BRIGADE SUPPORT BATTALION (BSB) - Sustainment Resources
Click on the tabs below for Training, Doctrine, Force Design, Lessons Learned, Sustainment Estimation and Knowledge Sharing resources specific to the Brigade Support Battalion.
- COLLECTIVE
TRAINING - INDIVIDUAL
TRAINING - DOCTRINE
- FORCE
DESIGN - COMBAT
TRAINING
CENTERS (CTCs)
/ LESSONS
LEARNED - SUSTAINMENT
ESTIMATION
TOOLS - KNOWLEDGE
SHARING
RESOURCES - LEADER
DEVELOPMENT
Collective Training Resources
Combined Arms Training Strategies (CATS)
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CATS are the Army's overarching strategy for focusing on near term unit training or on identifying future unit training strategies and requirements. The CATS is a flexible system that supports comanders in designing their training programs by providing them with a menu of training tasks, events and resources to plan and manage training. Access all units' CATS data via the Army Training Network's CATS Viewer |
Listed below are CATS that support the BSB elements.
- HHC/HHD
- Distro CO
- FMC
- Med CO
- FSC
- 63026K000 - HHC, BRIGADE SUPPORT BATTALION (ABCT)
- 63036K000 - HHC, BRIGADE SUPPORT BATTALION (INFANTRY BCT)
- 63046K000 - HHC, BRIGADE SUPPORT BATTALION (AIRBORNE BCT)
- 63056K000 - HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY (HHC), BRIGADE SUPPORT BATTALION (BSB), STRYKER BRIGADE COMBAT
- 63336R000 - HHC, BDE SPT BN (INF BCT)
- 63356R000 - HHC, BSB MNVR ENHANCEMENT BDE (BSB MEB)
- 63028K000 - Distribution Company, BSB, Armored Brigade Combat Team
- 63038K000 - Distribution Company, BSB, (IBCT)
- 63048K000 - Distribution Company, BSB, Airborne Brigade Combat Team
- 63058K000 - Distribution Company, BSB, SBCT
- 63338R000 - DISTRIBUTION COMPANY, BRIGADE SPT BN (BSB), IBCT
- 63358K000 - DIST CO BSB MNVR ENHANCEMENT BDE (BSB MEB)*
- 63437K000 - Forward Support Company (155SP, 3X4), BSB, Fires Brigade*
- 63457K000 - FORWARD SUPPORT COMPANY, ENGINEER BATTALION*
- 63457K200 - FORWARD SUPPORT COMPANY, ENGINEER BATTALION (AIRBORNE)*
The authoritative source for accessing CATS is through the Digital Training Management System (DTMS). Because DTMS users must have approval for access, DTMS CATS data can also be pulled by the Army Training Network (ATN).
*CATS marked with red asterisks are awaiting publication on the ATN CATS Viewer. Please see DTMS for the most up-to-date CATS entries, or contact us if further support is needed for a specific CATS entry.
Digital Training Management System (DTMS)
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Click Here to access DTMS. DTMS is a web-based, Commericial Off The Shelf (COTS) software product tied to a relational database and customized IAW FM 7-0. Optimized for use at Brigade and below, DTMS provides the ability to plan, resource and manage unit and individual training at all levels. |
DTMS compiles collective and individual tasks, weapons qualifications, Army Physical Fitness Tests (APFT), AR 350-1 mandatory trianing and deployment tasks from "Enlistment to Retirement." It provides relevant training products through frequent updates of approved collective and individual tasks, Combined Arms Training Strategy (CATS), the Army Universal Task List (AUTL) and the Universal Joint Taks List (UJTL).
*NOTE: A DA G-3 memo, dated 11 Januray of 2006, states that DTMS is the only automated system for managing training in Army units. Read this memo.
Training Aids, Devices, Simulators and Simulations (TADSS)
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Training Support Materiel Armywide Tracking System (TS-MATS): Click Here to access the Training Support Materiel Armywide Tracking System (TS-MATS). *Note: this site is CAC protected and requires using IE Explorer to access the content. This site provides TADSS with associated Device #, Nomenclature with available TADSS descriptor file, the TADSS Proponent, TADDS Location research, and search function. |
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DA PAM 350-9: Click Here to download DA PAM 350-9 from AKO. This DA PAM provides Training Aids, Devices, Simulators, and Simulations (TADSS) information, such as TADSS Device #, Nomenclature, and TADSS descriptor. |
Institutional Training
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Army Logistics University conducts a number of courses that may be of interest to BSB personnel. These include: |
- Logistics Captains Career Course--a 20-week and 3-day course required for active duty CPTs.
- Contractor Officer's Representative--qualifies personnel to perform COR duties.
- CSS Senior Leaders Course--a tailorable course covering any aspect of tactical logistics. Will come to unit site.
- SASMO--trains CSSAMO/SASMO personnel to perform their functions.
- Operational Contract Support--a 10 day resident course that prepares graduates to plan, manage, and administer OCS in support of contingency operations. The course is taught at the ALU and at select on-site locations. It is specifically designed to train personnel assigned to OCS planning positions.
- Support Operations--2 phases: a dL phase to be completed before the 2-week resident or MTT phase.
Information and schedules for these and other ALU courses are found in the link below, under "Student Hub"
ADP 7-0: Training Units and Developing Leaders
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Army Doctrine Publication (ADP) 7-0, Training Units and Developing Leaders, establishes the Army’s doctrine for training units and developing leaders for unified land operations. ADP 7-0 presents overarching doctrinal guidance for training modular, expeditionary Army forces and developing leaders to conduct unified land operations. Click Here to access ADP 7-0 |
FM 7-0: Train to Win in a Complex World
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Field Manual 7-0 explains Army training strategies and new initiatives for assessing Army training readiness. The manual also offers links to online training resources. The field manual details how to plan training events, conduct training meetings, write after-action reports and carry out many other training tasks. The manual also links to Army Training Network's many resources, including instructional videos, mission-essential task lists, training and evaluation outlines, and best training practices. FM 7-0 will not be published in book form. Soldiers can read the manual online from the Army Training Network. It is also found on the Army Publishing Directorate by searching "FM-7-0." |
HQDA Standardized Mission Essential Task Lists (METL)
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Standardized Mission Essential Task Lists (METL) are the Headquarters, Department of the Army official listings of the fundamental tasks that units are designed to perform in any operational environment. Standardized METL consists of:
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Click Here to access the METL viewer provided by Army Training Network. From there, you can search by TO&E, Name, Proponent and Echelon, and view/print HQDA Standardized METL.
Central Army Registry (CAR)
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Click Here to access the Central Army Registry (CAR) Website. |
Training products previously in the RDL are now available in the CAR. Search by ID, title, and/or keywords, or browse by product type and proponent.
Training Circulars (TCs)
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All TCs can be accessed through the Army Publishing Directorate (APD) website (Click Here) TCs are the minimum essential publication requirements if needs analysis or short-range training strategy development identifies a training requirement that does not warrant other types of publications. |
See below for TCs relevant to the BSB:
TC 4-11.47: THE SENIOR GUNNER PROGRAM FOR SUSTAINMENT UNITS
TC 4-11.47 provides guidance to sustainment units for the purposes of
training senior gunners on gunnery operations. It describes gunnery
principles, methods, and techniques including the application of combined
gunnery skills in preliminary, basic, intermediate, advanced, and live fire
gunnery. The tasks outlined in the manual are to be used to establish the
unit's senior gunner program.
TC 4-11.46: CONVOY PROTECTION PLATFORM GUNNERY
In addition to TC 4-11.46, please Click Here for a link to the Unstabilized Gunnery Scoresheet. Convoy Protection Platform Gunnery Evaluators need clear standards to measure the crew's proficiency in CPP Gunnery. The evaluator observes each crew's teamwork, specifically in the areas of coordination, weapon proficiency, and marksmanship. The crew is evaluated as "T" (trained), "P" (needs practice), or "U" untrained). Engagement standards consist of task and subtask standards. The crew must meet task standards to succeed in the engagement. Each task standard comprises a combination of critical, leader, and noncritical subtask standards. The Unstabilized Gunnery Score Sheet is a means to record CPP Gunnery results.
Standards in Training Commission (STRAC)
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Current Fiscal Year (FY) DA Pam 350-38: This pamphlet provides commanders with the training strategies for individual, crew, and collective weapons training and identifies the resources required to execute that training. Standards in Weapons Training (STRAC) strategies are the basis for determining training ammunition requirements and for providing units the information necessary to forecast training ammunition. |
See Chapter 9 for Sustainment units’ authorized training ammunitions and pyrotechnics: Click Here
Applicable DA Pam 350-38 files: Click Here
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Standards in Training Commission (STRAC) strategies are the basis for determining training ammunition requirements and for providing units, Army Commands (ACOM) and Army Service Component Commands (ASCC) with the information necessary to forecast training ammunition requirements. The STRAC mission is to determine the quantities and types of munitions required for Soldiers, crews and units to attain and sustain weapon proficiency relative to readiness levels, making maximum use of TADSS and sub-caliber firing devices. |
Please click on a proponent tab below for corresponding links to Individual Training Resources.
- CASCOM TRAINING
TECHNOLOGY
PRODUCTS - ORDNANCE
(OD) - QUARTERMASTER
(QM) - TRANSPORTATION
(TC) - FINANCE
(FI) - ADJUTANT
GENERAL (AG)
CASCOM Training Technology Products
Training Technology Products Page
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The CASCOM Training Technology Division has produced (and continues to produce) interactive multimedia products for Ordnance, Quartermaster, Transportation and Multi-functional Units. These products are deliverable in both online streaming and downloadable formats. Please Click Here to access the training products and for more specific details about each product. |
Sustainment Virtual Playbook (SVPB)
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The Army Sustainment Virtual Playbook is an interactive, mobile, eLearning solution to living doctrine. It delivers doctrinal and best practice tactics, techniques, and procedures for executing synchronized sustainment in a decisive action environment. The playbook provides the tools to think through complex sustainment processes that enable freedom of action, extend operational reach, and prolong endurance. Please Click Here to access the SVPB. |
Contact Information
To contact the Training Technology Division with any questions, please click here.
Ordnance Individual Training Resources
eOrdanceU: Ordnance University and Blackboard
To access eOrdnanceU and Blackboard, Click Here 
eOrdnanceU is the U.S. Army Lifelong Learning Center's distributed learning system supporting the Ordnance community. eOrdnanceU gives users the capability to access online courses, download training materials, conduct collaborative discussions with peers and subject matter experts via site forums, and much more.
For access to eOrdnanceU training material, select the approriate Career Management Field (CMF) below:
- CMF91
- CMF94
- ALL
Click here for courses only accessible only on Blackboard*
*Requires Blackboard login and course number search. To access, select the link to; sign into Blackboard; select the organization tab; type in ID to the left and select go.; select the double down arrow and select enroll.
Click here for courses that are directly linked.
Click here for courses only accessible only on Blackboard*
*Requires Blackboard login and course number search. To access, select the link to; sign into Blackboard; select the organization tab; type in ID to the left and select go.; select the double down arrow and select enroll.
Click here for courses only accessible only on Blackboard*
*Requires Blackboard login and course number search. To access, select the link to; sign into Blackboard; select the organization tab; type in ID to the left and select go.; select the double down arrow and select enroll.
Training Aids, Devices, Simulators and Simulations (TADSS)
Click the tabs below to find TADSS for several weapon systems.
Most, but not all, of the TADSS are built by NGRAIN.
NGRAIN can be used in a range of training scenarios from aiding classroom instruction to supplementing hard trainers to providing self-paced distributed learning, NGRAIN Virtual Task TrainerT (VTTT) is an Internet Explorer-based solution that leverages 3D simulation to train personnel. NGRAIN VTT solutions have been found to accelerate training by as much as 60 percent, improve student test scores, and reduce failure rates, while also offering significant cost avoidance.
All current applicable weapon systems:
M9, M4/M16, M107, M203, M224, M252, M240, M249, M777 and the MK19
- SMALL ARMS
- MACHINE GUNS
- HOWITZER/MORTAR
- SNIPER RIFLES
- LAND COMBAT
Regional Training Site-Maintenance (RTS-M)
Click Here for RTS-M resources.
RTS-M Mission:
To provide Career Management Field (CMF) 91 MOS Qualification, NCOES, and ASI-H8 (Recovery) sustainment and transition training to Active Army, Reserve Component & Army National Guard Soldiers, enabling the U.S. Army to mobilize and deploy AC and RC maintenance Soldiers and units capable of meeting wartime mission requirements on current and future force modernization equipment systems.
Army Materiel Command (AMC) Capabilites
Click Here for the AMC Capabilities Brief.
The U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC) is the primary provider of materiel to the United States Army. The Command's mission includes the research & development of weapons systems as well as maintenance and parts distribution. Subordinate AMC Commands include the Army Sustainment Command (ASC), Army Field Support Brigades (AFSB), and Army Field Support Battalions (AFSB-n).
Training Support Packages (TSPs)/Course Lesson Plans
To access The Commanders Maintenance Handbook DA PAM 750-1 Click Here
Click the tabs below for Lesson Plans:
- CMF91
- CMF94
- Click Here for CMF 89 Material - References
- Click Here for ABRAMS Tank Maintenance Lesson Plans
- Click Here for BRADLEY Fighting Vehicle Lesson Plans
- Click Here for MSD V-3 OPNET Training
- Click Here for M1A2 SEP v2 Basic Troubleshooting
- Click Here for Standard Army Maintenance System-1E/2E Training
- Click Here for ATRRS ASI H8 Course Locations
- Click Here for CSS VSAT CAISI Information
- Click Here for Establish and Operate a UMCP
- Click Here for LOTTIS Stryker Products
- Click Here for 91S Maintenance Products
- Click Here for MSD V-3 OPNET Training
- Click Here for TOW ITAS Training
- Click Here for Standard Army Maintenance System-1E/2E Training
- Click Here for CSS VSAT CAISI Information
- Click Here for Establish and Operate a UMCP
Tutorials and Interactive Multimedia Instruction (IMIs)
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The Direct Recovery Operations (DRO) Application is a cutting-edge mobile application for use on Android and Apple iOS operating systems. The application stores information, including gross weights, on more than 200 U.S. Army and Marine Corp fleet vehicles. Custom options allow the user to input varying vehicle weights depending on unique configurations or add-ons (e.g. up armored and coalition vehicles). Select a wrecker and the vehicle to be recovered and the app will calculate the five types of resistance for recovery operations. |
This app accurately calculates reduction factors of tracked vehicles as well as mire resistance and the accurate Fall Line Force (FLF) for all vehicles along with an automatic mechanical advantage adjustment if the FLF exceeds the recovery vehicle winch capacity.
The DRO app provides additional resources at the point of need including Army Training Publications (ATPs), Army Regulations (ARs), and the Digital GTA Riggers Card. This app is available for download on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
Interactive Multimedia Instructional videos: For access to training material, select appropriate tabs and links below.
- CMF91
- CMF94
- Other
- C9 Mast System
- 4L80E Transmission System Overview
- Auto Relay Overview
- Battery Maintenance Management Program
- Caterpillar Medium Duty ACERT Engine System Overview
- FMTVA1 Electrical System Overview
- Gen IV Transmission System Overview
- HEMTTA2 Electrical System Overview
- Test Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment (TMDE)
- WTEC Transmission System Overview
- Hydraulic-Pneumatic Antenna Mast Group
- Employ Maintenance Capabilities to Sustain Combat Power
- LRAS3 Maintenance and Troubleshooting
GCSS-Army Web Based Training
Click Here for GCSS-Army Web Based Training Instructions. Download and review instructions. Once complete, training can be accessed here.
GCSS-Army Mission Statement:
Field an Army automated information system as the primary tactical logistics enabler to support Army and Joint Transformation of Sustainment using an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system.
Reengineer currentbusiness processes to achieve end-to-end logistics and provide unclassified feeder data to applicable C2/Joint systems.
Implement tactical financial processes relating to supply and maintenance.
Property Accountability
Property Accountability for Leaders in the Contemporary Operating Environment (COE) course (CD 111-31) provides unit level leaders with training on property accountability procedures before, during and after deployment. The course will be a prerequisite for the attending the Captains Career Course. Soldiers will receive instruction on classes of supply, categories of supply, command supply discipline, standard army management information systems (STAMIS), supply records, inventory procedures, requesting /receipting / issuing of army property, property adjustments, and the COE. The courseware is presented in approximately 15 hours of instruction. The course can be found on the Department of Defense Imagery website at: http://www.defenseimagery.mil, once on the website you must perform a course title search for A/V and IMI products under Result Types. The course can also be found on the Army Learning Management System through Army Knowledge Online (My Training).
Unit Training Assistance Program (UTAP)/ Center for Army Lessons Learned (CALL)
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The Unit Training Assistance Program (UTAP) has a great joint service web-site, which has Training Material for all TACOM managed equipment. The Library of TACOM Training Information Site (LOTTIS) is a great resource for Operator and Field Level Maintenance New Equipment Training (OPNET/FLMNET) material, informational videos and computer based interactive training (CBIT), for your TACOM equipment. UTAP also provides an outstanding CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE department that provides the warfighter a resolution to any training issue on TACOM equipment and much more. |
Center for Army Lessons Learned (CALL):
Click Here for CTC Decisive Action Training documents.
Command Maintenance Discipline Program (CMDP)
750-1, Army Materiel Maintenance Policy
Click Here to view AR 750-1, Army Materiel Maintenance Policy
This regulation covers Department of the Army policy for general maintenance operations; commodity - oriented maintenance operations; maintenance management systems; inter-Service and contract maintenance support; sustainment maintenance includingnational maintenance; maintenance support during acquisition; maintenance programs; and depot maintenance.
Command Maintenance Discipline Program:
Click Here to access the CMDP site.
This website offers a dynamic online repository of maintenance information and products designed to provide Soldiers and units with a centralized location of current, authoritative maintenance information. It is designed to help Soldiers and leaders to prepare their units to support Unified Land Operations. The TRADOC proponent and repository custodian is the Ordnance School, CASCOM, Ft. Lee, VA.
Field Level Maintenance Handbook:
Click Here for the Field Level Maintenance Handbook. The purpose of this handbook is to provide a clear description of two-level maintenance and to clarify aspects of it that, up until now, have been surrounded by confusion and misunderstanding. It is not a directive on how commanders should conduct maintenance in their units but positive guidance to allow commanders to assess and make full use of assigned maintenance assets.
Ammunition Training Resources
For the complete catalog of training offered by the Defense Ammunition Center, go to http://www.dactces.org. Whether it's training offered online, in the classroom or via mobile learning apps, it's listed here.
Army Explosives Safety Knowledge Network (AESKN)
Click Here to access The Army Explosives Safety Knowledge Network (AESKN). The AESKN supports the entire Explosives Safety Community. There are links to publications, references, and other useful sites.
From AESKN link to the DAU Munitions and Explosive Safety Community of Practice where you can discuss topics related to explosives safety or ammunition; link to "Ammo-Help" for regulatory guidance from experts in explosives safety and ammunition; link to the current Explosives Safety Bulletin or to review older editions for guidance and trends of Explosives Safety.
DAU Munitions and Explosive Safety Community of Practice (Ammo CoP)
Click Here to access the DAU Munitions and Explosive Safety Community of Practice (Ammo CoP). The Ammo CoP enables the sharing of knowledge throughout the ammunition enterprise. Military personnel, DOD civilians, supporting contractors and other agency personnel can leverage expertise, share experiences, ask questions and participate in discussions.
Munitions History Program (MHP)
Click Here for the Munitions History Program (MHP). This is a web based application that provides a fully integrated solution for munitions information. Commonly referred to as MHP, ammunition managers at all levels have access to this universal data management system that is fully deployable, easy to use, and allows maximum flexibility for a true "Train Once - Deploy Anywhere" system.
Mission Command Information System
The following links contain training and information products for Mission Command Equipment, ABCS, BCST, BCCS, Command Web, TMC Gateway, MCS, CPOF and
more:
https://lwn.army.mil/
https://lwn.army.mil/training/-/wiki/main/mission+command
The following link contains Mission Command-related training materials and resources available on the Army Training Network:
https://atn.army.mil/media/dat/MC-Resources/mcresources.aspx
The following link contains training materials, software technical bulletins, and system upgrade/turn-in process for the JBC-P/JBC-P Log, JCR/JCR Log, FBCB2, & BFT Systems:
https://jbc-p.army.mil/jbcp/menu.cfm
Contact Info
Please use the email address below to send questions and feedback regarding Individual Training resources and delivery.
usarmy.lee.tradoc.mbx.ord-home-station-training@mail.mil
Quartermaster Individual Training Resources
Blackboard & Courses
- 92G
Joint Culinary Center of Excellence (JCCoE)
The JCCoE website includes information and training links, including the Joint Culinary Training Directorate, and Career Development Links.
Click here for the 92G Refresher Training on Blackboard*
Click here for Meal Card Management Training on Blackboad*
*Follow instructions after clicking the link for enrollment.
Unit Supply/Property Accountability
- QM
School - 92Y10 Unit
Supply - Int. Level
Unit Supply - Financial
Liability - Property
Accountability - Supply Terrain
Walk
Quartermaster School Commandant Approved Baseline Training
Provide standardized lessons for enlisted personnel on basic unit and organizational supply procedures, arms room operations and unit level maintenance of small arms for MOS 92Y10/20 Unit Supply Specialist and non-92Y Soldiers tasked with organizational supply requirements.
Website link: https://atn.army.mil/dsp_template.aspx?dpID=328
92Y10 Unit Supply Specialist (sustainment training) course (CD 101-88)
Provides MOS 92Y10 soldiers with sustainment training in specific critical areas of the Unit Supply Specialist MOS. Specifically the course provides training on processing organizational laundry, requesting supplies and equipment (manual), receiving supplies and equipment, issuing supplies and equipment, storing selected supplies and equipment in the unit storage area, turn in of supplies and equipment, transfer of supplies and equipment processing personal clothing request, and preparing organizational clothing and individual equipment (OCIE) records.
Website link : The course can be found on the ALMS (My Training) and the Department of Defense Imagery website at: http://www.defenseimagery.mil.
Intermediate Level Unit Supply Procedures Provides MOS 92Y10/20
Soldiers with unit level sustainment training in specific critical areas of the Unit Supply Specialist MOS as it relates to Army property accountability. Areas of training include the various types of property; supervising the inventory of supplies and equipment; determining methods to obtain relief from responsibility for property; updating supply status; accounting for absentee's clothing, equipment and personal effects; disposing of absentee's clothing, equipment and personal effects; processing property adjustment documents, and Property Book Unit Supply Enhanced (PBUSE) operations. Upon successful completion of the course a certificate of training is awarded. The courseware is presented in approximately 25 hours of instruction.
Website link : The course can be found on the ALMS (My Training) and the Department of Defense Imagery website at: http://www.defenseimagery.mil.
Financial Liability Officer Orientation (sustainment training) course (CD 101-91)
Provides NCOs (E-7 and above), officers and civilians (GS-7 and above ) training on the financial liability officer duties and procedures. Website link : https://rdl.train.army.mil/catalog/catalog/search.html. Once on the website you must perform a course title search. S-4 Staff Officer Course (CD 101-92) Provides officers who are slated for an S-4 position vital knowledge of the proper protocol regarding concepts, processes, and procedures associated with the roles, responsibilities, and critical tasks of an S-4 officer. Website link :
The course can be found on the ALMS (My Training) and at https://rdl.train.army.mil/catalog/catalog/search.html. Once on the website you must perform a course title search.
Property Accountability for Leaders in the Contemporary Operating Environment (COE) course (CD 111-31)
Provides unit level leaders with training on property accountability procedures before, during and after deployment. The course is a prerequisite for the attending the Captains Career Course. Soldiers will receive instruction on classes of supply, categories of supply, command supply discipline, standard army management information systems (STAMIS), supply records, inventory procedures, requesting /receipting / issuing of Army property, property adjustments, and the COE.
The Website link: The course can be found on the Department of Defense Imagery website at: http://www.defenseimagery.mil, once on the website you must perform a course title search for A/V and IMI products under Result Types. The course can also be found on the Army Learning Management System through Army Knowledge Online (My Training)
Supply Terrain Walk (STW)
Click Here for the Supply Terrain Walk (STW) document.
From document foreward:
"The Supply Terrain Walk Program is a commander’s program and serves as a leader development program for Battalion commanders and higher. Its purpose is to assure a high level of leader competency, awareness, and common interest in organizational logistics through the demonstration by commanders and staff of how their Logistics programs operate.
This guide provides commanders with a training aid, which covers key areas of supply and can be used as a supporting tool when conducting a STW within their commands. It should be fully utilized and referenced to ensure unit leaders and staff has the technical and managerial skills necessary to understand, conduct and supervise organizational supply and services operations.
Key Focus Areas:
-Unit Supply/Arms Room
-Property Book Operations
-S4 Operations"
Command Supply Discipline Program & Property Accountability Knowledge Center
To get here, you must go to SKN (click here), and select QM on the left hand side. You will then look under the US Army CASCOM Tools and select CSDP & PA Knowledge Center. There are other tools you can use on SKN.
Petroleum and Water Department (PWD) Training Products
The CASCOM Training Technology Division creates eLearning products to support soldiers' learning development efforts. Please click the links below to access these products.
NOTE: CAC is required to download/run most files. Products labeled as "Unity Files" must be opened with a Firefox browser to run. For any technical issues, please contact the Training Tech POC.
Please follow these step-by-step Instructions for downloading and running Unity Files:
Training Products:
- Zip Downloadable:
Forward Arming and Refuel Point (FARP) - (Unity File)
- Zip Downloadable:
HEMTT Tanker Aviation Refueling System (HTARS) - (Unity File)
- Zip Downloadable:
Refuel on the Move (ROM) - (Unity File)
Special Topics (Specific to School)
Airborne - Malfunction Officer Certification
The Malfunction Officer Certification provides NCO with training in regards to AR 59-4 duties, AR 750-32 requirements, AR 59-4 investigative requirements with Personnel and equipment aerial delivery malfunctions, and notification procedures and DZ site control on malfunctions.
Inspection Inprocess (IP) certification, provides training on regulatory requirements of AR 750-32/AR 59-4 and the processes an IP must validate during packing of a parachute.
Website link http://www.quartermaster.army.mil/adfsd/adfsd_main.html or the U.S. Army Enterprise Lifelong Learning Center Website:https://almc.ellc.learn.army.mil
Parachute Rigger (92R) Annual Certification for Inspection Process (IP) and Malfunction Officers (MO) https://almc.ellc.learn.army.mil
GCSS-Army (Global Combat Support System-Army)
The Army Learning Management Systems (ALMS) is the official source of training for GCSS-Army. Please follow the instructions in order to register for and take the GCSS-Army WBT (Web Based Training) offerings. Note that new students should take the first four courses (Overview, Basic Navigation, Intermediate Navigation and Using Reports), followed by other courses in their functional area. (Organizational Supply Overview) The entire curriculum has been made available for ease of use.
Website link : https://www.gcss.army.mil/Training/
Mission Command Information System
The following links contain training and information products for Mission Command Equipment, ABCS, BCST, BCCS, Command Web, TMC Gateway, MCS, CPOF and
more:
https://lwn.army.mil/
https://lwn.army.mil/training/-/wiki/main/mission+command
The following link contains Mission Command-related training materials and resources available on the Army Training Network:
https://atn.army.mil/media/dat/MC-Resources/mcresources.aspx
The following link contains training materials, software technical bulletins, and system upgrade/turn-in process for the JBC-P/JBC-P Log, JCR/JCR Log, FBCB2, & BFT Systems:
https://jbc-p.army.mil/jbcp/menu.cfm
Contact Info
Please click on the contact link below to send questions and feedback regarding resources specific to Quartermaster Units:
http://www.quartermaster.army.mil/qm_contact.html
Transportation Individual Training Resources
Blackboard/ALMS/ATN
Blackboard:
TC-Blackboard is the U.S. Army Lifelong Learning Center's distributed learning system supporting the Transportation community. The TC-Blackboard link gives users the capability to access online courses, download training materials, conduct collaborative discussions with peers and subject matter experts via site forums, and much more.
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Click Here to access the Transortation Blackboard page. |
NOTE: Requires Blackboard login and course number search. To access, select the link to; sign into Blackboard; select the organization tab; type in ID to the left and select go.; select the double down arrow and select enroll.
Army Learning Management System (ALMS):
Click Here to access the Senior Transportation Officer Qualification Course. Currently the only DL offered on the ALMS is the Senior Transportation Officer Qualification Course (STOQC).
Army Training Network (ATN):
Click Here to access the Harbormaster Command and Control Center (HCCC). "The HCCC documents are available for HCCC Soldiers to utilize for train-the-trainer activities in support of long-term training goals. It includes all documents from New Equipment Training (NET) and Mission Command Systems Integration Training (MCSIT), as well as technical documents and technical manuals." (from ATN)
Deployer's Toolbox
Click Here to access the toolbox. The Deployer's toolbox is a collaborative effort designed to aggressively pursue improvements to the deployment processes in order to advance, standardize, implement, and maintain Army deployment readiness and capability. This toolbox is a dynamic online repository of deployment and redeployment information and products designed to provide Army units with a centralized location of current, authoritative deployment information. It is designed to help you, the "DEPLOYER", prepare your unit for a successful mission in support of Unified Land Operations. If you cannot find what you are looking for, click the "?" link below and ask us a question. The TRADOC proponent and repository custodian is the Deployment Process Modernization Office (DPMO), CASCOM, Ft. Lee, VA.
Applications (Apps), Podcasts and Videos
This section contains Applications and videos for the Transportation School and community.
Click Here to access a Hi Res version of the Transportation School video.
Click Here to access a series of vignettes that walk you through the assembly and disassembly of several weapons in use by the Army today.
Training Aids, Devices, Simulators and Simulations (TADSS)
Simulations
The DiSTI Corporation is a company that provides software tools for the development of 2D and 3D graphical user interfaces integrated into software for simulated training and embedded systems.
Click Here for a link that contains a diesel engine simulation that allows you to take the engines apart virtually.
NOTE: To use this product, please click the link, login to AKO and download the zipped package. Once downloaded, unzip the package and read the Readme.txt
Transportation "Check on Knowlege"
Click Here for a Transportation check on knowledge "Rules of the Road" quiz. (Note - this will download an swf file. Ensure it opens in your browser by right clicking the file, selecting open with, and Internet Explorer).
Interactive Multimedia Instruction (IMIs)
Click Here to access the TC-AMIS II Interactive Multimedia Instruction (IMI)
IMI Directions: Once you've opened the Automated Movement and Identification Solutions (AMIS) site, scroll down until you see the Table of Contents list of IMI's. If you found one that you would like to watch, simply click on the link and login with your CAC. The next page will be the "DOD notice and Consent Banner", click on OK and the IMI will open. Then just follow the on screen instructions, each IMI product may be different.
Electronic Transportation Acquisition (ETA) Website
Click Here to access the Electronic Transportation Acquisition (ETA) Website. Utilize ETA to gain access to the following systems. Note: You must select New User Registration on the left under the Disclaimer on the main page.
Army Container Asset Management System (ACAMS):
The purpose of the Army Container Asset Management System (ACAMS) is to provide the Army with a web-based container asset management system to include inventory control and maintenance management. ACAMS is a web-based software application that supports the Army Intermodal and Distribution Platform Management Office's (AIDPMO) management of all Army-owned and Army-Leased Container Assets. ACAMS also issues and maintains the official repository of all DOD ISO container numbers.
Integrated Computerized Deployment System (ICODES):
The Integrated Computerized Deployment System (ICODES) is a joint decision-support system developed to assist users with the staging and load-planning requirements for multiple military and commercial modes of transportation. ICODES incorporates intelligent tools for staging, conveyance load-planning and multi-modal planning designed and implemented in compliance with the principles of a service-oriented architecture and operating within a collaborative environment. ICODES enables users to plan and track cargo stowage for air, ocean, rail, and truck in a single system that affords the capability of one time entry of the data. It enables the joint community to easily create exchange and interpret cargo movement plans through a single software application. Other features assist users by providing high quality alternative solutions to complex load planning problems. ICODES integrates multiple knowledge-based expert systems, data storage, and a graphical user interface within a distributed and collaborative operational environment providing global services to the operating forces.
Integrated Mission Support for Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (ISDDC):
ISDDC is an integrated environment that is a collection of data acquisition and business intelligence reporting applications developed to provide centralized, standardized information access solutions for the Command and its customers. These applications manage the collection and integration of disparate data sources into a single repository using SDDC defined business rules. Using these applications, DoD end users can gain a composite view of SDDC transportation operations without having to go to more than one source. This application provides a set of web-based reporting tools for use by all qualified users, thereby fostering a better understanding within the shipper, transporter, planner and management communities. Query Reporting Tools are provided to allow the end user to design customized tabular summary or detail reports by choosing columns, filter criteria, and sort order. On-Line Analytical Processing (OLAP) reporting tools allow the user to browse through data from multiple perspectives, conducting analysis on-demand. DoD transportation program areas currently supported include:
- FREIGHT: Freight reporting tools allow the user to report on all DoD freight shipments moving by air, truck, rail, pipeline, or barge, with the exception of express shipments. The data source for this information is the Global Freight Management (GFM) Unidata system which stores shipment related data from the GFM operational systems, the Air Force Cargo Movement Operations System (CMOS), and the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Distribution Standard System (DSS) as it is received and/or processed by SDDC. Detailed information about freight shipments picked up on or after fiscal year 2002 is accessible through these tools for generating a variety of summary and detail reports.
- OCEAN CARGO: Ocean Cargo reporting tools are provided for users to generate a variety of reports about DoD ocean cargo shipments transported into our out of the USCENTCOM AOR. Data about these shipments is received from a variety of sources including the Worldwide Port System (WPS) and the Integrated Booking System (IBS). Detailed information about ocean cargo shipments departing from the Port of Embarkation (POE) on or after fiscal year 2002 can be accessed and reported on using these reporting tools.
Special Topics (Specific to School)
- ARs
- DA PAMs
- STPs
Army Regulations (ARs)
To access AR's, click the following links:
AR 40-501 Standards of Medical
AR 58-1 Management, Acquisition and Use of Motor Vehicles
AR 190-5 Motor Vehicle Traffic Supervision
AR 385-10 The Army Safety Program
AR 611-5 Army Personnel Selection and Classification Testing
AR 750-1 Army Materiel Maintenance Policy
AR 750-10 Army Modification Program
DA PAMs
To access DA PAMs, click the following links:
DA PAM 350-9 Index and Description of Army Training Devices
DA Pam 385-1 Small Unit Safety Officer/NCO Guide
DA Pam 750-3 Soldiers’ Guide or Field Maintenance Operations
DA PAM 750-8 The Army Maintenance Management System (TAMMS) Users Manual
STPs
To access STPs, click the following links:
STP 55-88N14-SM-TG Soldier’s Manual and Trainer’s Guide, MOS 88N, Transportation Management Coordinator Skill Levels 1,2,3, and 4 (8 Sep 11)
STP 55-88M14-SM-TG Soldier’s Manual and Trainer’s Guide, MOS 88M, Motor Transport Operator, Skill Levels 1,2,3, and 4
Central Army Registry (CAR)
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Click Here to access the Central Army Registry (CAR) Website. |
Instructions for use: Once you're on the CAR Website, look on the left hand side under Proponent/Knowledge Center and click on "63 more", then scroll down until you see the 551 - Transportation School. This contains 1,332 files from the Transportation schoolhouse.
Mission Command Information System
The following links contain training and information products for Mission Command Equipment, ABCS, BCST, BCCS, Command Web, TMC Gateway, MCS, CPOF and
more:
https://lwn.army.mil/
https://lwn.army.mil/training/-/wiki/main/mission+command
The following link contains Mission Command-related training materials and resources available on the Army Training Network:
https://atn.army.mil/media/dat/MC-Resources/mcresources.aspx
The following link contains training materials, software technical bulletins, and system upgrade/turn-in process for the JBC-P/JBC-P Log, JCR/JCR Log, FBCB2, & BFT Systems:
https://jbc-p.army.mil/jbcp/menu.cfm
Contact Info
To ask the Training Management Office a question, please use the email address below:
usarmy.lee.tradoc.mbx.tmo-trans@mail.mil
Finance Individual Training Resources
Finance Training Portal
Click Here to access the Finance Training Portal.
FM Training Resources
Financial Management Individual Training Resources:
To Access the FMS Individual Training Resources, Click Here
A TSP is a complete, stand-alone, exportable training package that integrates all training products and materials required to train one or more tasks.
SSI Learning Resource Center (LRC)
To access the SSI LRC FM Individual training resources, course lesson plans, Click Here
NOTE: Training material (lesson plans, slides, PEs, ect.,) is located within each course listed at the top of the page.
The SSI LRC is the U.S. Army LifelongLearning Center’s distributed learning system supporting the Human Resources and Financial Management communities. The SSI LRC gives users the capability to access and download training material.
Mobile Applications
Financial Management Techniciation App (36B10-AIT)
Click Here for iOS (Apple devices)
Click Here for Android Devices
Mission Command Information System
The following links contain training and information products for Mission Command Equipment, ABCS, BCST, BCCS, Command Web, TMC Gateway, MCS, CPOF and
more:
https://lwn.army.mil/
https://lwn.army.mil/training/-/wiki/main/mission+command
The following link contains Mission Command-related training materials and resources available on the Army Training Network:
https://atn.army.mil/media/dat/MC-Resources/mcresources.aspx
The following link contains training materials, software technical bulletins, and system upgrade/turn-in process for the JBC-P/JBC-P Log, JCR/JCR Log, FBCB2, & BFT Systems:
https://jbc-p.army.mil/jbcp/menu.cfm
Adjutant General Individual Training Resources
AG Training Resources
AG Individual Training Resources:
To Access the AGS Individual Training Resources, Click Here
A TSP is a complete, stand-alone, exportable training package that integrates all training products and materials required to train one or more tasks.
SSI Learning Resource Center (LRC)
To access the SSI LRC AG Individual training resources, course lesson plans, Click Here
NOTE: Training material (lesson plans, slides, PEs, ect.,) is located within each course listed at the top of the page.
The SSI LRC is the U.S. Army LifelongLearning Center’s distributed learning system supporting the Human Resources and Financial Management communities. The SSI LRC gives users the capability to access and download training material.
Mobile Applications
Human Resources Planning and Operations Course (HRPO) App:
Click Here for iOS (Apple devices)
Click Here for Android Devices
Mission Command Information System
The following links contain training and information products for Mission Command Equipment, ABCS, BCST, BCCS, Command Web, TMC Gateway, MCS, CPOF and
more:
https://lwn.army.mil/
https://lwn.army.mil/training/-/wiki/main/mission+command
The following link contains Mission Command-related training materials and resources available on the Army Training Network:
https://atn.army.mil/media/dat/MC-Resources/mcresources.aspx
The following link contains training materials, software technical bulletins, and system upgrade/turn-in process for the JBC-P/JBC-P Log, JCR/JCR Log, FBCB2, & BFT Systems:
https://jbc-p.army.mil/jbcp/menu.cfm
Doctrine Resources
Publications of Interest to the BSB
ATP 4-90: Brigade Support Battalion ATP 4-90: Brigade Support Battalion *(DRAFT |
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*Publications marked with red asterisks are linked to draft products with Estimated Publication Dates (EPDs) provided. These drafts are provided for informational purposes only and cannot be used as a reference or a basis for training until they are Department of the Army approved. Comments of draft publications can be provided to the developer at any time.s
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To submit comments on any of the publications listed, please download and complete this Comment Resolution Matrix form (instructions are included). Submit the completed form via email to: |
Sustainment Virtual Playbook
The Army Sustainment Virtual Playbook (SVPB) is an interactive, mobile, eLearning solution to living doctrine. It delivers doctrinal and best practice tactics, techniques, and procedures for executing synchronized sustainment in a decisive action environment. The playbook provides the tools to think through complex sustainment processes that enable freedom of action, extend operational reach, and prolong endurance.
Click the image below for access SVPB interactive tutorials
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Notional Theater of Operations Diagrams
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Notional Theater of Operations - Contiguous, Non-Linear |
Click Here for a diagram of the Contiguous, Non-Linear Notional Theater of Operations.
In contiguous operations, each commander directs and sustains combat power toward enemy forces in concert with adjacent units. These operations are linear and are the conduct of operations with identified forward lines of own troops (FLOTs). In these operations, emphasis is placed on maintaining the position of friendly forces in relation to other friendly forces. From this relative positioning of forces security is enhanced and massing of forces can be facilitated. Contiguous operations are normally depicted by sustained offensive and defensive operations against powerful, echeloned, and symmetrically organized enemy forces. Units are arrayed in echeloned formations in a linear fashion where unit boundaries are adjoined with no gaps or uncontrolled space between unit formations. This creates a contiguous area and a continuous forward line of troops that focuses combat power on the enemy and protects sustainment functions operating behind the forward line of troops.
In the graphic depicted the upper half shows how Army forces, to include the sustainment organizations, would be arrayed on a contiguous, linear battlefield. For clarity, the lower half of the graphic shows the types of sustainment units that would be doctrinally located at each echelon.
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Notional Theater of Operations - Linear-Contiguous |
Click Here for a diagram of the Linear-Contiguous Notional Theater of Operations.
In non-contiguous operations, forces orient on objectives without geographic reference to adjacent forces. This creates nonlinear operations that
typically focus on creating specific effects on multiple decisive points. Nonlinear operations emphasize
simultaneous operations along multiple line of operation from selected
bases. Non-contiguous operations are normally depicted by sustained
offensive and defensive operations against powerful but asymmetrically
organized forces that have the capability to attack from multiple directions
simultaneously. Units are arrayed in separated areas of operations (AO)
where the commander assigned the AO has responsibility to control the space
occupied by his unit. The senior Army headquarters or Joint Force Commander
retains responsibility for the space between the AOs that is either
uncontrolled by or under limited control of subordinate commanders.
In the graphic depicted the upper half shows how Army forces, to include the sustainment organizations, would be arrayed on a non-contiguous, non-linear battlefield. For clarity, the lower half of the graphic shows the types of sustainment units that would be doctrinally located at each echelon.
Army Publishing Directorate (APD)
Click Here to access the APD website. 
All current Field Manuals (FMs) can be accessed through the APD website.
milWiki Portal for Army Doctrine
Click Here to access the milWiki Portal. 
Note: Requires Registration
Access Army Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (ATTP) publications at the milWiki Portal for Army doctrine.
The mission of the this Wiki portal is to act as a secure collaborative publishing site in support of U.S. Army doctrine efforts.
See also: milWiki ATP List
Joint, NATO and Allied Doctrine
Click Here to access Joint Publications via the Joint Electronic Library.
Click Here to access NATO publications via the NATO Standardization Office (NSO).
Note: Requires Membership
Click Here to access Allied publications via the American, British, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand Armies (ABCA) Program.
Note: Requires Membership
Force Design Resources
Force Management System Website (FMSWeb)
Click Here to access the FMS Website. 
FMSWeb is managed by the U.S. Force Management Agency (USAFMSA) with the mission of documenting all Army force structure to include manpower and equipment requirements and authorizations using an integrated process. FMSWeb documents include: TDAs, TOEs, MTOEs, CTAs and JTAs, among other useful resources.
*NOTE: Registration is required to access FMSWeb. Information on how to sign up for an account can be found on the following page: FAQs about FMS Accounts & Login
Sustainment Force Structure Book
Sustainment Force Structure Book:
Sustainment Force Structure Book
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The purpose of this book (published annually) is to provide commanders, staffs and leaders with a quick reference guide of information on sustainment unit capabilities and capacities in the Army to support Unified Land Operations in a given FY. The book provides an illustration of sustainment organizations and functions as well as the number and type of sustainment organizations in the Total Army. Changes driven by resource constraints, reorganization and redesign will be incorporated into the book as such changes are approved.
Produced by Force Development Directorate, Sustainment Center of Excellence, Fort Lee, VA.
Sustainment Structure Handbook Equipment Annex:
Click here to access the the Equipment Annex.
This Equipment Annex is intended to supplement the FY18 Sustainment Force Structure Handbook and includes all of the icons depicted in the FY18 Sustainment Force Structure Handbook published on 30 August 2018. This reference is intended to supplement the FY18 Sustainment Force Structure Handbook and the next FY19 Sustainment Force Structure Handbook (TBD/SEP 2019). This reference is intended to be used as a quick reference guide and training resource only. Equipment LINs currently documented and approved by HQDA unit type designs, can be viewed/downloaded through the U.S. Army Force Management Support Agency (USAFMSA), website at https://fmsweb.army.mil
Archive Versions:
To view previous versions of the Sustainment Force Structure Book, please click here.
Sustainment Concept of Support for Army 2020 (Tactical)
Click Here to download a copy of the Sustainment Concept of Support for Army 2020 (Tactical).
The Sustainment Concept of Support is an informational tool for Sustainers. This document outlines the CASCOM effort to identify gaps and determine mitigating strategies to provide the capabilities necessary for tactical level sustainment in support of the proposed changes to the Army's Warfighting formations for Army 2020.
Combat Training Centers (CTCs) / Lessons Learned
BSB SharePoint Lessons Learned Page
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Click Here to access the SharePoint Lessons Learned Page for the Brigade Support Battalion. The mission of the BSB is to plan, prepare, rapidly deploy, and execute the uninterrupted flow of BSB in CTC Rotations; The BSB for each BCT will be fully instrumented and have complete Observer, Coach/Trainer (OC/T) Coverage. The BSB will remain within the Training Area, aka; “the box” for the entire rotation while supporting the BCT. |
R-CAAT milSuite Portal Page
Click Here to access the R-CAAT milSuite Portal. |
The Reverse Collection and Analysis Team (R-CAAT) program pairs CASCOM doctrine and training developers (generating force) with leaders from redeployed combat service support units (operating force) to bridge the informational gap by bringing in redeployed commanders and some of their direct support staff to Fort Lee. Over a two or three-day period, they describe their observations, insights and lessons to the schoolhouse through professional development and directorate roundtable sessions. The staff members of the individual directorates engage the R-CAAT teams in-depth, conducting discussions with the command teams on concepts, training, doctrine, tactics, and unit design.
CTC Sustainment Collaboration
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Click Here to view CTC Collaboration Events. |
The CTC Sustainment Collaboration program provides a forum for the CASCOM CG and other leaders to communicate directly with senior Sustainment OC/Ts from each of the CTC locations. This session will include DOTMLPF-P stakeholders who will help inform the Sustainment Think Tank with regards to observations, lessons and best practices gleaned from CTC rotations with a focus on top three issues to sustain/improve from each location. This unclassified CTC will feature presentations from CASCOM G3/5/7, MCTP, NTC, JRTC, JMRC, and STC at Camp Dodge Iowa.
Sustainment Knowledge Network (SKN) - Live Sustainment Event Videos
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The Sustainment Knowledge Network (SKN)-Live Sustainment Event Videos site was created as a central repository for the dissemination of recorded events such as Sustainment Lessons Learned Reverse-Collection and Analysis Team (R-CAAT) sessions, Leader Development, and Combat Training Center (CTC) recorded observations, insights, and lessons (OILs) collected during sustainment unit’s training rotations. The Sustainment Event Videos site also contains valuable sustainment information from Connect sessions facilitated by Sustainment Institution Commanders and Commandants from Quartermaster, Transportation and Ordnance Corps/Schools for the worldwide dissemination to the operating and generating force. The Sustainment Event Videos site and its recordings continue to be a valued lessons learned and training source for sustainment leaders and soldier’s worldwide. The Sustainment Event Videos page can be found at: https://www.ako1.us.army.mil/suite/page/399609 |
National Training Center (NTC) Goldminers
Goldminders Mission: Coach, teach, and train battalion commanders and staffs on the application and execution of combined arms doctrine to improve the war fighting skills of the Support Battalion.
Click Here to access the Goldminer Team AKO Communities and Knowledge Center.
Combat Training Centers (CTCs) Links
Please follow the link below to access CTC site links.
https://atn.army.mil/specific-training-resources/combat-training-centers-(ctcs)
CAC Operational Environment (OE) Resources
OE Watch
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OE Watch is a strategic level OE periodical produced by the Foreign Military Studies Office at TRISA. Click Here to access OE Watch. |
CTID Red Diamond Newsletter
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CTID is the Army's lead to study, design, document, validate and apply Hybrid Threat and Operational Environment (OE) CONDITIONS that support all U.S. Army and joint training and leader development programs. Click Here to access the CTID Red Diamond Newsletter |
Sustainment Estimation Tools
Operational Logistics Planner (OPLOG Planner)
Access OPLOG Planner 8.0 on AKO by clicking here.
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OPLOG Planner 8.0 is designed to assist logistics planners in calculating supply usage estimates in support of operations. This program is specifically designed to support operations typically associated with multi-phase operation plans (OPLAN) and operation orders (OPORD). |
In OPLOG Planner, the user creates units based on standard Tables of Organizations and Equipment (TOE) (base, not MTOEs) and maps these units into task organizations. The task organizations can then be assigned to a multi-phase order and assigned user-developed mission parameters sets (which essentially describe the conditions under which the task organization operates). Reports then provide supply consumption by unit, task, organization, phase and order.
Logistics Estimation Tools
Click Here to access quick logistics estimation tools folder on AKO.
The above folder contains links to abbreviated logistics estimation spreadsheet tools for calculating initial class of supply requirements, such as required LBS, STONS, Pallets, and Platform; based on force strength, operational phase, and climate.
The following tools are available for download in the AKO folder:
- Platform Calculator: Provides an estimate of how many pallets and specific vehicles are needed to carry a given quantity of supplies. Results shown by class of supply (CoS) and total.
- Quick Logistics Estimation Tool: Provides estimated requirements for one or multiple SRCs for each CoS, using min-avg-max.
- Food and Water Tool: Very specific tool that focuses on developing different meal plans for specific populations.
- Class III Bulk Estimation Tool: Newly developed tool that allows the user to develop Class III(B) estimates, at the LIN level, by varying the usage profile.
- Convoy Planning Tool: Newly developed tool that estimates the time a convoy will take based on factors such as distance, speed, and number of vehicles in the convoy.
Knowledge Sharing Resources
Deployer's Toolbox
Click Here to access the toolbox. The Deployer's toolbox is a collaborative effort designed to aggressively pursue improvements to the deployment processes in order to advance, standardize, implement, and maintain Army deployment readiness and capability. This toolbox is a dynamic online repository of deployment and redeployment information and products designed to provide Army units with a centralized location of current, authoritative deployment information. It is designed to help you, the "DEPLOYER", prepare your unit for a successful mission in support of Unified Land Operations. If you cannot find what you are looking for, click the "?" link below and ask us a question. The TRADOC proponent and repository custodian is the Deployment Process Modernization Office (DPMO), CASCOM, Ft. Lee, VA.
LOGSA PS Magazine
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Please Click Here to access the magazine. PS, The Preventive Maintenance Monthly is series of United States Army technical bulletins published since June 1951 as a monthly magazine with comic book-style art to illustrate proper preventive maintenance methods. The magazine's title derives from its being a "postscript" to technical manuals and other published maintenance guidance. |
Unit Visits
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CASCOM training representatives visit with operational sustainment units to educate, inform, and influence unit key leaders on available training resources to facilitate units' ability to build and assess unit training readiness. Please Click Here to find resources and info pertaining to applicable briefings, training trailer videos, resource tri-folds, and references; as well as information on freedom of action, extending operational reach, and prolonging endurance. |
Knowledge Sharing Sites
Access lessons learned about the Brigade Support Battalion from the Sustainment Knowledge Network (SKN) community.
Ask questions and discuss concerns on topics related to sustainment on SustainNet in the Army Forums.
The Army Training Network (ATN) is a collective of various training products and resources including training management guidance, field vetted training solutions and approved training products.
Please click on a tab below for Leader Developlment Resources.
- LEADERSHIP
TRAINING
RESOURCES
(ALU) - REFERENCES
(ALU) - ADVANCED
CIVIL
SCHOOLING
(ALU) - HUMAN
RESOURCES
SUPPORT (AG) - FINANCIAL
MANAGEMENT
OPERATIONS (FI) - SPECIAL
OPERATIONS
FORCES - STRUCTURED
SELF-DEVELOPMENT
(SSD) - CMF
CAREER MAPS
Leadership Training Resources
Sustainment Leader Development Implementation Plan (SLDIP)
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Click Here to access the Sustainment Leadership Development Implementation Plan (SLDIP). This plan provides guidance to sustainment leaders on how to build the sustainment leader we require now and as we move into the future. This document addresses sustainment leaders in financial management, human resources support, and the logistics areas of maintenance, transportation, supply, field services, distribution, operational contract support (OCS), and general engineering support. Page 11 discusses what sustainment is and how logistics and other sustainment functions interrelate. |
Additionally, training/instruction designed to broaden the student’s perspective with regards to strategic logistics, joint sustainment operations, and multinational logistic operations.
Contracting Officer Representative (COR) Course
Click Here for the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) Course Reference Book.
The 40 hour Contracting Officer Representative (COR) Course provides the student with an overall view of the contracting process, to include contract administration, statutory laws and regulations that govern the contracting process. This course will provide the student with an overview of the acquisition process, teaming, ethics and integrity, authorities, contract classification, contract types, proper file documentation, performance assessment methods, remedies for poor performance, invoice requirements, contract modifications, and contract management. Course focus is on contracting means in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation (DFAR).
Other topics taught include Pre-award/Post -award Planning Process, Monitoring the Contract, Changes and Modifications, Inspection and Acceptance, Delays and Claims, Terminations, Past Performance and Payments and Closeout. The graduate of the COR course will provide the Contracting Officer with the expertise necessary to properly and pro-actively manage contracts and contract requirements.
Operational Contract Support (OCS) Resources
Operational Contract Support (OCS) Training Strategy
The FY18 Non-Acquisition Operational Contract Support (OCS) Training Strategy, signed the by CASCOM Commanding General, was released late December 2017.
It identifies a way forward for the Army to improve its OCS training efforts and, as importantly, provides commanders with resources that are currently available to train their formations on basic OCS tasks, techniques, and procedures.
Army OCS Information Portal
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Army OCS Information Portal provides the following OCS resources: What is OCS; OCS New, Key Links, Articles, & Videos; Training (GTAs, Courses, ARTs, Tasks); References; OCS Contacts; and Reports & Links. |
Click Here to access the TCM-OCS Information Portal. (Note: requires CAC email certificate to login)
J4 OCS-Connect
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J4 OCS-Connect links the OCS Community across the globe. It is a platform for broadcasting new information and developments, coordinating events, discussing issues, and sharing solutions. What is available: 40+ OCS Smart Cards; OCS Execution + Handbook; Resource Library; Planning Tools & Templates. |
Click Here to access the J4 OCS-Connect portal (Note: requires CAC email certificate to login)
J4 Exercise Training Support Portfolio (ETSP)
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J4 Exercise Training Support Portfolio (ETSP) is a web-based repository of materials and tools to assist with building OCS training within exercises. ETSP materials focus on products and processes within the joint event life cycle (JELC) design, planning and execution stages. |
Click Here to access the ETSP via the J4 OCS-Connect portal (Note: requires CAC email certificate to login)
White Paper - Contractor Risk in Large Scale Ground Combat Operations (LSGCO)
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How Close is Too Close? The Risks of Operational Contract Support in a Large Scale Ground Combat Operation are addressed in this white paper. |
Click Here to access the Contractor Risk in LSGCO White Paper (Note: requires CAC certificate to login)
Materiel Management / GCSS-A Resource Page
Click Here to access the page.
Materiel management is a sustainment function that directs, integrates, synchronizes, prioritizes, and optimizes the logistics function of supply in order to provide effective and uninterrupted supply support to Army, joint, and allied forces, thereby enabling those forces to achieve their operational objectives.
The Materiel Management page, linked above, provides resources in several categories to assist the sustainment community.
References
Army Leader Development Strategy (ALDS)
Leader development is achieved through a career-long synthesis of training, education, and experiences acquired through opportunities in the institutional, operational, and self-development domains to develop the leader attributes (character, presence, and intellect) and competencies (leads, develops, and achieves) outlined in Army Doctrine Publication 6-22, Army Leadership.
ALDS lays out how to approach that development and grants individual proponents the flexibility to develop a strategy to approach their functional learning areas. Thus, we are developing a logistics leader development strategy that will become the logistics component of ALDS.
Logistics Leader Development Strategy (LLDS)
Please Click Here for the Logistics Leader Development Strategy (LLDS) guide.
-Guide logistics development across three LOEs (Training; Education; & Experience) that are aligned with CSA’s vision, goals, and priorities and the ALDS.
-Four Learning areas (Logistics Planning, Distribution/Supply Chain Management, Life Cycle Systems Management, and Defense Industrial Base Management) have been established to help guide development of course learning outcomes.
-Training: Support Operations, Operational Contracting Support; SPCC; LOGC3.
-Education: Leveraging civilian logistics higher education expertise.
-Experience: Increase Broadening Opportunities and execute talent management to develop the future leaders of the logistics community.
-Transition: As we develop adaptive logistics leaders, we preparing an Army Sustainment Training Strategy (ASTS).
Army Regulation 600-3
Click Here to access AR 600-3.
This regulation establishes the Army Personnel Development System as prescribed by AR 5-22. It prescribes policies and responsibilities for personnel developers’ involvement in the Army’s personnel system and the composition and mission of the HQDA Personnel Development General Officer Steering Committee (GOSC), Officer Personnel Management System (OPMS) Council of Colonels (CoC), and the individual personnel developer committees and boards.
Advanced Civil Schooling Resources
William & Mary MG Wright MBA Program
Interested officers should apply online at http://mason.wm.edu/ and click on prospective students. Under the Apply Now, click on Full-Time MBA Application. Create a new account to get a PIN and password.
The Maj. Gen. James Wright's MBA Fellowship at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Va., is an exclusive partnership between the college's School of Business and the U.S. Army. This program offers captains and majors in the Logistics Branch and logistics fields such as medical, aviation and personnel, a fully-funded Advanced Civil Schooling opportunity to pursue their Master of Business Administration with an emphasis on logistics. The fellowship is named after the 45th quartermaster general.
Ideal candidates for the fully-funded program's 20 slots are captains and majors, who are Key Developmental complete but not Intermediate-Level Education program complete.
Applicants must have already taken the graduate record examinations or graduate management admission test. They must also be able to obtain acceptance from William & Mary and meet college standards.
Those selected will have the perks of attending college, such as wearing civilian attire, two-year stabilization and receive basic housing allowance for the Williamsburg area. Officers selected will still be required to maintain Army standards. For example, William & Mary requires a 2.7 standard however, those in fellowship will be required to maintain the Army's standard of 3.0.
The length of schooling is 15 months, but majors will be required to attend blended ILE at Fort Lee to complete the common core curriculum.
Once the account has been created, start the application process. Please note two letters of recommendation, a writing sample and an interview via Skype may be required. After being accepted into the program, officers are required to take a pre-MBA math course, which is funded at their expense.
North Dakota State University Degree
Click Here for more information obout the North Dakota State University Degree program.
The online Master of Managerial Logistics program targets inspiring logisticians, industry professionals, military officers and DOD civilians who want to meet the logistical challenges of the 21st century. A wide range of career opportunities exists in the logistics industry: logistics and supply chain management, operations management, purchasing and demand management, emergency management, consulting, retail and many more.
An advanced degree in logistics will help you stand out above others when you begin your career or are advancing your career in the industry. The logistics graduate programs at NDSU will enhance your knowledge, skills, and opportunities for a successful career in the transportation industry.
Advance your education and become a leader who sets the industry pace.
Virginia State University Degrees
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Army Logistics University (ALU) and VSU have established a cooperative degree program. The program provides our Soldiers with the opportunity to complete a Bachelors of Science degree in two logistics areas (Hospitality Management and Industrial and Logistics Technology) using ACE credits earned through ALC, SLC, and/or previous college credits.
Per partnership agreement, VSU will streamline the course loads so that our Soldiers can achieve degree requirements at an accelerated pace and prior to a permanent change of station (PCS) from Fort Lee. VSU is in the process of creating Distance Learning (DL) modules for each degree program in an effort to assist Soldier students in completing requirements even if they do PCS and without the need to continually change colleges. Classes will be conducted on the ALU campus with all the training and schooling combined into one transcript that that focuses on the Soldier's military career.
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Soldier Support Institute Learning Resource (LRC)
To access the SSI LRC AG Individual training resources, course lesson plans, Click Here
Note: Training material (lesson plans, slides, PEs, ect.,) is located within each course listed at the top of the page.
AG Institutional Training Material
- Operate HR
Systems - HR Plans &
Operations - Perform
Personnel
Information
Management - Casualty
Operations
WTSP - Personnel
Readiness &
Accountability
Reporting
- Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System Real-Time Automated Personnel Identification System (DEERS RAPIDS)
- Enlisted Distribution Assignment System (EDAS)
- Total Office Personnel Management Information System (TOPMIS)
- Common Operational Picture System (COPS)
- Force Management System Web Site (FMS Web)
- Electronic Military Personnel Office (eMILPO)
- Tactical Personnel System (TPS)
- Medical Protection System (MEDPROS)
- Conduct Personnel Accountability Warfighter Training Support Package (WTSP)
- Conduct Personnel Accountability Collective Task
- Implement Deployed Personnel Strength Reporting
- Analyze Strength Reporting
- Perform Personnel Accountability
- Prepare Unit Personnel Strength Data
- Prepare Strength Accounting Reports
Soldier Support Institute Learning Resource (LRC)
To access the SSI LRC FM Individual training resources, course lesson plans, Click Here
Note: Training material (lesson plans, slides, PEs, ect.,) is located within each course listed at the top of the page.
FI Institutional Training Material
- Operate FM
Systems - Prepare
a Budget - Management
Internal
Control
Program - Conduct
Resource
Management
Operations - Plan Theater
Resource
Management
Operations
SOF Training Resources
PME Integration
The PME integration AKO library (click here to access) provides access to formalized instructional resources used at Army Logistics University in the Joint Logistics Course, Theater Sustainment Planners Course, Support Operations Course, Logistics Captains Career Course, and Logistics BOLC to address sustainment support to special operations.
References and Resources
The References and Resources AKO Library (click here to access) provides unit capabilities briefs, leader professional development presentations and other resources from units within the SOF Sustainment Community.
USASOC Homepage:
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Click Here to access the USASOC Homepage. This page provides links to individual unit sites. This is an excellent resource for unit mission statements, unit history, reading lists and more. Scroll over the 1st Special Forces Command for links to the 528th Sustainment Brigade, Group Support Battalions and their supported units. |
Structured Self-Development (SSD)
Structured Self-Development I (SSD I)
Click Here to visit the United States Army Seargeants Major Academy for SSD information/resources.
SSD I tasks are primarly focused at the team level and common leader and tactical skills. Effective 1 OCT 10, Soldiers will be enrolled in SSD I automatically upon compleating Basic Combat Training (BCT)/One-Station Unit Training (OSUT). Beginning Fiscal Year 2013, Soldiers must complete SSD I prior to attending the Warrior Leader Course (WLC). Soldiers (private-specialist/corporal) who complete BCT/OSUT, but have not yet attended/completed WLC prior to SEP 10, are automatically enrolled.
Structured Self-Development III (SSD III)
Click Here to visit the United States Army Seargeants Major Academy for SSD information/resources.
SSD III tasks are primarily focused at the platoon level. SSD III will be completed after the Advanced Leader Course (ALC) and prior to the Senior Leader Course; previously known as the Advanced Noncommissioned Officers Course (ANCOC). Effective 1 MAY 11, all sergeants and staff sergeants who are graduates of ALC or BNCOC will be automatically enrolled in SSD III. Sergeants (promotable), staff sergeants and sergeants first class will be enrolled in SSD III automatically upon completion of all phases of ALC.
Structured Self-Development IV (SSD IV)
Click Here to visit the United States Army Seargeants Major Academy for SSD information/resources.
SSD IV tasks are primarily focused at the battalion level. It is highly recommended that SSD IV be completed prior ro assuming duties as a first sergeant. Effective 1 MAY 11, staff sergeants (promotable), sergeants first class, and master sergeants will be enrolled automatically into SSD IV upon completion of the Senior Leader Course (SLC). Effective 1 MAY 13, completion of SSD IV is a prerequisite for attendance to the Sergeants Major Course.
Structured Self-Development V (SSD V)
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SSDV - SSD V tasks are focused at nominative and joint staff levels. Effective 1 JUN 11, master sergeants (promotable) and sergeants majors will be enrolled automatically into SSD V upon completion of the sergeant major course or its equivalent. Beginning 1 JUN 13, completion of SSD V is prerequisite to be considered for nominative and joint assignments.
CMF Career Maps
The links below provide access to the CMF Career Maps for AG, FI, OD, QM and TC proponents.
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Please note that ACT (Army Career Tracker) is the official system for updated career maps, and the most up-to-date content will be available on the site. |
Per the ACT webpage, "Army Career Tracker (ACT) is a leadership development tool that integrates training and education into one personalized, easy-to-use website. Users can search multiple Army education and training resources, monitor their career development and receive personalized advice from their supervisor and Army leadership."
To acces ACT, please go to this site: https://actnow.army.mil
1.) Click "Log In Now" with your CAC and enter your credentials.
2.) To view career maps, click on the "Plan" link on the left-hand column, and then click on the "Professional Development Model" link.
3.) Follow the directions on the site to view specific career maps.
Adjutant General (AG) Career Maps
Click Here to access PDF files for AG Career Maps.
Note that the most up-to-date Career Maps can be found by going to the ACT site and following the directions at the top of this page.
Finance (FI) Career Maps
Click Here to access PDF files for FI Career Maps.
Note that the most up-to-date Career Maps can be found by going to the ACT site and following the directions at the top of this page.
Ordnance (OD) Career Maps
Click Here to access PDF files for OD Career Maps.
Note that the most up-to-date Career Maps can be found by going to the ACT site and following the directions at the top of this page.
Quartermaster (QM) Career Maps
Click Here to access PDF files for QM Career Maps.
Note that the most up-to-date Career Maps can be found by going to the ACT site and following the directions at the top of this page.
Transportation (TC) Career Maps
Click Here to access PDF files for TC Career Maps.
Note that the most up-to-date Career Maps can be found by going to the ACT site and following the directions at the top of this page.
