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Digital Grunt: IT in the Marine Rifle Company during OIF

Digital Grunt: IT in the Marine Rifle Company during OIF. Purpose. To give you a brief familiarization of IT at the rifle company level during OIF. Technology Covered. PLUGR AN-PRC 119 & PRR MDACT VIPER. What’s the difference?. 1775 to 2003. PLUGR.

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Digital Grunt: IT in the Marine Rifle Company during OIF

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  1. Digital Grunt: IT in the Marine Rifle Company during OIF

  2. Purpose • To give you a brief familiarization of IT at the rifle company level during OIF.

  3. Technology Covered • PLUGR • AN-PRC 119 & PRR • MDACT • VIPER

  4. What’s the difference? 1775 to 2003

  5. PLUGR • 10 digit grid, acc to 1 meter(not civ) • Time • Compatible with ANPRC radios IOT fill time and VIPER for location. • Enter waypoints for patrols • T/E says 2! • Primary means of land navigation- Still a Marine + Map + Compass

  6. AN/PRC-119A Each CO T/E rates 8

  7. AN/PRC 119 • Primary radio at the CO level • Freq hop & encryption • Critical to FS and C&C • Gives cdr’s the cap to communicate with air, arty, man elements and other supporting arms.

  8. Amphibious Assault Vehicle 6 PRC 119s on board for the infantry & AAV crew

  9. Personal Royal RadioImproved Intra-Squad Radio

  10. Viper Binos Laser range finder tells you distance and direction PLUGR for location Accounts for deviations in the ground and GM angle You can add an NVG Com thru PRC 119

  11. MDACT w/ EPLRSMounted Data Automated Communications Terminal & Enhanced Position Locating Reporting System We got 2

  12. Time line • Introduced at CAX in Oct 02 • Refresher class on Jan 18 03 • Deployed to Kuwait Jan 20 03 • TEWT on March 15 03 • Moved from LSA-7 on Mar 22 03* • Crossed border Mar 24 03*

  13. Uses Send text messages Already had templates for CFF, casevac, re-supply, helo request, CAS(9line) Position location of adj & en units(10 digit grid) Time NIMA maps Overlays: boundaries, patrols, atk route, probable mine fields & obstacle plans.

  14. Reality Good but not dependable… Was not always on-line Had to verify messages Some templates did not work(resupply) En units destroyed were slow to be verified

  15. What worked best…

  16. “Going 1775” The things Marines did before all this IT! Messenger-still the most reliable method Person to Person Hand and arm signals Face to face orders briefs Good tools, but not the answer.

  17. 1775 Physically Hard Good marksmanship Courage Tactical acuity Discipline 2003 Physically Hard Good marksmanship Courage Tactical acuity Discipline Know how to use ppt What’s the difference?

  18. Summary

  19. The End-US Marine IT vs Iraqi IT

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