| | Defense Casualty Information Processing System (DCIPS) |
| | Primary Purpose | Tracks casualty data pertaining to service |
| | members and their families. DCIPS is the |
| | automated migration system for the casualty and |
| | mortuary affairs process within the Department of |
| | Defense. |
| | Sub-Functions | Information management support to the Casualty |
| | and Memorial Affairs Operations Center. Permits |
| | automated storage and retrieval of casualty data |
| | with links to reporting agencies. |
| | On-line receipt of casualty messages, retrieval |
| | of additional personnel information from |
| | databases, interactive update, and data exchange |
| | with Casualty Area Commands and Mortuaries. |
| | Deployed organizations can produce casualty |
| | reports with a user-friendly query. |
| | Equipment Requirements | Hardware: 486 MHz Personal Computer or larger. |
| | Operating system: Workstation: Windows 95 or NT; |
| | Database: UNIX or Windows NT. |
| | Connectivity Requirements | Server and Ethernet. |
| | Crypto Requirements | None. |
| | Normal Locations | Casualty and Memorial Affairs Operations Center. |
| | Casualty Are Commands. Personal Service |
| | Battalion. Point of Embarkation and Overseas |
| | Mortuaries. |
| | Information Managed | Casualty data. |
| | Products Created | Casualty reports, Mortuary information, |
| | repatriation data, and next-of-kin notification. |
| | Lead Service/Contractor | The Under Secretary of Defense charged the Deputy |
| | Chief of Staff for Personnel with overall |
| | responsibility for DCIPS. PERSIND has technical |
| | PM responsibility. The Department of Defense |
| | Casualty Advisory Board has functional oversight |
| | of the problem. |
| | Current Fielding Status | The Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for |
| | Personnel (ODCSPER) is managing the fielding of |
| | the system to the services. The Army system has |
| | been fielded and is operational. Air Force, |
| | Navy, and Marine have not been fielded. |
| | Known Problems | None. |
| | DIICOE Compliance Rating | Not rated. |
| | Point of Contact | Task Force for DCIPS Project Manager: Bonnie |
| | Bailey, Shared Systems Branch TAPC-PSM-M (703) |
| | 325-3600, DSN 221-3600 |
| | Updated by | Capt Earl W. Daniels, USMC, CCSC-01. |
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