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THE 'PITCH AND CATCH' MOVEMENT APPROACH


CARGO INSPECTION


The 49th MCB Command Team inside a commercial vessel inspect cargo for 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division’s deployment to Pacific Command at Grays Harbor, Washington, in January. (Photo by Maj. Stephen Hughes)


THE GENESIS In May 2019, the 49th Transportation Battalion (MCB) completed a nine-month rotation to Poland in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve. It facilitated the move- ment of all military convoys into and out of numerous states by liaising with national elements to authorize and control the movement, ensuring the completion of customs paperwork and assisting units when foreign authorities frustrated or delayed their cargo. Upon return from Europe, the 13th Expeditionary Sustain- ment Command’s commanding general, Brig. Gen. Darren L. Werner, delivered his vision of the “MCB of the corps” model to the 49th MCB commander, Lt. Col. Travis Sept.


Werner’s vision mirrored doctrine and is described in Army Technical Publica- tion 4-16, Movement Control. However, MCBs do not follow the model in prac- tice today. To bring about Werner’s vision, the 49th MCB would become a III Corps


force multiplier, operating both on and off Fort Hood, Texas, and wherever III Corps’ subordinate units traveled. On-site support would be provided for brigades and divisions on installations, at training centers and at air and sea ports for deploy- ments. Tis tiered support in the United States would discipline and posture the MCB and translate to supporting large- scale combat operations abroad when needed, as described in Field Manual 3-0.


Te MCB would have to fill in the gaps between tactical deploying units and the support elements at installation and commercial shipping sites. (See Figure 1.) Army field support battalions and the U.S. Army Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command offer general support to deploying units at operational installation deployment nodes and stra- tegic commercial ports globally. Teir general support is to the Army as a whole, and not to any specific unit. It is passive and not targeted.


Te direct support provided by an MCB, however, supports specific forces, and the MCB answers directly to the deploying unit. Deploying units need this. When experts do not go to the brigade’s area of operations in active pursuit to aggressively assist the unit weeks before its scheduled date to put its equipment on trains, the brigade fails. Branch movement control teams align with brigades on a regu- lar basis, and movement control teams (MCTs) align with divisions as well. Tis alignment provides maneuver command- ers greater understanding and influence in their efforts to closely track combat power and make operational decisions based on when resources will arrive in theater.


Today, brigade and subordinate unit movement officers report to installation Army field-support battalion representa- tives at deployment nodes for technical expertise as their unit readies for deploy- ment. However, many unit-movement officers are uninformed of the specifics of


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Summer 2020


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