MTMC BUILDS MOBILE PORT OPERATIONS UNITS
The U.S. Military Traffic Management Command will soon take delivery of the first of three new mobile port operations units.
MTMC, the surface transportation logistics unit for the armed forces, said the units will provide “highly mobile, automated command, control, communications and information center for transporters.”
Constructed of expandable shipping containers on wheels, these units will be retained for extended long-term traffic management missions overseas. They include the following systems and capabilities:
* Worldwide port system.
* Integrated computerized deployment system.
* Dual-use voice and data satellite communications.
* Secure voice and fax capability.
* Defense messaging system.
* Printers, copiers, and scanners.
* Satellite news networks and Armed Forces Network.
The mobile port operations units replace several previous ad hoc versions, said John Smith, deputy chief of staff for information management at MTMC. Crew and equipment will both from the unit’s heating and cooling systems, he added.
MTMC’s first unit will be fielded this summer. Eventually a mobile port operations center will be placed with the 597th Transportation Group at Military Ocean Terminal in Sunny Point, N.C.; the 598th Transportation Group in Rotterdam; and the 599th Transportation Group at Hawaii’s Wheeler Army Air Field.