The P25M Modules: Step One Towards Task Tailoring

1. The P25M Modules: Step One Towards Task Tailoring 1

2. The P25M Modules: Step One Towards Task Tailoring 2

3. MCA – Core Module (Air) • All elements compromise a 125 man tent camp with light construction capability - roughly a traditional “Air Det” TOA without individual equipment allowances. • Tent camp facility includes berthing, showers, a galley facility, water and fuel storage, a four-hole burn out latrine, and security fencing. • Containerized in five 20 ft ISO Containers, six TRICONs, two Configured TRICONs, and two Flatracks. • Includes a MOD 96, MOD 98, and equipment for basic CESE maintenance. • No communications gear. Comm gear is almost entirely allocated to the Fly-in Eschelons. • 30 Tool kits of various types (including mechanics tool kits). 2a

4. MC – Core Module • Augments a MCA module to create a 250 man tent camp. Adds berthing, laundry skid, large capacity water storage and treatment facilities, significant power distribution capabilities, and several support facilities. • Containerized in eleven 20 ft ISO Containers, one TRICONs, and two Flatracks. • Additional galley facilities and equipment. • Greater CESE maintenance capability - additional tools and parts. • Minimal communications gear. A small selection of sound powered phones. • 26 Tool kits of various types (including mechanics tool kits). 2b

5. MB – Basic Module • Augments the battalion’s tent camp with additional facilities and capabilities. Also includes 4 M60 machine guns. • Includes a full BAS facility, large capacity fuel storage, and administrative offices. • Containerized in twelve 20 ft ISO Containers, and one Flatrack. • Includes machine shop trailer, ABM, RTCH, and 40 other various units of CESE. . • Eight days of MREs for an entire battalion, refrigeration containers and improved messing and food prep facilities. • No communications gear. • 16 Tool kits, mostly Bravo/Charlie tools. 2c

6. MH – Heavy Module • Augments the battalion’s tent camp with additional facilities and capabilities. • Includes additional BAS equipment, large capacity fuel storage, and Alfa Company shops. • Containerized in seventeen 20 ft ISO Containers, two half-heights, and three Flatracks. • Includes water well suite, RTCH, and 47 other various units of CESE. . • Eight days of MREs for an entire battalion and additional refrigeration containers. • No communications gear. • 10 Tool kits, mostly Alfa Company tools. Completes CESE repair capabilities. 2d

7. FIE - Fly In Echelon SLRP - Surveillance, Liaison, and Reconnaissance Party • Intended for air transport. • All elements compromise individual equipment* and shelter for a small party of eight Seabees to operate for roughly two weeks, scouting out areas for offload, laydown, and storage • Includes two cargo HMMWVs and associated POLs (two 55gal drums of 91 octane gasoline, thirty-three 55gal drums of DF2, and thirteen quarts of 30W Oil). No maintenance capabilities. • Tent camp facility includes two tents and eight cots, insect nets, camp stove, cleaners, coffee maker, flashlight and propane. • Minor camp comsumables. No water storage, latrines, showers. • Not a self-sufficient camp. • No power generating capability. • Considerable communications capability. • Includes HF and VHF radios (base station and vehicular), • SATCOM, crypto gear, and eight SABER radios, two Vehicle SINCGARS units, KL-43, two KY99As, two GPS units, and • a Laptop computer w/ Laser Printer. • Twenty-seven Cases of MREs (324 meals/108 Mandays). • 120 Mandays of supplements (dry milk, coffee, dry fruit, etc) • *Personal Equipment for 8 individuals: • Each receives an M16E3, 782 Gear, Sleeping bags, cots, Flak, • Kevlar, CBR gear, and a first aid kit. • Additional gear includes: 1M203, 1 M870 Shotgun, 4 M9 Pistol • Optical gear and Night Vision scopes and goggles (5) 2e

8. FIE - Fly In Echelon OPP – Offload Preparation Party • Elements consist of an augment of individual equipment*, food, and COMM gear for a party of roughly thirty Seabees to assist with offloading the various modules from MPF vessels. • Provides an MRE allowance for roughly ten days. • SABER radios for communications. • No CESE, no kits, no tent camp facilities. • *Personal Equipment for individuals: • Each receives 782 Gear, Sleeping bags, Flak • Kevlar, CBR gear, and a first aid kit. • Additional gear includes: 27 M16E3, 6 M9 Pistol 2f

9. FIE - Fly In Echelon AP – Advance Party • Intended for air transport. • Consists of individual equipment allowances for a group of seventy Seabees, • along with a small equipment allowance. • Tent camp facility includes five tents with cots, etc. and a 5 kW generator. • 224 Cases of MREs (2688 meals/40 days), 1400 mandays of • supplements (dry milk, coffee, dry fruit, etc.). • A minor CESE allowance for moving Seabees and their gear (two Cargo Truck Variant HMMWVs, two 8 Ton Cargo Trucks, a 400 gal Water Bull, a Floodlight Trailer, and a 4K and 12K Forklift. • Minor quantities of fuel and POLs - about enough to get moving. • Considerable communications gear. A large portion of the overall comm gear allowance is here, along with some computer assets (includes SATCOM, 15 SABER radios w/base station, 2 Vehicle SINCGARS, 2 KL-42, 8 KY99A, CMS gear, 20 Manpack SINCGARS, 3 SINCGARS base stations, 4 SB-22 switchboards, 20 TA-312, 2 STU-III phones, 2 Notebook Computer, Laser printer, non-tactical Fax). • No tool kits. 2g

10. FIE - Fly In Echelon MP – Main Party • Intended for air transport. • Consists mainly of individual equipment allowances for 695 personnel. • No tent camp facilities. • Considerable communications gear. The remainder of the COMM gear is included with this module, along with several computers and printers. • A Soils Kit, Nuclear Densiometer Kits, specialized CBR equipment, Chaplain Kit, Barber’s equipment, and various forms. 2h

11. Capability Sets: Step Two Towards Task Tailoring 3