| | Ammunition Prepositioning Planning System (APPS) |
| | Primary Purpose | Management of Class V(W) ground ammunition in |
| | support of contingency deployment and deliberate |
| | planning. |
| | Sub-Functions | The Ammunition Prepositioning and Planning System |
| | (APPS) performs the following sustainment |
| | functions during deliberate planning or crisis |
| | action response at the FMF and at MARCORSYSCOM: |
| | a. Accepts force flow information from MAGTF II |
| | or permits construction of forces from scratch. |
| | b. Properly computes the Class V(W) time-phased |
| | requirement by allowing operator adjustments for |
| | non-TPFDDed information and time-phasing which |
| | accommodates employment of forces not just |
| | deployment of forces. |
| | c. Sources that requirement from the Marine |
| | Ammunition Requirements Support Order (MARSO) or |
| | actual operational inventory. |
| | d. Allows for sharing of MARSO sourcing among all |
| | deployed MEFs. |
| | e. Forwards further sustainment requirements |
| | (operational shortfalls) to MARCORSYSCOM via |
| | SIPRNET. |
| | f. Allows MARCORSYSCOM to source from retail |
| | locations directly from inventory extract out of |
| | MAARS II. |
| | g. Constructs submittal to Single Manager for |
| | Conventional Ammunition (SMCA) for joint |
| | wholesale sourcing. |
| | h. Converts operational, retail and wholesale |
| | sourcing into format which can be hand loaded |
| | into MAGTF II pending reprogramming of MAGTF II |
| | under MAGTF II, Version 4.2 to directly accept |
| | the data and build the TPFDD in an automated |
| | manner. |
| | i. Analyzes the sourcing to compute the Logistics |
| | Supportability Analysis required for the |
| | Munitions Matrix in each plan. |
| | j. Will receive data files from Marine Corps |
| | Ammunition Accounting and Reporting System (MAARS |
| | II), Marine Air-Ground Task Force-II/ Logistics |
| | Automated Information System (MAGTF II/LOGAIS), |
| | email, SIPRNET via diskette or similar media. |
| | Equipment Requirements | Microcomputer, Pentium 166Mz (minimum), Windows |
| | 95 (32 bit operating system), minimum 80Mb |
| | available (120 preferred), minimum 32 MB RAM, one |
| | CD-ROM drive. If classified data is entered, |
| | computer must be suitable for handling classified |
| | data. |
| | Connectivity Requirements | Direct connectivity is not required. |
| | Crypto Requirements | None. |
| | Normal Locations | MARCORSYSCOM, Program Manager for Ammunition. |
| | USMC Ammunition Officer at MARFORLANT, MARFORPAC, |
| | MEFs. Marine Corps Detachment, U.S. Army |
| | Ordnance Missile and Munitions Center and School. |
| | Information Managed | Retains AWR MARSO data, inventory data, compares |
| | requirement to available assets for operational |
| | support. |
| | Products Created | Various Reports. Level 4 and Level 2 ULN detail. |
| | CIN worksheets. |
| Lead Service/Contractor | USMC/MKI Inc. |
| Current Fielding Status | Fielded since late CY98 delivery. |
| Known Problems | MAGTF II, Version 4.2 was going to have a direct |
| export/import link to APPS. Development of MAGTF |
| II, Version 4.2 is delayed. Ad Hoc queries can |
| provide the data to APPS. However, hand entry of |
| the data developed in APPS (instead of direct |
| automated entry) into MAGTF II is required. |
| DIICOE Compliance Rating | Not rated. |
| Point of Contact | Head, Plans Branch, PM for Ammunition, |
| MARCORSYSCOM, GM13 Diane Smith, DSN: 426-0924. |
| Updated by | Capt Farrell J. Sullivan, USMC, CCSC-01. |
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