WIRED FOR SUCCESS
Distribution System (PDS)
and Non-
secure Internet Protocol Router (NIPR) infrastructure upgrades. A critical chal- lenge for the team was to implement the upgrade in an operational environment without disrupting network operations. After identifying requirements, the team used new military standards,
IT best
business practices and innovative tech- nologies to engineer a viable solution. Tis provided a clear road map to imple- ment more than 1,125 PDS drops that included full power and telecommunica- tions room upgrades.
Te second initiative involved a USAR- led Intrusion Detection System (IDS) data cable extension from target loca- tions to the nearest ARNet data closet. Tis was done in conjunction with the Army Reserve Installation Manage- ment Directorate, USARC G-6 and the Army Reserve Office of the Provost Mar- shal. Te intent of the initiative was to upgrade USAR facilities to newer, more reliable and automated technologies. Since October 2012, the MILCON IT Team has completed 321 IDS extensions at USAR facilities, so that the IDS can connect to the ARNet. Te MILCON IT team’s expertise with IDS and the work related to the cable extensions allowed it to complete 26 more sites than initially projected over a seven-month period.
Te team also created a hybrid VoIP migration solution that was implemented in conjunction with the golden configu- ration across all subsequent MILCON IT
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projects for data and VoIP network instal- lations. Having this
standard solution
allowed the MILCON IT team to realize significant
cost and schedule efficien-
cies: a 60 percent reduction in the time required to design and develop initial cost estimates for sites, and a significant reduction in the time needed for the USAR to approve and fund the sites. Te use of VoIP in the standard configuration also allowed a savings of approximately $600 per voice primary rate interface (PRI)—the industry standard for sup- plying telecommunications services to offices—at each site and saved on future fees to change voice lines. Total estimated savings to date exceed $200,000.
PROJECT IMPACT For the data and VoIP network installa- tions, the MILCON IT team developed
a hybrid solution using a Joint Interop- erability Test Command-approved VoIP technology and implemented those capa- bilities in 2010 for the first time in USAR facilities. Te approach allowed for full VoIP capabilities within the Reserve’s complex while still being integrated using traditional PRI circuits.
In one noteworthy success, the MIL- CON IT team did the installation at a new Armed Forces Reserve Center (AFRC) facility in Tuscaloosa, AL, ahead of schedule; as a result, the center was operational shortly after a series of torna- does demolished the old AFRC facility in April 2011.
THE RCAS PROJECT PROVIDES INTEGRATED WEB-BASED SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS AND SUPPORT SERVICES THAT ENABLE THE USAR AND ARNG TO MANAGE MOBILIZATION, SAFETY, PERSONNEL AND FORCE AUTHORIZATION MORE EFFICIENTLY.
Army AL&T Magazine October–December 2013
In another success, the MILCON IT team designed and installed a Holocom- certified PDS for the USACAPOC G-2 and G-6 offices at Fort Bragg, NC, allowing for relocation of the G-2 and G-6 staffs into a building that had been refurbished from a storage facility. Tis effort, including all labor and materials, allowed for the emplacement of more than 100 secure drops while maintain- ing the SIPR Network ATO. Te work took three weeks, one week less than projected, and the $393,000 cost was approximately half of what
the govern-
ment expected. Te surge effort allowed the USACAPOC headquarters relocation to stay on schedule.
CONCLUSION RCAS’ efforts on MILCON IT, IDS and USACAPOC projects met or came
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