WEBVTT 00:00.707 --> 00:02.410 = Teosha Clay. 00:02.410 --> 00:06.270 T-E-O, S-H-A, C-L-A-Y. 00:06.270 --> 00:09.260 Staff Sergeant, 18th Transportation Detachment, 00:09.260 --> 00:11.003 Movements Supervisor. 00:11.003 --> 00:12.176 - [Interviewer] In your position, 00:12.176 --> 00:14.289 what are the major elements of a unit move 00:14.289 --> 00:16.193 that you are responsible for? 00:16.193 --> 00:18.110 - So, in the position that I'm working in 00:18.110 --> 00:20.043 right now, with the TMS? 00:21.040 --> 00:22.920 I'm so sorry (laughs). 00:22.920 --> 00:23.753 I'm so sorry. 00:23.753 --> 00:26.520 Okay. So with the position that I'm on working at right now, 00:26.520 --> 00:29.240 I would say the major element is building freight orders, 00:29.240 --> 00:31.930 so basically pushing out convoys, building convoys, 00:31.930 --> 00:33.833 for the move to JRTC. 00:36.086 --> 00:39.650 Is that good, or do you want me to go more in depth? 00:39.650 --> 00:40.483 I'm sorry. 00:40.483 --> 00:42.864 I probably should have asked this prior to. 00:42.864 --> 00:44.317 - [Interviewer] We're just having a conversation. 00:44.317 --> 00:45.434 - No, I'm asking, is that good, 00:45.434 --> 00:46.460 or do you want to go further in depth? 00:46.460 --> 00:48.530 Do you want me to say, like, building convoys, 00:48.530 --> 00:50.950 pushing 'em out to Pearl Harbor, 00:50.950 --> 00:53.197 and then receiving them once we're in Port Arthur, or? 00:53.197 --> 00:55.072 - {Interviewer] Yeah, just state it again, that's fine. 00:55.072 --> 00:55.905 - Okay. 00:56.800 --> 00:57.790 I'm sorry. 00:57.790 --> 01:00.310 In my position, my major move is building convoys 01:00.310 --> 01:02.390 or freight orders when it comes to TMS, 01:02.390 --> 01:04.514 and pushing 'em out to Pearl Harbor at this moment. 01:04.514 --> 01:08.420 On the back end, we'll go out to Port Arthur. 01:08.420 --> 01:09.520 I'm so sorry (laughs). 01:10.550 --> 01:12.810 I'm sorry. I'm a very shy person, so I get nervous. 01:12.810 --> 01:13.643 Okay. 01:14.810 --> 01:15.863 In my position, 01:16.750 --> 01:18.038 can you read the question again? 01:18.038 --> 01:19.010 I'm sorry. 01:19.010 --> 01:19.990 I'm terrible. 01:19.990 --> 01:21.400 - [Interviewer] In your position, 01:21.400 --> 01:23.410 what are the major elements of a unit move 01:23.410 --> 01:25.466 that you are responsible for? 01:25.466 --> 01:26.340 = Okay. 01:26.340 --> 01:28.620 In my current position, the major element of a unit move 01:28.620 --> 01:30.220 that I'm responsible for is building freight orders 01:30.220 --> 01:31.180 with the TMS system. 01:31.180 --> 01:33.810 So I'm basically pushing out convoys to Pearl Harbor, 01:33.810 --> 01:35.662 and then on the other end I'll be there to receive 'em 01:35.662 --> 01:37.853 once in Port Arthur. 01:39.885 --> 01:41.495 - [Interviewer] How long have you been working 01:41.495 --> 01:43.750 with the TMS prototype? 01:43.750 --> 01:45.838 - I started with the TMS prototype back in May, 01:45.838 --> 01:48.170 with the UBT course that they had, 01:48.170 --> 01:51.820 or the Beta testing that we had back in Illinois. 01:51.820 --> 01:53.760 Since then, we had a couple more classes 01:53.760 --> 01:55.110 here at Schofield Barracks. 01:57.298 --> 01:58.477 = {Interviewer] How long did it take for you 01:58.477 --> 02:01.147 to get trained on how to use the TMS prototype? 02:01.147 --> 02:03.350 = It didn't really take me long to get trained 02:03.350 --> 02:04.340 on the TMS prototype. 02:04.340 --> 02:05.890 The system was fairly easy. 02:05.890 --> 02:07.132 I would say a couple of days, but even now 02:07.132 --> 02:09.482 I'm still working to get more proficient at it. 02:11.570 --> 02:12.830 - [Interviewer] Did you find the TMS prototype 02:12.830 --> 02:15.292 easy or difficult to learn how to use? 02:15.292 --> 02:17.930 - I found it easy to use. 02:17.930 --> 02:20.740 The prototype is more tedious, I would say. 02:20.740 --> 02:22.890 There's a lot of small pieces into it, 02:22.890 --> 02:26.863 but as far as the overall use of it, it's fairly easy. 02:29.564 --> 02:31.060 - [Interviewer] What are the major capabilities 02:31.060 --> 02:34.987 demonstrated by the TMS prototype in this unit move? 02:34.987 --> 02:39.721 - The major capabilities demonstrated in this prototype, 02:39.721 --> 02:42.643 from my perspective, would be the accountability piece. 02:45.070 --> 02:46.690 It's more important for me to have accurate data 02:46.690 --> 02:48.070 when it comes to building the convoys, 02:48.070 --> 02:48.913 pushing the units out, 02:48.913 --> 02:51.153 and ensuring that they have everything. 02:53.947 --> 02:54.780 I'm sorry. 02:55.780 --> 02:58.080 - [Interviewer] Did the TMS reveal a capability 02:58.080 --> 03:00.591 you didn't know it had, or a capability 03:00.591 --> 03:03.533 that surpassed your expectations? 03:04.380 --> 03:06.450 - I would say the TMS did have capabilities 03:06.450 --> 03:08.510 that surpassed my expectations, simply because 03:08.510 --> 03:10.580 with it being a new system and a prototype, 03:10.580 --> 03:12.150 I expected a lot more glitches. 03:12.150 --> 03:13.810 Being that there's no glitches, 03:13.810 --> 03:16.101 everyone's using it fairly easy. 03:16.101 --> 03:17.840 We also have people that are out 03:17.840 --> 03:20.388 at Pearl Harbor right now that are also using the system. 03:20.388 --> 03:22.410 Everyone's able to communicate with each other 03:22.410 --> 03:25.763 and see all the data that's being uploaded into the system. 03:27.380 --> 03:29.160 - [Interviewer] Can you estimate the number of systems 03:29.160 --> 03:31.112 that you would normally use to conduct your portion 03:31.112 --> 03:33.460 of the unit move? 03:33.460 --> 03:36.180 - Normally I would use two to three different systems 03:36.180 --> 03:38.710 in order to conduct my portion of the move. 03:38.710 --> 03:42.832 TMS actually made it a lot more simple. 03:42.832 --> 03:43.780 - [Interviewer] Can you elaborate and maybe 03:43.780 --> 03:45.243 name the systems? 03:45.243 --> 03:48.940 - Normally the personnel that are at the port, 03:48.940 --> 03:51.520 they will use GATES in order to see it. 03:51.520 --> 03:54.021 We also have PDKs, and the MCT that we use 03:54.021 --> 03:56.950 to track the systems and do our IV-- 03:56.950 --> 03:57.783 I'm sorry. 03:59.107 --> 04:01.413 - [Interviewer] What are the systems that you're using? 04:01.413 --> 04:02.246 - So the sys-- 04:02.246 --> 04:03.418 - [Interviewer] You said PRK. 04:03.418 --> 04:06.278 - The PDK? The, what is it? 04:06.278 --> 04:07.219 - [Interviewer] If you wanted to start 04:07.219 --> 04:08.052 from the beginning again. 04:08.052 --> 04:08.885 - I forgot. 04:08.885 --> 04:09.733 Pre-deployment kit? 04:11.869 --> 04:13.010 - [Interviewer] It's okay. 04:13.010 --> 04:13.843 You can use the acronyms. 04:13.843 --> 04:15.873 - Yeah, I forgot what the acronym stands for. I'm sorry. 04:15.873 --> 04:16.930 I can't, I had a brain fart. 04:16.930 --> 04:20.260 Normally we would use, as an MCT, 04:20.260 --> 04:22.730 we would use a PDK, which pretty much 04:22.730 --> 04:25.610 is a personal system that we would have on ourselves. 04:25.610 --> 04:27.660 It's an individual system that you use for tracking. 04:27.660 --> 04:29.600 We would normally have one at the front gate at the MDF, 04:29.600 --> 04:30.820 also at the back. 04:30.820 --> 04:32.886 We have scanners that'll scan the ... 04:32.886 --> 04:34.193 I'm so sorry. 04:35.670 --> 04:36.503 I'm sorry. 04:36.503 --> 04:37.930 I'm, like, very shy. 04:37.930 --> 04:38.840 Don't judge me, okay? 04:38.840 --> 04:41.757 - [Interviewer] You're being real. 04:43.350 --> 04:46.520 - Normally we would use multiple different systems, 04:46.520 --> 04:48.350 I'll say about two or three different systems. 04:48.350 --> 04:49.183 On the end that you have at Pearl Harbor, 04:49.183 --> 04:50.580 they will use GATES 04:50.580 --> 04:52.650 in order to build the booking piece of it 04:52.650 --> 04:54.380 with the ships. 04:54.380 --> 04:56.094 I'm sorry, not the ships (exhales). 04:56.094 --> 04:56.927 I'm sorry. 04:58.155 --> 04:58.988 Verbage. 04:58.988 --> 04:59.821 Okay. 04:59.821 --> 05:01.980 Normally we would use two to three different systems. 05:01.980 --> 05:03.660 At the port, they'll use GATES, 05:03.660 --> 05:06.942 which is what they'll mainly use for the booking and the-- 05:06.942 --> 05:09.231 (exhales) 05:09.231 --> 05:10.256 - [Interviewer] The stow plan, right? 05:10.256 --> 05:11.089 Is that what you're saying? 05:11.089 --> 05:11.930 - Yes, that's what I was trying to say. 05:11.930 --> 05:12.980 It wouldn't come out. 05:14.120 --> 05:16.370 So normally we would use two to three different systems. 05:16.370 --> 05:17.910 For the port, they will use GATES, 05:17.910 --> 05:19.114 which is used for the stow plans 05:19.114 --> 05:20.940 and the booking piece of it, 05:20.940 --> 05:21.990 when it comes to the vessels. 05:21.990 --> 05:25.160 Also, with an MCT, we have PDKs, 05:25.160 --> 05:27.292 which we'll use for the IVT portion. 05:27.292 --> 05:30.473 So I would say TMS made it fairly easy for us. 05:32.041 --> 05:34.267 - [Interviewer] Is there any other information 05:34.267 --> 05:36.850 that you'd like to provide? 05:36.850 --> 05:39.650 - As far as any additional information about the system? 05:40.820 --> 05:42.510 At this moment, no. 05:42.510 --> 05:44.560 It's still a fairly new system, so we're still learning 05:44.560 --> 05:45.540 and getting to know it more. 05:45.540 --> 05:49.490 I would say it does have a very strong potential 05:49.490 --> 05:51.230 of being a really great system. 05:51.230 --> 05:53.210 As far as right now, I know my entire unit 05:53.210 --> 05:55.220 appreciate the systems, because it takes 05:55.220 --> 05:57.083 a lot of work away from us. 05:59.170 --> 06:00.380 - [Interviewer] Do you want to take a shot 06:00.380 --> 06:03.900 at that big overview question? 06:03.900 --> 06:06.590 Do you think that you could try to explain 06:06.590 --> 06:10.647 what the whole JRTC movement is about? 06:10.647 --> 06:11.480 - Oh, man. 06:12.790 --> 06:16.060 In all honesty, I probably should have said that off camera. 06:16.060 --> 06:18.290 This is my first JRTC rotation, 06:18.290 --> 06:20.550 so I've never been a JRTC. 06:20.550 --> 06:21.720 I've done MDF operations, 06:21.720 --> 06:24.220 but never this mass size when it comes to it. 06:24.220 --> 06:26.700 I'm still kind of in the learning phase 06:26.700 --> 06:28.990 when it comes to the JRTC operations, 06:28.990 --> 06:30.490 but for the most part 06:30.490 --> 06:32.453 we start with the pre-MDF operations. 06:33.500 --> 06:34.870 The units that are actually deploying out, 06:34.870 --> 06:36.000 we'll go to their motor pools, 06:36.000 --> 06:37.487 we'll inspect their vehicles, 06:37.487 --> 06:39.230 all the equipment that they have. 06:39.230 --> 06:41.918 They'll come to the MDF process, which is here, 06:41.918 --> 06:43.820 so they come through. 06:43.820 --> 06:45.880 We have the documentation stations, 06:45.880 --> 06:47.450 where we're making sure the paperwork is correct. 06:47.450 --> 06:49.735 We have the fuel/defuel station, where we're making sure 06:49.735 --> 06:54.735 they have the appropriate amount of fuel in their vehicles. 06:55.539 --> 06:59.176 Also, we have station three, which is the height and dims, 06:59.176 --> 07:01.500 or the dims and weight, I'm sorry. 07:01.500 --> 07:02.590 With the dims and weight station, 07:02.590 --> 07:03.650 that's where we're basically 07:03.650 --> 07:05.820 validating, verifying everything is accurate 07:05.820 --> 07:06.920 when it comes to the dimensions 07:06.920 --> 07:08.457 and the weight of their vehicles. 07:08.457 --> 07:10.400 They get pushed off to station four, 07:10.400 --> 07:13.230 which is our hazmat agricultural station. 07:13.230 --> 07:14.289 Anything that goes off island 07:14.289 --> 07:16.439 must have an agricultural inspection. 07:16.439 --> 07:19.930 Then they go through any maintenance or anything like that. 07:19.930 --> 07:21.948 Once they get done with the entire MDF process, 07:21.948 --> 07:23.482 we validate their packets, 07:23.482 --> 07:25.600 make sure all their paperwork is good to go, 07:25.600 --> 07:26.950 there was no issues, no hiccups 07:26.950 --> 07:29.170 when it came to the process. 07:29.170 --> 07:30.660 That's when they go out to the staging yard. 07:30.660 --> 07:33.380 Once in the staging yard, we push them out to the port. 07:33.380 --> 07:36.710 That's where the TMS comes into play with this one. 07:36.710 --> 07:39.510 We build the convoys out, we validate the convoys, 07:39.510 --> 07:41.900 and then we push the convoys out to Port Arthur. 07:41.900 --> 07:43.193 I'm sorry, Pearl Harbor. 07:44.790 --> 07:47.390 From Pearl Harbor, they'll upload on the vessel. 07:47.390 --> 07:50.493 Then they'll get pushed out to Port Arthur. 07:52.980 --> 07:54.032 (exhales) 07:54.032 --> 07:55.675 - [Interviewer] Give me a brief description 07:55.675 --> 07:58.500 of what you are doing here today. 07:58.500 --> 08:01.270 - What I'm doing here today, as far as the overall picture? 08:01.270 --> 08:02.525 - [Interviewer] I'm thinking overall mission, 08:02.525 --> 08:04.058 what you want to do with this (muffled speaking). 08:04.058 --> 08:07.975 Give me a brief description, in your own words. 08:09.940 --> 08:12.050 - Other than how I just said it, when I'm breaking it down, 08:12.050 --> 08:14.760 you wanna know a general picture. 08:14.760 --> 08:16.260 - [Interviewer] This new system that you're using, 08:16.260 --> 08:19.180 give me a brief description of what you're doing here, 08:19.180 --> 08:20.440 right now (faintly speaking). 08:23.420 --> 08:24.816 Why are you out here all-- 08:24.816 --> 08:26.837 - It's kind of hard to give a brief description of that, 08:26.837 --> 08:28.770 simply because each one of my soldiers 08:28.770 --> 08:30.128 is doing something different. 08:30.128 --> 08:33.570 - [Interviewer] But the overall mission, what is your-- 08:33.570 --> 08:35.048 - The overall mission 08:35.048 --> 08:36.810 for us, as a unit, 08:36.810 --> 08:39.550 is to make sure there's no frustrated cargo. 08:39.550 --> 08:41.870 That's our overall picture, so like I said, 08:41.870 --> 08:43.280 it's kind of hard to break it down 08:43.280 --> 08:44.120 without saying it that way, 08:44.120 --> 08:45.950 simply because everyone is doing something different 08:45.950 --> 08:47.224 to ensure that's not happening. 08:47.224 --> 08:49.000 I have my soldiers at the front gate, 08:49.000 --> 08:50.620 who's validating and verifying. 08:50.620 --> 08:52.943 They're verifying the unit's UDO. 08:53.876 --> 08:54.709 I'm sorry. 08:54.709 --> 08:55.992 - [Interviewer] Let me rephrase the question. 08:55.992 --> 08:57.441 Give me a brief description 08:57.441 --> 09:00.861 about the new system, why you're out here trying, 09:00.861 --> 09:01.823 what you're doing with it. 09:01.823 --> 09:03.040 - Once again, that's what I'm saying, 09:03.040 --> 09:05.377 the new system, there's so many different components 09:05.377 --> 09:06.930 when it comes to it. 09:06.930 --> 09:09.320 Each one of my soldiers that's using the system 09:09.320 --> 09:10.770 is doing something different. 09:12.300 --> 09:14.100 I still have those soldiers that are updating 09:14.100 --> 09:16.010 the height and weight, and the dimensions, 09:16.010 --> 09:18.310 still verifying that the accurate data for the vehicles 09:18.310 --> 09:20.060 or the equipment is correct. 09:20.060 --> 09:22.545 I have that soldier that's upstairs working TMS 09:22.545 --> 09:26.420 in order to have that real time data showing. 09:26.420 --> 09:30.240 She's updating the convoys, arriving equipment, 09:30.240 --> 09:31.990 departing equipment, for when it comes to here. 09:31.990 --> 09:33.433 I have myself and another NCO 09:33.433 --> 09:34.896 that are actually building the convoys 09:34.896 --> 09:38.387 or the freight orders out, to push them out on the road. 09:38.387 --> 09:39.234 - [Interviewer] How is the system 09:39.234 --> 09:41.060 going to make your life better? 09:41.060 --> 09:42.620 - The system will make our lives better, 09:42.620 --> 09:45.350 simply because it's taking away many other systems 09:45.350 --> 09:47.880 and compiling them down into one. 09:47.880 --> 09:49.744 Being that we only have one system to focus on, 09:49.744 --> 09:52.760 granted that system has many different pieces, 09:52.760 --> 09:54.480 but it's still that one system, 09:54.480 --> 09:56.530 and that one system talks to all branches. 09:56.530 --> 09:59.150 So for us it makes it a lot easier, 09:59.150 --> 10:02.337 because now we have other components that we work with 10:02.337 --> 10:04.260 that have the same exact information. 10:04.260 --> 10:07.310 We're not using multiple systems between multiple branches 10:07.310 --> 10:10.097 in order to talk to each other. 10:10.097 --> 10:11.240 - [Interviewer] For those out there in the military 10:11.240 --> 10:12.850 that don't understand what you're talking about 10:12.850 --> 10:14.620 when it comes to transportation systems, 10:14.620 --> 10:16.752 things like that, what do you want them to know 10:16.752 --> 10:19.473 about what you're doing with this new system? 10:20.865 --> 10:21.840 - What I would want them to know 10:21.840 --> 10:24.373 what we're doing with this new system is ... 10:26.980 --> 10:28.847 Wow, that's a good one. 10:33.393 --> 10:35.410 Merging branches together. 10:35.410 --> 10:36.800 I guess that'd be one way to put it. 10:36.800 --> 10:41.097 Like I said, all branches use different functions. 10:41.990 --> 10:44.440 They use different systems, I guess you could say. 10:44.440 --> 10:46.540 So with all branches or multiple branches 10:46.540 --> 10:49.160 using multiple systems, this TMS combines everything 10:49.160 --> 10:50.510 down into one system. 10:50.510 --> 10:53.410 So, like I said, we do have that realistic data. 10:53.410 --> 10:56.520 We do have that accountability, and all the branches 10:56.520 --> 10:58.280 and every person working with the system 10:58.280 --> 10:59.630 sees the same, exact thing. 11:00.680 --> 11:02.647 - [Interviewer] So when people say, 11:02.647 --> 11:04.905 "Hey, why change something that's not broken? 11:04.905 --> 11:06.677 "You guys have a system in place right now. 11:06.677 --> 11:09.661 "Why take all this time to retrain people 11:09.661 --> 11:10.494 "on doing something different?" 11:10.494 --> 11:12.028 What would you say to them? 11:12.028 --> 11:13.420 Why is it important? 11:13.420 --> 11:15.480 - I would say it's important to retrain 11:15.480 --> 11:17.963 or bring this new system in, 11:20.207 --> 11:21.200 simply because it compiles everything. 11:24.652 --> 11:25.485 - [Interviewer] What do you think, 11:25.485 --> 11:27.650 this prototype of the TMS, what impact 11:27.650 --> 11:30.370 do you think it has on the war fighter, 11:30.370 --> 11:32.157 the people who are actually going (muffled speaking)? 11:35.100 --> 11:37.010 - I would say it has a positive impact on it, 11:37.010 --> 11:39.070 simply because, once again it brings you back 11:39.070 --> 11:43.720 to what I was saying about compiling all the systems. 11:43.720 --> 11:46.930 Now everything can move a lot faster and a lot smoother, 11:46.930 --> 11:49.083 because we only have one system to focus on 11:49.083 --> 11:51.020 instead of having multiple systems 11:51.020 --> 11:53.353 and multiple people working those systems.