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APPENDIX B

GEOGRAPHICAL CONSIDERATIONS

B-1. INTRODUCTION. This appendix contains general descriptive information for selected Unified Commands and is only current as of the publication date of this FM. The information is subject to change with the fielding of TC-AIMS II; other innovative operating systems; or changes in command relationships, organizations, or alignments.

Section I. United States Central Command

B-2. USCENTCOM Area of Responsibility. The SW Asia region is a large, diverse area. The population is over 316 million with 17 different ethnic groups, 420 major tribal groupings, 6 major language groupings, hundreds of dialects, and 3 major religions. The command's AOR begins in the east with Pakistan and includes Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, and Jordan on the Asian continent, the entire Arabian peninsula, and Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, and Kenya on the African continent. It includes the waters of the Red Sea and Persian Gulf (Figure B-1).

HNS potential ranges from good to nonexistent, depending on the specific country involved. LOCs also vary from the few regularly used in support of pre-positioned supplies, equipment, and personnel; to those used periodically for exercises; to those identified but not used due to political considerations.

US forces apportioned to USCENTCOM are unique; there are few permanently forward-deployed forces in the area. Those consist mainly of US Navy Central Command or US Marine Central Command missions. The OPLAN and TPFDD identify the vast majority of forces.

B-3. USCENTCOM COMMAND RELATIONSHIPS. The TUSA, located at Fort McPherson, GA is the Army component command for USCENTCOM. It provides planning guidance for Army units that could be deployed in wartime.

The Third MCA serves as executive agent for movement control into, within, and out of the ARCENT area of responsibility. It commands and supervises assigned and attached units in support of the ARCENT mission and coordinates with HN and allied forces (Figure B-2). USCENTCOM may also direct the use of the ARCENT movement control structure to support all ground movement in the USCENTCOM AOR to include support of all component commands.

Section II. United States European Command

B-4.USEUCOM Area of Responsibility. The USEUCOM AOR is large and diverse. It encompasses 13 million square miles, extends from Norway to the south of Africa (less the area assigned to USCENTCOM), and includes 76 countries (Figure B-3). Within the central European region of NATO, the USEUCOM AOR includes Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Denmark, Italy, France, and the United Kingdom.

Figure B-1. USCENTCOM Area of Responsibility

Figure B-2. Command Relationship

B-5. USEUCOM COMMAND RELATIONSHIPS. USAREUR's movement manager is the 1st TMCA headquartered in Kaiserslautern, Germany. It is assigned to the 21st TAACOM. The 1st TMCA supports US forces in northern, central, and southern Europe.

USAREUR's mode operator is the 37th TRANSCOM headquartered at Kaiserslautern, Germany. The 37th TRANSCOM is assigned to the 21st TAACOM. The 1st MCA exercises committal authority over transportation assets of the 37th TRANSCOM. The 37th TRANSCOM commands one subordinate transportation battalion (28th Transportation Battalion, headquartered in Mannheim).

MTMC Europe, a subordinate command of MTMC, operates common-user ocean terminals in direct support of USEUCOM. MTMC Europe can open military terminals at other locations based on operational requirements.

B-6.MOVEMENT CONTROL ORGANIZATIONS. Figure B-4 shows the organization of the 1st MCA. It has three transportation battalions (MC) and two movement regions assigned.

Within the European theater, MCTs have theater-unique teams assigned to them. They include the following:

B-7. STANDARDIZATION AGREEMENTS. USAREUR uses standardized forms to implement the provisions and data/information of exchange requirements NATO STANAGs and AMovPs.

Figure B-3. USEUCOM Area of Responsibility

Figure B-4. Organization of the 1st MCA

Section III. United States Forces Korea

B-8.USFK Area of Responsibility. USFK is a sub-unified command of the USPACOM located at Camp H.M. Smith in Hawaii. Most US Army forces in Korea are assigned to the Eighth United States Army located in Seoul, Korea. EUSA is the Army component of USFK. US Army forces also support two combined commands (the United Nations Command and the Combined Forces Commands) within USPACOM.

B-9.USFK COMMAND RELATIONSHIPS. The 25th MCB operates as a separate battalion under the 19th TAACOM. The 25th MCB operates as EUSA's transportation manager. The 837th Transportation Battalion operates the port of Pusan in direct support of USFK.

B-10.ORGANIZATION. Figure B-5 shows the organization of the 25th MCB. The 25th MCB is headquartered in Seoul, Korea. The 25th MCB has two regional MCTs and two Port MCTs (Figure B-6). The 1st RMCT is collocated with the 25th MCB at Seoul (Figure B-7). The 2nd RMCT provides movement control for the southern sector of the Korean peninsula (Figure B-7). The 25th MCB performs port clearance functions at Osan, Kunsan, Kimhae, and Taegu air bases and Pusan, Pohang, and Chinhae seaports.

Figure B-5. Organization of the 25th MCB

B-11.COMBINED OPERATIONS. The CTMC is an ROK/US combined transportation movement control agency activated during exercise and contingency operations. It is the single manager responsible for transportation movement management in support of military operations in the Korean theater of operations.

The CMCC collocated with the First, Second, Third ROK Armies and Capital Defense Command (CMCC1, CMCC2, CMCC3, and CMCC5 respectively) provide movement control support in each Army area of operations and Seoul. The 25th MCB staffs each CMCC with their counterpart ROKA MMCs during exercise and contingency operations.

Figure B-6. 25th Transportation Battalion Locations

Figure B-7. ROKA Highway MCC/MCT