Since Digital University's inception in July 2007, nearly 3,000 Soldiers have been trained on any number of tactical systems, including the Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System, the Maneuver Control System, the Command Post of the Future, the Distributed Common Ground System-Army, and Blue Force Tracker.
Eighth Army transformation also delivers significant technological advances through the fielding of the Army battle command systems-a family of 11 battle-command systems including but not limited to: global command and control system-Army, maneuver control system, Force XXI Battle Command-BDE and Below, advanced field artillery tactical data system and the battle-command sustainment and support system.
The centers offer classroom instruction, such as AFATDS, All Source Analysis System-Light, Maneuver Control System, Force XXI Battle Command Brigadeand Below/Blue Force Tracker, and Command-and-Control Personal Computer.
Today's "maneuver" Field Artillery (FA) tactical operations centers (TOCs) must collect and distribute all the information fed into them by a myriad of systems, such as the blue force tracker (BFT), the advanced FA tactical data system (AFATDS), the maneuver control system-light (MCS-L) and, of course, the radio systems.
Students complete several MDMP exercises, receive training on traditionally dynamic subjects such as brigade combat teams and the enemy, and learn how to use the Maneuver Control System-Light (MCS-L).
Methods of Route Status Distribution Prior to Movement During Movement Blue Force Tracker/ Force XXI Blue Force Tracker/FBCB2 Battle Command Brigade and Below (FBCB2) Convoy brief by staff Maneuver Control System-Light (MCS-L) Frequency modulation (FM) (sheriff FM (sheriff NET) network [NET]) Telephone answering-machine message Telephone answering-machine message Message board at compound exit gate Web-based page
After subtracting the costs for six final reports (Joint Common Missile (JCM), Longbow Hellfire, Maneuver Control System (MCS), Navy Extremely High Frequency Satellite Communications System (NESP), Standard Missile-2 (SM-2), and B-1 B Conventional Mission Upgrade Program (CMUP)), and adding the costs for three new programs (Mission Planning System (MPS), Mobile User Objective System (MUOS), and Ship Self Defense System (SSDS)) from the December 2004 reporting period, the adjusted current estimate of program acquisition costs was $1,474,122.
A unit that does not have such data on record can contact the JRTC Plans Division and Exercise Maneuver Control Logistics Plans Office for help in obtaining historical data from previous rotations.
