RFID Interrogator Challenges ...

2d Armored Cavalry Regiment Unit Move

Major General Larry J. Lust and Brigadier General Mitchell H. Stevenson write about how unit's redeployment from Bosnia to Louisiana provided an opportunity to test automatic identification technologies ...

... "USAREUR DCSLOG's challenges were numerous, because a unit deployment is normally a busy time. Training on TC-AIMS II and the AIT peripherals had to be planned carefully. Equipment such as RF interrogators was erected in host-nation facilities where there were no communications or electricity. In addition to these challenges, the 2d ACR's redeployment date was accelerated by almost a month, which put a strain on the delivery of equipment from technology vendors. The Commanding General of Task Force Eagle, Major General Larry Ellis, wanted to use Bosnian rail lines to transport the cargo and rolling stock from Brcko and Lukovac, Bosnia, instead of convoying to Taszar, Hungary, to use the railheads there. " ...