APPENDIX C
TRANSPORTATION MOVEMENT RELEASE
C-1. INTRODUCTION. This appendix serves as a guide for developing the TMR number. The TMR is not a standard Army format, but a flexible accounting system that can be adapted to any theater. Each theater should publish implementing procedures and codes.
C-2. TRANSPORTATION MOVEMENT RELEASE. A TMR number is the authority for movement of a shipment. Figure C-1 shows an example of a movement transportation request. The movement TMR number commits transportation assets, verifies the capability of the consignee to receive the shipment, and serves as the unique identifier of the movement requirement. The TMR number is used to account for the transportation assets during movement much like the TCMD is used to account for the cargo during movement. There is no standard format for the movement transportation request. Each movement control element will tailor the transportation request to fit the situational needs of its mission. The codes for completing the TMR number and commitment work sheet can be found in DOD Regulation 4500.32-R (MILSTAMP) and theater regulations.
C-3. TMR NUMBER. A TMR number may be as simple as the Julian date and the number assigned to a particular shipment. For example, 933415 would break down as follows: 9334 is the Julian date and 15 is the fifteenth shipment assigned that day. A sample 12-digit TMR number is explained in Figure C-2. The TMR number can be lengthened or shortened to meet the information needs of the theater. A more complex TMR number is used in USAREUR and Korea.
C-4. SUPPLY SYSTEM INTERFACE. Movement control is closely linked to the supply system. The supply system generates much of the transportation requirements that support combat forces. Movement planners at all echelons must understand that supply priorities and competing demands for logistics resources affect transportation priorities. Understanding the relationship of the supply system to the transportation system is essential to effectively plan and execute movement control.
a. Supply Requisition and Procedures. Transportation priorities are derived from the priority designator found on all materiel requisitions.
(1) Priority designator. The PD is based upon a combination of factors that relate to the mission of the unit requesting materiel and the urgent need for the materiel. The requesting unit puts a PD on all requests it submits to a SSA. The PD is determined according toJP 4-01. Table C-1 shows how the PD is determined.
(2) Force/activity designator. A FAD is a Roman numeral (I to V) assigned by the JCS or Army MACOM. The FAD indicates the essential mission of a unit to meet national objectives.
(3) Urgency of need designator. A UND is an alphabetic letter (A to C) assigned by the commander of the unit requesting the materiel. The UND is based on the importance of the requested materiel in accomplishing the unit's mission.
Figure C-1. Sample Movement Request
Figure C-2. Sample 12-digit TMR Number
Table C-1. Determining Priority Designators
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(4) Transportation priority. Before selecting the mode of transportation, the transportation officer converts the PD on the supply document to a TP as shown in Table C-2.
Table C-2. Converting PD to a TP
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b. Transportation and Mode Selection. Mode selection is governed by the following:
- TP.
- SDD or RDD.
- Weight and cube of the shipment.
- Nature of the materiel.
- Cost of the transportation.
- Distance to be shipped.
- Modes of transportation available between the depot and the POE.
Table C-3 shows the preferred mode for each TP for movement between CONUS and an overseas theater.
Table C-3. Preferred Mode for TP
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There are times when the transportation officer will select a mode other than the preferred mode. For example, TP 1 and TP 2 shipments that normally move by air might move by surface when the following happens:
- Items to be shipped are too heavy or too large to fit in an aircraft.
- Surface transportation is the only mode available between the POE and POD.
- Surface transportation is more advantageous or more expeditious due to the short distance.
On the other hand, TP 3 shipments that normally move by surface, might move by air when the following happens:
- Air transportation is the only mode available.
- Overall cost of shipping via surface is greater than shipping via air.
- Materiel being shipped is high value or a security risk and it would be in the best interests of the government to ship it by air.
(1) Standard delivery date. The SDD is the calendar date that materiel must be delivered to the requisitioner. It is based on UMMIPS criteria and includes the normal processing and shipping time the supply and transportation personnel use to process and move supplies from CONUS depots to overseas locations.
(2) Required delivery date. When the SDD will not meet the requisitioner's requirements, the requisitioner may specify an RDD, which is the date the materiel is needed. The RDD is entered on the requisition as an adjustment from the SDD. The RDD does not change the priority of the shipment. The only way to change the priority of shipment is by adjusting is can only be done by adjusting the UND. An RDD signals the system to expedite the shipment.
(3) 999 shipment. Requisitioners may place a 999 in the RDD block of TP 1 shipments (PDs 01, 02, and 03 requisitions) according to DA Pamphlet 710-2-1. The presence of the 999 indicates that the requisition will be filled and shipped ahead of all other TP 1 shipments.
c. Supply Systems and Organizations. Requisitions are filled using the following systems and organizations.
(1) Defense automated addressing system. The DAAS routes requisitions and related information among supply units materiel managers, NICPs, and CONUS depots. The DAAS also provides the LSA with concurrent images of requisitions and related traffic for recording in the LIF.
(2) Logistics intelligence files. The LIF is an on-line computerized database that centralizes the collection, correlation, and retrieval of supply and transportation data on Army-sponsored requisitions maintained by the LSA. The LIF furnishes historical supply and transportation pipeline progress of a requisition from the time it is sent through the DAAS to the time materiel is received. It is used to measure DSS performance and focus management attention on specific pipeline segments needing improvement. The database does not include Class III (bulk petroleum) and some Class I perishable items. See DA Pamphlet 700-30 or AR 7275-50 for LIF procedures.
(3) National inventory control point. The NICP directs the fill of requisitions from stocks on-hand at a depot. The NICP issues an It does this by issuing a MRO that authorizes/directs the release of the materiel.
(4) Supply depot. Once the materiel has been offered for shipment, released, the transportation officer selects a mode of transportation to ship the materiel to a CCP or POE. Depot processing and shipping procedures are outlined in AR 725-50.
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