EFFICIENCIES TEST BED


savings are vital: Data from the 2009 Army Environmental Policy Institute’s Sustain the Mission Project: Casualty Fac- tors for Fuel and Water Resupply Convoys, Final Technical Report (online at http:// www.aepi.army.mil/docs/whatsnew/ SMP_Ca su a l t y_Cost _ Fa c tor s _ Final1-09.pdf) show that a significant percentage of U.S.


casualties in Iraq


and Afghanistan were related to ground resupply missions.


“The BCIL evaluations are focused on the efficiencies that a base camp system can have so fewer Soldiers are needed to run the base. The base camp is a force projection platform that enables the com- mander to accomplish a mission. An efficient base camp will free up more of a commander’s combat strength to per- form the mission, rather than conduct base camp operations,” said COL Eric Fletcher, PM FP.


Efficient base solutions enhance the Sol- diers’ ability to execute their mission by


aligning troop-to-task ratios and by pro- ducing efficiencies in power, water, and waste management. This has a signifi- cant impact on the logistics support tail for operations and Soldiers’ safety as we focus on reducing risk-intense ground resupply convoys.


INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION The BCIL is evaluating current Army and Joint Service base camp-related ini- tiatives. PM FSS has teamed with U.S. Army Central (ARCENT) to explore contingency base camp efficiency and environmental (E2) solutions that can be deployed immediately in Afghani- stan to improve energy, water, and waste efficiency.


Off-the-shelf alternatives have been sought


that will improve sustainment


efficiency and reduce operational risks for commanders. Specifically, materiel developers within the Army have sought solutions in water management energy-efficient structures (E2S).


and


Ideal water management solutions reduce resupply demand as well as reducing and/ or mitigating


the environmental and


health hazards of liquid waste generation, while also minimizing increases in energy demand. E2S solutions will reduce the energy and fuel required for heating and cooling shelters and structures by increas- ing their R-value (thermal resistance) while maintaining their redeployment capability. Alternative solutions that meet E2 requirements are being tested at the BCIL to provide direct, real-time data and comparison of components and systems.


“The Army’s contingency basing com- munity greatly benefits from having the BCIL to integrate and test related tech- nologies in a realistic but controlled environment,” Tuten said. He noted that the BCIL is near the Natick Soldier Systems Center, which is home to PM FSS and the Natick Solider Research, Development, and Engineering Center (NSRDEC) of the U.S. Army Research,


THE BCIL EVALUATIONS ARE FOCUSED ON THE EFFICIENCIES THAT A BASE CAMP SYSTEM CAN HAVE SO FEWER SOLDIERS ARE NEEDED TO RUN THE BASE. … AN EFFICIENT BASE CAMP WILL FREE UP MORE OF A COMMANDER’S COMBAT STRENGTH TO PERFORM THE MISSION, RATHER THAN CONDUCT BASE CAMP OPERATIONS.


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