MLTR 1029 — Unit Movement Officer 4 Credit Hours
This course prepares personnel to assume the duties of a unit movement officer/ NCO, and includes instruction on the following: unit deployment planning; unit movement planning; COMPASS/OEL; unit movement automation; preparation of unit supplies and equipment for movement by surface mode; planning and conduct of preparation of hazardous cargo for movement by surface mode; planning and conduct of CONUS highway operations; convoy documentation; marshalling area procedures; use of containers in unit deployment; rail movement planning; rail equipment planning; rail equipment characteristics and use; blocking, bracing, pack- ing, crating, and tie down procedures and equipment for all modes of transport; rail load-out exercise; host nation rail movement operations, inland waterways; strategic airlift; airfield operations; preparation of supplies, equipment and personnel for movement by air; building a 463L pallet; unit deployment through a sea port of embaration; use of radio frequency/ automated information technology systems; theater reception, staging, on-ward movement, and intergration; and redeployment of per- sonnel, equipment by all modes of transportation. Instruction is mainly hands on-instructor led and independent student practical exercises.