Basis of Issue Plan - BOIP

A.  DESCRIPTION:  

     THE AN/TSQ-2000, MOBILE INTEGRATED TACTICAL TERMINAL
(MITT), LIN Z43728, BOIP M089AA, RECEIVES, PROCESSES, AND
DISSEMINATES IMAGERY INTELLIGENCE (IMINT) AND SIGNAL INTELLIGENCE
(SIGINT) INFORMATION.  IT IS INSTALLED IN TWO S788 SHELTERS (102"
LONG X 84" WIDE X 67" HIGH), MOUNTED ON TWO M1097 HIGH MOBILITY
MULTIPURPOSE WHEELED VEHICLES (HMMWV), HEAVY VARIANT (LIN T07679)
(TOTAL WIEGHT 4,200 POUNDS). POWER IS PROVIDED BY A SPECIALLY
FABRICATED 15KW GENERATOR MOUNTED ON A MODIFIED M116A2 TRAILER.  THE
MITT IS COMPRISED OF 3 WORKSTATIONS:  1 COMMUNICATIONS WORKSTATION
AND 2 INTELLIGENCE ANALYST WORKSTATIONS, CONFIGURABLE AS EITHER
TENCAP ELECTRONIC INTELLIGENCE (ELINT) OR IMAGERY ANALYST
WORKSTATIONS (THE WORKSTATIONS INCLUDE THE SYNTHETHIC ULTRAHIGH
FREQUENCY COMPUTER CONTROLLED EQUIPMENT SUB-SYSTEM (SUCCESS) AND THE
TENCAP COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT PROCESSOR (CSP) AS COMPONENT ITEMS).
ANY OF THE 3 WORKSTATIONS CAN BE REMOTED OUTSIDE THE SHELTERS.  TO
CONFORM WITH THE WEIGHT LIMIT OF 4,200 PER HEAVY HMMWV, A WORKSTATION
WILL BE DISMOUNTED.

B.  CAPABILITIES:  THE MITT PROVIDES THE CAPABILITY TO RECEIVE
MULTIPLE-SOURCE IMINT/SIGINT DATA AND MESSAGES FROM EXTERNAL
SOURCES, ANALYZE AND INTEGRATE DATA INTO CORRELATED DATABASES,
AND RAPIDLY DISSEMINATE INTELLIGENCE DATA, SECONDARY IMAGERY AND
OTHER PRODUCTS TO TACTICAL USERS.  THE MITT PROVIDES THE TACTICAL
COMMANDER TARGETING INFORMATION, THE CURRENT ENEMY SITUATION, AND
TERRAIN ANALYSIS DATA.

C.  EMPLOYMENT:  THE MITT IS A RESPONSIVE TACTICAL SYSTEM ORGANIC TO
THE MI COMPANY IN THE ARMORED CAVALRY REGIMENT, SEPARATE BRIGADE,AND
ENHANCED BRIGADES; MI BATTALIONS IN THE HEAVY, LIGHT, AIRBORNE, AND
AIR ASSAULT DIVISION; AND OPERATIONS BATTALIONS AT CORPS AND ECHELONS
ABOVE CORPS MI BRIGADE.

D.  BASIS OF ISSUE:  1 MITT PER MI COMPANY, ARMORED CAVALRY REGIMENT,
SEPERATE BRIGADE, AND ENHANCED BRIGADE; 1 MITT PER MI BATTALION,
HEAVY, LIGHT, AIRBORNE, AND AIR ASSAULT DIVISIONS; 1 MITT PER
OPERATIONS BATTALION AT THE CORPS AND ECHELONS ABOVE CORPS MI
BRIGADE.

E.  POWER REQUIREMENTS:  THE MITT REQUIRES A POWER SOURCE THAT
PROVIDES 120/280V, 60 HZ.  THE MITT HAS A BUILT-IN, SPECIALLY
FABRICATED, 15 KW COMPONENT-ITEM GENERATOR MOUNTED ON A MODIFIED
M116A2 TRAILER.

F.  TRANSPORTATION REQUIREMENTS:  THE MITT IS 100% MOBILE AND MEETS
TYPE III MOBILITY STANDARDS FOR HIGHWAY AND OFF-ROAD MOVEMENT.  IT
HAS ROLL-ON/ROLL-OFF C-130 CAPABILITY.  IT IS AIR-LIFTABLE BY CH-47,
BUT IS NOT AIR-DROPPABLE. MITT IS 100% MOBILE.

G.  PERSONNEL/MAINTENANCE IMPACTS:

    (1)  OPERATOR MOS:

            STAFFING:  1 EACH 352J MCN; 1 EACH MOS 98J AND 1 EACH MOS
96D PER 12-HOUR SHIFT; 1 ADDITIONAL 98J PER 24-HOUR SHIFT. (DETAILS
AVAILABLE IN SECTION "ASSOCIATED/RELATED PERSONNEL".)

     (2)  MAINTAINER MOS:

          UNIT LEVEL (UL)        33T
          DIRECT SUPPORT (DS)    NONE
          GENERAL SUPPORT (GS)   NONE

NOTE 1:  THE MITT REQUIRES 1426 MANHOURS OF UNIT LEVEL MAINTENANCE
PERFORMED BY MOS 33T TO PROVIDE DEDICATED TROUBLE-SHOOTING/
PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE.  NO REQUIREMENT FOR DIRECT SUPPORT OR GENERAL
SUPPORT MAINTENANCE.

NOTE 2:  PERSONNEL ASSIGNED AS MITT OPERATORS WILL RECEIVE OPERATOR
TRAINING AT FT HUACHUCA IN THE FUNCTIONAL TENCAP OPERATOR COURSE.
ONCE THE OPERATOR COMPLETES THE TENCAP COURSE, A TENCAP 2T ADDITIONAL
SKILL IDENTIFIER WILL BE ASSIGNED.  (MITT SYSTEM TRAINING PLAN DATED
JUN 93 AUTHORIZES NOTES 2 AND 3.)

NOTE 3:  THE 33T MAINTAINER WILL RECEIVE TRAINING WITHIN A FUNCTIONAL
COURSE AT FT HUACHUCA USING THE TENCAP MAINTENANCE TRAINER.  THE
TRAINER WILL BE A COMPLETE SUITE OF MITT ELECTRONICS CONFIGURED IN A
MOCK-UP MITT ENCLOSED SHELTER.

    (3)  EACH POSITION HAS THE REQUIREMENT FOR SCI ELIGIBILITY.  THE
FDU DATED JAN 93 AUTHORIZED THE PERSONNEL REQUIRED TO OPERATE AND
MAINTAIN THE MITT.  EXISTING MANPOWER FORCE STRUCTURE (RESULTING FROM
THE REMOVAL OF TEAMPACK, AN/MSQ-103 FROM THE FORCE) WAS PROJECTED TO
BE USED TO SUPPORT MITT PER HQDA MESSAGE, DAMO-FDI, 201435Z91,
SUBJECT:  RETIREMENT OF AN/MSQ-1038/C (TEAMPACK).  PER THE FDU, THE
MITT WILL BE OPERATIONAL 24 HOURS PER DAY (TWO 12-HOUR SHIFTS) WITH A
TOTAL OF 5 PERSONNEL (THE 96D AND 98J ARE DEDICATED TO THE OPERATION
OF THE MITT).  BECAUSE THE MITT WORKSTATIONS CAN BE CONFIGURED EITHER
AS IMAGERY OR ELINT POSITIONS, THE CONCEPT IS THAT ONE POSITION OF
EACH TYPE (96D AND 98J) WOULD BE ON DUTY DURING EACH SHIFT.

    (4)  MITT'S MAINTENANCE CONCEPT IS THAT ORGANIZATIONAL (UNIT
LEVEL) MAINTENANCE TASKS (TO INCLUDE IDENTIFYING FAULTY LINE
REPLACEABLE UNITS (LRU)) BE PERFORMED BY MAINTAINERS USING
BUILT-IN-TEST/BUILT-IN-TEST-EQUIPMENT ORGANIC TO THE UNIT.
CONTRACTOR MAINTENANCE AT DS/GS LEVEL REBUILDS, REPAIRS, OR DISCARDS
FAULTY LRUS; DEFECTIVE LRU WILL BE EVACUATED TO THE CORPS SUPPORT
COMMAND/DIVISION SUPPORT COMMAND.  THE S788 SHELTER, THE SPECIALLY
FABRICATED GENERATOR, AND THE M116A2 TRAILER WILL ALSO BE CONTRACTOR
MAINTAINED FOR THE LIFE OF THE SYSTEM.

H.  SPECIAL NOTES:

    (1)  THE US ARMY INTELLIGENCE CENTER OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
DOCUMENT (ORD) FOR THE MITT IS DATED 20 JUN 92.

     (2)  THE MITT IS THE DOWNSIZED VERSION OF THE TACTICAL HIGH
MOBILITY TERMINAL (THMT) (Z77299).  THE MITT REPLACES THE THMT IN THE
FORCE STRUCTURE.  A BOIP WAS NOT DEVELOPED FOR THE THMT.

     (3)  AT THIS TIME, FIELDING OF THE MITT TO THE ARMORED CAVALRY
REGIMENT, SEPARATE BRIGADES, OR ENHANCED BRIGADES IS NOT SCHEDULED.
UPON APPROVAL OF THE MITT BOIP, ILO SYSTEM FORWARD AREA SUPPORT
TERMINAL ((FAST), LIN Z42636), SCHEDULED FOR FIELDING TO THOSE UNITS,
WILL BE PUBLISHED IN SB 700-20.

     (4)  BASIS OF ISSUE NARRATIVE GUIDANCE IS APPROPRIATE FOR
PUBLICATION IN AR 71-13.