from your Class III supply point, preferably before any transporters
arrive, you must prepare an issue schedule. Start by telling your
customer how much and what type of product you have on hand and when he
can pick it up. If your transporters are delivering the product, tell
the customer when it will arrive at this supply point. Try to avoid
delays and interruptions when you are scheduling issues, that is, do not
schedule more transporters to arrive at your supply point than you can
handle at one time. Also, ensure that you have enough product on hand to
fill all scheduled issues.
Safety and Security Items. Once your supply point is set up, you must
take steps to make sure it is safe and secure. Ensure that personnel set
up a checkpoint at the entrance and one at the exit of the operating
area. Give personnel coming to the area a safety briefing at entrance
checkpoint. Use the checkpoints not only to control the vehicles going
in and out, but also to account for the receipt and issue of petroleum in
the supply point. Develop a fire plan. You must set up many different
types of signs in the area of operation. Place stock locator signs at
petroleum storage areas, including bulk reduction storage sites. Place
signs identifying NO SMOKING areas and dangerous areas throughout the
supply point. You must also set up speed control and traffic direction
signs.
PART B - DEFENSE PLAN
Rear Area Protection (RAP). Rear area protection operations may be
defined as all actions taken to prevent or neutralize localized enemy
threats to units, activities, and installations in the rear area. It
includes area damage control (ADC) prevention and control measures which
are taken before, during, and after an attack or natural disaster to
minimize its effects. Together, these actions represent an added
dimension to the responsibilities of theater army area command (TAACOM),
corps support command (COSCOM), and division support command (DISCOM)
commanders. Thus, combat service support units may have to be diverted
temporarily from their primary missions to rear area protection tasks
such as local security, base defense, firefighting, decontamination,
emergency medical treatment, and traffic control. The commander
responsible for rear area protection operations determines the manner and
extent to which these units will be diverted.
The theater army commander has overall responsibility for RAP
operations within the COMMZ. In the corps, the deputy corps commander is
the RAP officer who directs the rear area battle. To assist these
individuals in defining and assigning RAP responsibilities, a rear area
operations center (RAOC) is assigned to each TAACOM, area support group,
and corps. The RAOC's mission is to plan, coordinate, advise, monitor,
and assist in directing the execution of the rear area battle. Petroleum
units interface with the RAOC.
Phases. Rear area protection may be divided into two phases -- the
preparation phase and the operational phase.
The preparation phase includes preventative readiness measures taken
before an enemy attack. These operations range from the initial planning
to the actual reconnaissance, surveillance, and counterintelligence
operations. Measures taken during this phase include establishing local
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