ACQUISITION
POWER PUSH
Higher-efficiency solutions can meet operational needs with less fuel and fewer casualties
by Paul Richard and LTC Michael E. Foster D
espite their power requirements, the networked mission command solu- tions within the command post have been a significant force multiplier for
combat and combat service support units for years. However, the increase in the number of generators deployed to meet the operational needs of the past 10 to 15 years has also required more supply con- voys delivering fuel across the battlefield—putting more troops in harm’s way.
Lowering fossil fuel consumption in theater will reduce the number of trips across dangerous convoy supply routes and reduce the risk to our Soldiers. According to an estimate provided by the Army G-4 office in October 2011, 18 percent of U.S. casualties in Afghanistan and Iraq were related to ground resupply, with more than 3,000 casualties occurring in resupply missions.
TACTICAL ENERGY
Tactical Quiet Generators (TQGs) are used in combination with solar panels and other energy storage options to create a hybrid solution to meeting power requirements. Here, SSG Christian Grasruck, with the 345th Combat Support Hospital, tightens the bolts of the 100 kW TQG for the 2011 Warrior Exercise at Fort McCoy, WI, which presents realistic and challenging scenario-based training for Soldiers and units preparing for deployment. (Photo by SGT Donna Hickman.)
Project Manager Mobile Electric Power (PM MEP) has aligned itself with the Army’s and DoD’s push for efficiency and enhancements in power generation and consumption. Through innovative acquisition methods, PM MEP is deliv- ering capabilities more rapidly to Soldiers, ranging from hybrid, solar-powered generator systems to DoD’s first operational micro-grid in Afghanistan. PM MEP is a DoD Project Manager chartered to the Army’s Program Executive Office Com- mand, Control, and Communications – Tactical (PEO C3T).
ADVANCED MOBILE POWER The first of a new family of tactical generators are expected to arrive in Afghanistan this spring. The Advanced Medium Mobile Power Sources (AMMPS) are the third generation of military standard generators since the Vietnam War era.
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