteristics of Old
Seal Tag
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RF/AIT Equipment
New Docking Station
SDS 1001 Docking Station Capabilities
Create RFID Tags
Retrieve RFID Info
WINDOWS Driven
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RF/AIT Equipment
Fixed Interrogator
Capabilities
300-Foot Range
Multiple Tag Collection
Omni-Directional Communication
Writes Multiple Tags Simultaneously
High-Speed Data Transfer
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RF/AIT Equipment
Temporary Interrogator
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RF/AIT Equipment
Fixed Interrogator
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RF/AIT Equipment
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RF/AIT Equipment
Old Hand-Held Interrogator
Savi Hand-Held Interrogator Capabilities
300-Foot Range
Multiple Tag Collection
Omni-Directional Communication
Tag Homing Capability
Data Entry and File Editing
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RF/AIT Equipment
Hand-Held Interrogator
INTERMEC 410R Capabilities
1 MB of RAM
Reads Linear Bar Codes
Reads 2D Bar Code
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RF/AIT Equipment
New Hand-Held Interrogator
SYMBOL PDT 8146 Capabilities
64 MB of RAM
Reads Linear Bar Codes
Reads RF Tags
Reads 2D Bar Code
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RF/AIT Equipment
Bar Codes (EUCOM Test Label)

• Linear Bar Code
• Limited to 20
• Characters
• Identifies
• - Consignee
• - TCN
• - Number of
• Pieces

Linear

• 2D Bar Code
• Up to 1,850
  
  
  
  
  Characters
• Can sustain
• 35 damage
• Contains TCMD/
• Supply Info

2D
Military Shipping Label
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RF/AIT Equipment
Printer
Direct Thermal/Thermal Transfer Printer
Creates Military Shipping Label
Creates Linear and 2D Bar Codes
Durable Survives the Elements
ZEBRA 4M
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RF/AIT Equipment
Employment of Military Shipping Label
EUCOM Test MSL
Standard MSL
Packing List
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The SAVI Tag Database Can Be Queried Using The
SAVI Batch Collection Protocol ...
Im SAVI Tag 1234 ... Ive got stuff
Im SAVI Tag 1235 ... Ive got stuff
Im SAVI Tag 2265 ... Ive got stuff
Who has stuff?
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RF/AIT System Architecture
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GTN Scott Air Force, IL
https//147.242.140.92
Regional Server Korea
https//www.gtn.transcom.mil
ATAV DATA CENTER ST Louis, MO
CONUS Regional Server
https//160.147.8.10
http//weblog.logsa.army.mil/tavgui
Regional Server Germany
JTAV DATA CENTER
https//144.170.190.8
https//137.246.34.108
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Fly Away Kit
(Early Entry Deployment Support Kit (E2DSK))
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RADIO FREQUENCY INTERROGATORS IN IRAQ
14 AUGUST 2003
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CURRENT FIXED RFID INTERROGATOR SITES
1- S GATE
Dahuk
Bashur
Dahuk
Diamondback Mosul
Tigris R.
2-38SLD70774124 F GATE
Arbil
4th INF DIV ()
Mosul
IRAN
Tall Afar
Irbil
101st AA DIV ()
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2
Ninawa
Kirkuk
Sycamore Tirkrit
Dayr az Zawr
1-38SMC40275848 AIRFIELD 1-38SMC39796100 N
GATE 1-38SMC41815238 S GATE 2-CDC (EEDSK)
At Tamim
As Sulaymaniyah
1-38SMC41544333 (EEDSK) KIRKUK SETAF
(173 ABN) at the SSA
Hamadan
Salah ad Din
SYRIA
Euphrates R.
Tikrit
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Anaconda Balad
1-38SMB154857281 F GATE (EEDSK)
Al Qaim
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Samarra
3rd ACR
Diyala
Ar Ramadi
Baqubah
1st AR DIV ()
Baghdad
Ar Rutbah
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Fallujah
Biap Baghdad
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1-AIRFIELD 1-F GATE 1-38SMB36227687 QM CRP
1-38SMB33818323 LRP
1-38SMA86357468 F GATE
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Wasit
Babil
H3
H4
Al Hillah
Karbala
Al Kut
Dogwood
Dezful
Al Anbar
Karbala
Al Kufa
JORDAN
Al Amarah
An Najaf
Ad Diwaniyah
1-38RPV05842403
Al Qadisiyah
Scania
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1-38RPV04582633
Maysan
As Samawah
Dhi Qar
Ahvaz
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An Nasiriyah
New Cedar
Arar
Al Basrah
An Najaf
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Umm Qasr
Tallil
Az Zubayr
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I MEF (-) RIP POLISH MND
Safwan
SAUDI ARABIA
Al Muthanna
Kuwait City
13 Fixed Interrogator Sites 4 (EEDSK) Mobile
Interrogator Sites
3 UK MND
KUWAIT
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Planned Additional Fixed Interrogators to equal
35 sites
Dahuk
2-LF337180 N GATE 1-LF335214 S GATE 1-AIRFIELD

Bashur
Dahuk
Diamondback Mosul
Tigris R.
Arbil
Mosul
Tall Afar
Irbil
101st AA DIV ()
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2
Ninawa
Kirkuk
1-MB1306555438 CLASS I YARD 1-LD7047258952 CLASS
IX YARD
IRAN
Sycamore Tirkrit
Dayr az Zawr
1-REPLACE EEDSK KIRKUKSETAF (173 ABN) at the SSA
At Tamim
As Sulaymaniyah
Hamadan
Salah ad Din
SYRIA
2-REPLACE CDC (EEDSK)
Euphrates R.
Tikrit
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4th INF DIV ()
Anaconda Balad
Al Qaim
12
Samarra
3rd ACR
Diyala
Ar Ramadi
Baqubah
1st AR DIV ()
LSA Copperhead Ar Ramadi
Baghdad
Ar Rutbah
1
Fallujah
647
2-F GATE
10
Wasit
2-F GATE
Babil
H3
Polish Logbase Al Hillah
H4
Al Hillah
Karbala
Al Kut
Dogwood
Dezful
Al Anbar
Karbala
Al Kufa
JORDAN
1- REPLACE F GATE (EEDSK) 1- F GATE 1-CLASS I
YARD 1-CLASS IX YARD
Al Amarah
1- F GATE
An Najaf
Ad Diwaniyah
Al Qadisiyah
Scania
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Maysan
As Samawah
Dhi Qar
Ahvaz
2-F GATE
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An Nasiriyah
UK LOGBASE Basrah
New Cedar
Arar
1-F GATE
Al Basrah
An Najaf
1
Umm Qasr
Az Zubayr
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I MEF (-) RIP POLISH MND
Safwan
SAUDI ARABIA
Al Muthanna
Umm Qsar Hwy Border Crossing
1- BORDER CROSSING
Kuwait City
22 Planned Additional Fixed Interrogator Sites
3 UK MND
KUWAIT
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TAV IN TRANSIT PROCESSING STATION (TIPS)
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TIPS Software
Key Features include
Writing and reading formatted data to and from RF
tags (DD 1384 and DD 1348-1A)
Uploading data to a regional servers
Entering and preprocessing TAV data
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TIPS Software
Write Station Operations
Tag Collection
RF Tag
Source Data
Import/Edit Write to Tag Write Station Upload
Interrogator
Regional Server
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• Collect Tags
• Lists the current
• available tags
• Assign Tags to
• Shipments

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US Army Transportation SchoolGTN Cargo Query
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