Blue on Blue: Tracking Blue Forces across the MAGTF

Abstract

Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), and subsequent Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) operations across the globe have resulted in validating the need to precisely locate and track MAGTF forces on the joint coalition battlefield. Current tracking and reporting systems, such as the Data Automated Communication Terminal (DACT), Enhanced Position-Location Reporting System (EPLRS), and the Blue Force Tracker (BFT) have been integrated together to produce friendly situational awareness across the common operational picture (COP). However, "During OIF, the military experimented with as many as nine different blue force tracking systems, which often could not share information with one another." The current employment of multiple blue force tracking devices across the MAGTF has revealed the need for implementing a common device in blue force tracking capability across the Marine Corps to fully span the operational needs of MAGTF forces in present-day operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 08, 2005
Accession Number
ADA505071

Entities

People

  • D. R. Stengrim

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan Conflict
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Battlefields
  • Communication Systems
  • Communication Terminals
  • Computers
  • Fratricide
  • Iraqi-War
  • Line Of Sight
  • Marine Corps
  • National Security
  • Networks
  • Position (Location)
  • Satellite Networks
  • Situational Awareness
  • Task Forces
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.