Accession Number:

ADA505071

Title:

Blue on Blue: Tracking Blue Forces across the MAGTF

Descriptive Note:

Research paper

Corporate Author:

MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA

Personal Author(s):

• Stengrim, D. R.

Report Date:

2005-02-08

Pagination or Media Count:

12.0

Abstract:

Operation Enduring Freedom OEF, Operation Iraqi Freedom OIF, and subsequent Marine Air-Ground Task Force MAGTF operations across the globe have resulted in validating the need to precisely locate and track MAGTF forces on the joint coalition battlefield. Current tracking and reporting systems, such as the Data Automated Communication Terminal DACT, Enhanced Position-Location Reporting System EPLRS, and the Blue Force Tracker BFT have been integrated together to produce friendly situational awareness across the common operational picture COP. However, During OIF, the military experimented with as many as nine different blue force tracking systems, which often could not share information with one another. The current employment of multiple blue force tracking devices across the MAGTF has revealed the need for implementing a common device in blue force tracking capability across the Marine Corps to fully span the operational needs of MAGTF forces in present-day operations.

Descriptors:

• *POSITION FINDING
• *TRACKING
• *MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL
• *INTEROPERABILITY
• *BATTLEFIELDS
• *JOINT MILITARY ACTIVITIES
• *SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
• HAND HELD
• MANPORTABLE EQUIPMENT
• LIGHTWEIGHT
• SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS
• LINE OF SIGHT
• IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS

Subject Categories:

• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics
• Target Direction, Range and Position Finding

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE