New mobile operations centers boost efficiency.There will be an enhanced capability to Military Traffic Management Command's short-term port operations in the future. The first of three MTMC MTMC Military Traffic Management Command (US DoD) MTMC Mount Marty College MTMC Micros-to-Mainframes, Inc. (stock symbol) MTMC Middle Tennessee Medical Center (Murfreesboro, TN) mobile port operation centers is nearing completion. The centers will offer a highly mobile, automated command, control, communications, and information center for transporters. "A new era has arrived for Military Traffic Management Command A major command of the US Army, and the US Transportation Command's component command responsible for designated continental United States land transportation as well as common-user water terminal and traffic management service to deploy, employ, sustain, and redeploy US forces on a port operations," said John Smith, Deputy Chief of Staff for Information Management. "The new mobile port operations centers The facility or location on an installation, base, or facility used by the commander to command, control, and coordinate all crisis activities. See also base defense operations center; command center. will mirror the tactical and automated environment of the future. "We will have robust communications with state-of-the-art security. The increased band width this equipment offers will provide faster information flow." The centers are contained within two High Mobility, Multipurpose mul·ti·pur·pose adj. Designed or used for several purposes: a multipurpose room; multipurpose software. multipurpose Adjective , Wheeled Vehicles Noun 1. wheeled vehicle - a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people; "the oldest known wheeled vehicles were found in Sumer and Syria and date from around 3500 BC" axle - a shaft on which a wheel rotates , said Smith. The vehicles may be quickly moved and deployed overseas. The mobile port operations centers will replace several previous ad hoc For this purpose. Meaning "to this" in Latin, it refers to dealing with special situations as they occur rather than functions that are repeated on a regular basis. See ad hoc query and ad hoc mode. versions, said Smith. Crew and equipment will both benefit from the center's heating and cooling systems cooling systems for housed animals include spraying of roofs with water, evaporative pads with fans, foggers and misters; for pastured animals shelter from the sun by trees or artificial shade devices and cooling ponds are used. . MTMC's first center will be fielded at the 597th Transportation Group at Military Ocean Terminal, Sunny Point, N.C., this summer. The two additional centers will be fielded this fall to the 598th Transportation Group, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and the 599th Transportation Group, Wheeler Army Air Field, Hawaii. "These are state-of-the-art, secure, command, control, and communications packages," said Lary Marler, information specialist. "There is a requirement for this equipment" said Marler. "It will provide data and communications capabilities in locations with little or no other infrastructure available." The mobile port operations centers will include the following systems and capabilities: - Worldwide Port System - Integrated Computerized Deployment System - Dual-use voice and data satellite communications - Secure voice and facsimile capability - Defense Messaging System Software that provides an electronic mail delivery system. It is made up of the following functional components, which may be packaged together or independently. Mail User Agent - Printers/copiers/scanners - Satellite News Networks/Armed Forces Network The mobility and technology of the center make it state of the art, said David Cornelissen, a six-year Navy veteran. "Being an old military man, I can appreciate the communications features the center brings to the working commander in the field. Absolutely, this is MTMC's global reach in fast-breaking situations." Not affected by the introduction of the new centers will be MTMC's existing deployable port operations centers. Constructed of an expandable shipping container, these centers will be retained for extended long-term traffic management missions. |
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