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Recently, the NTC began observing and conducting AARs for the onward movement phase of the NTC rotation. Traditionally, units have strictly focused on the administrative nature of drawing the 320 tracked and 750 wheeled vehicles during their first week at the NTC.

Current force projection doctrine in FM 100-5, June 1993, clearly explains the requirements for deploying units in Chapter 3. The deployment to the NTC is an excellent opportunity for units to train deployment procedures, onward movement, and move to the assembly area. The current approach at the NTC is to focus on the unit's execution of building combat power. The specific tasks observed are:

-Unit draw plan and execution.

-PMCS of prepositioned equipment.

-Preparation of soldiers: safety, enemy situation, country briefings, load plans, basic load of all classes of supply.

The initiative to assess onward movement at the NTC will continue to mature and will expand training opportunities for deploying units. The objective is to create a "scenario-driven" deployment, reception and equipment draw. Emerging doctrine on force projection and the new "prepo afloat" will be integrated into the deployment process. By September 1994, units will be expected to execute a compressed draw of the prepositioned fleet.

Following are some of the most current onward movement observations:

Needs Improvement:

Many of the units do not have deployment or onward movement as part of their METL.

Units that do have deployment and onward movement SOPs do not have specific tasks or standards for subordinate units.

Units do not take advantage of training opportunities during draw week. For example, units link their training day to the contractor's eight-hour workday and do not plan for crew, platoon, and company tasks or training outside the drawyard.

Many units still view their first week as only the contractor issuing them equipment as opposed to the unit executing their draw plan to build combat power.

Units are not conducting country briefs or briefing the enemy situation to the soldiers.

Sustain:

Deployment of key personnel early is essential to set conditions for the draw.

PMCS on the prepositioned fleet are good. Soldiers know the standards.

Units must consider centralized planning and decentralized execution.

Transition to a tactical assembly area (TAA) must be very orderly and safe.

Company-level leadership involvement and execution of troop-leading procedures are excellent.

Units are briefing soldiers on safety and NTC Rules of Engagement (ROE).

The following information reflects a listing of soldier preparation for both mission and safety concerns.

MISSION
CONCERNS                   SAFETY CONCERNS



Deployment
Briefings               Risk Assessment Plan

Threat
Orientation                 MEDEVAC Procedures

ROE
Brief                          Vehicle Operations

Load
Plans Checked                 Seasonal Weather

Review
Troop-Leading Procedures    Lost-in-Desert Procedures

Review
NBC Skills                  Environmental Protection

Crew
Qualification                 PYRO/DUD Handling

Infantry
Squad Readiness           Vehicle Maintenance

                                  Battlefield Obstacles (Tank Ditches, Wire,
Fox Holes)

                                  No-Dig/Off-Limit Areas

                                  Limited Visibility Operations

                                  Wildlife

                                  Roll-over Drills

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