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| 17th Data Processing Unit | |||
| 1970 | |||
| (Source: STARS & STRIPES, April 4, 1970) | |||
| The Data Processing Company of V COSCOM demonstarted for the first time in USAREUR the operation of an IBM 360/40 in the field. Among those present to witness the demonstration were Gen James H. Polk (CINCUSAREUR); Maj Gen H. N. Maples, DCofS Logistics, USAREUR; Lt Gen C. E. Hutchin, Jr. (CG V Corps); and Maj Gen Ralph L. Foster (V COSCOM Cmdr) The Data Processing Co received its IBM 360/40 in March 1970. The computer, housed in four vans, was set up at Gibbs Kaserne. The company's computer had to go through extensive user testing before being accepted by the government. The permanent location for the computer will be at the IG Farben Building where COSCOM headquarters is located. |
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| 1971 | |||
| (Source: STARS & STRIPES, Aug 18, 1971) | |||
| The Data Processing Company, V COSCOM was activated in April 1969. The company's primary mission is to provide computer and electric accounting machine support to V Corps, administrative and logistical support to elements of V COSCOM Materiel Management Activity (MMA), and pertinent management information to other V COSCOM MMA elements. To perform its mission, the company is equipped with IBM 360-40 computers. These computers are specifically designed for use in the field. (Normally operating in an office environment,) they can be loaded into special air-conditioned vans equipped with air-suspension shock absorbers and transported to the field during exercises or in an emergency situation. The Data Processing Company has a counter-part also equipped with 360-40s in VII COSCOM. Both companies maintain close coordination with the Management Information Systems Support Agency in Karlsruhe. |
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| 502nd Transportation Company (MCC) | |||
| 1985 | |||
| (Source: SUPCOM Log, November 1985) | |||
| The 502nd Transportation Company became the 502nd Corps Movement Control Center, Oct. 1, and assumed a much expanded mission as the result of a theater-wide reorganization of movement control assets. The Transportation Operational Organization Plan is being implemented to structure the CMCC's operation to resemble their wartime mission according to the commander, Lt. Col. Richard D. Hill. "In other words," he said, "we will do in peacetime what we would do in war." Lt. Col. Hill said their mission includes supervising movement control and highway regulation teams, controlling personnel and materiel movement throughout the corps area, regulating highway movements and acting as a liaison with other U.S. forces as well as allied and host nation transportation agencies. Under the theater-wide reorganization, Lt. Col. Hill said, "The mission has expanded from just a corps tactical mission to a corp-wide transportation mission. This will also include non-corps units within the corps area." He said the 502nd also assumed management of non-tactical freight movements from local installation transportation offices. "Under TROOP," he said, "the freight sections were removed from the ITOs and put under the Branch Movement Control Teams which are a part of our new structure." He added that in all, nine BMCTs will be located in communities throughout V Corps. Lt. Col. Hill said that in addition to tactical transportation, CMCC will be supervise the movement of containerized freight in the corps area for DoDDS, DEH, AAFES, AFN and other organizations. The unit's increased role in directing movement of soldiers, equipment and materiel, brought with it additional personnel and facilities. Lt. Col. Hill said his organization now includes the Movement Control Team and Rail Movement Management Team, in Frankfurt, and the Highway Movement Control Team, in Wiesbaden. Those teams were formerly assets of the 3rd Movements Region which was deactivated, Oct. 4. With the addition of the BMCTs, Lt. Col. Hill said, the divisions will now coordinate through them for transportation needs rather than going through a variety of different agencies. He said the end result of the new arrangement will be a greater ability for the CMCC to monitor and trouble shoot corps transportation requirements. In the area of tactical movements requiring march credits, Lt. Col. Hill emphasized that divisions will go directly to the Highway Traffic Headquarters, in the CMCC. "In the past," he said, "the divisions went directly to the HMCT in Wiesbaden for march credits and we didn't know what they were doing until they got into trouble. Now, they go directly to the HTH where they come into our tracking system." He said the German government still processes march credits under the same agreements previously used but he said, "We now have the capability to monitor the processing of those requests." When TROOP is fully implemented, the CMCC will have a strength of 15 officers, 127 enlisted soldiers and 44 civilians, to staff the CMCC and BMCTs. Lt. Col. Hill said the increased staff should all be on board and the, new system fully operational by Feb. 16, 1986. Click here to read an article on the deactivation of 3rd Movement Region Click here to read more about the theater-wide reorganization under the TROOP Plan |
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