| Figure 1 |
DOD Uses Special Heavy Equipment Railcars Known as DODX Cars |
| Figure 2 |
A Variety of Organizations Are Essential to Effective Military Deployment Operations |
| Figure 3 |
A Comparison of the Current Federal Alert System and the Military's Threat Condition System |
| Figure 4 |
Effective Coordination Procedures or Plans Require a Collaborative Effort Among Six Key Agencies |
| Figure 5 |
Example of a Heavy Equipment Transport System Vehicle in Action |
| Figure 6 |
State DOTs Have New ITS Options to Assist Highway Operations |
| Figure 7 |
After Arriving at the Seaport, Equipment Such as This Truck Is Loaded onto MSC Ships for Overseas Movement |
| Figure 8 |
Factors Affecting Well Coordinated and Executed Military Deployments |
| Figure 9 |
Work-Zone Conditions Affect Military Deployments, Which May Inhibit General Traffic Operations |
| Figure 10 |
Key Agency Roles During the Warning Order Phase |
| Figure 11 |
Key Agency Roles When the Notice to Deploy Is Received |
| Figure 12 |
State DOTs Use Carefully Delineated Procedures to Ensure That the Highway Network Is Able to Support the Convoy Deployment Route |
| Figure 13 |
Key Agency Roles During Deployment |
| Figure 14 |
Special Traffic Control Devices May Be Needed During Convoy Movements |
| Figure 15 |
State Agency Checklist Part One—Preparation for Convoy Movement |
| Figure 16 |
State Agency Checklist Part Two—Communications, Coordination, Technology, and Public Safety |
| Figure 17 |
State Agency Checklist Part Three—Reroutes, Incidents, Equipment, and Security |
| Figure 18 |
A Five-Step Process for Developing Coordination Procedures or Plans |
| Figure 19 |
A Range of Organizational Structures May Be Used to Develop Coordination Procedures or Plan |
| Figure 20 |
Summary Checklist for Step 1—Getting Started |
| Figure 21 |
Summary Checklist for Step 2—Identify Needs and Support Services |
| Figure 22 |
Proposed Topical Outline for a Set of Military Deployment Coordination Procedures |
| Figure 23 |
Summary Checklist for Step 3—Define Agency Interaction and Preliminary Procedures or Plan |
| Figure 24 |
Detailed Mapping Features of IRRIS |
| Figure 25 |
Key Components of a Typical MTS |
| Figure 26 |
A Soldier Scanning an Active RFID Tag for Manifest Data |
| Figure 27 |
Variety of RFID Tags and Systems Components |
| Figure 28 |
Example of a Mobile Military Satellite Communications System |
| Figure 29 |
Portable Traffic Control Devices Can Assist with Work-Zone Activities |
| Figure 30 |
ITS Technologies That May Support Military Deployments |
| Figure 31 |
Traffic Management Centers Such as TranStar in Houston, Texas, Give a Live View of Current Weather and Traffic Conditions. These Views Can Be Accessed by All Agencies Through the Internet |
| Figure A-1 |
U.S. Military Power Projection Platforms and the Strategic Highway Network |
| Figure B-1 |
Organizational Elements of a Convoy |
| Figure B-2 |
Elements of a March Column |
| Figure B-3 |
Placard Placement on Convoy Vehicles |
