MPF-11

Offload Preparation Party &

Debark Team

LT William Czopek USN

Expeditionary Warfare Training Group, Pacific
USMC Expeditionary Logistics Branch, N73
DSN 577-2606, Commercial (619) 437-2606
william.czopek@navy.mil
 Lesson Purpose
• To provide the
student with
information
concerning the
mission, function,
and responsibility of
the Off-load
Preparation Party

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 References
• MCWP 3-32/NTTP 3-02.3, Maritime
Prepositioning Force (MPF) Operations
• TM 4790-14/2A, Logistic Support for
Maritime Prepositioning Force (MPF)
Program Maintenance and Material
Management
• Attachment A, Notional OPP

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 Overview
• Purpose
• Organization
• Responsibilities
• Command Relationships
• Disestablishment
• Planning Consideration

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 Purpose
• Prepares equipment on MPS for debarkation
at the Arrival and Assembly Area (AAA)

– Temporary task organization of the MATGF and

the NSE
• Consists of maintenance, embarkation and equipment
operators

– Transported to ship prior to movement, during

transit or when they arrive at the AAA
• 96 hours prior to O-day

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 Organization
OPP OIC

OPP
AOIC

OPP det OPP det OPP det OPP det OPP det
AOIC AOIC AOIC AOIC AOIC

NSE MAGTF NSE MAGTF NSE MAGTF NSE MAGTF NSE MAGTF

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 Headquarters Element
• Consists of OPP
Officer in Charge
(OIC) and his staff
– OIC designated by
the CNSE

• Overall responsible
for the equipment
preparation efforts
for the MPSRON
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 Headquarters Element
• AOIC
– Senior Marine
– Realigns personnel
as necessary
– Oversees work
– Coordinates support
– Prioritizes efforts as
necessary

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 OPP Detachment
• OPP Det OIC
– Can be Navy or Marine

– Will be the Debark Control Officer (DCO)

for his MPS upon arrival to the AAA

– Oversees equipment preparation for his

MPS
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 OPP Detachment
• Two elements: NSE &
MAGTF
– NSE
• Lighterage and
Equipment operators
(BMU, ACB, ACU)
• Crane operators &
Cargo handlers (NCHB)

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OPP Detachment
– MAGTF
• Maintenance and
embark personnel
• Equipment operators

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Questions?

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 Responsibility
• Detachment task include:
– Preparing ship’s offload systems
• Cranes and winches
• Lighterage
• Slings, container handlers, etc
• Fuel and water discharge systems

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 Responsibility
• Task include (cont)
– Depreservation and preparation of
embarked equipment
• Normal “Before Operating Services”
• Fueling
• Identification of defects
• Limited organizational defects

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 Priority for equipment
preparation
• Ships cargo handling systems

• NSE equipment for in-stream and beach off-

load

• Material Handling Equipment (MHE)

• All other Marine equipment

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Questions?

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 Command Relationships
• OPP OIC and COMPSRON
– OPP OIC and report to COMPSRON to
obtain specific direction concerning
shipboard activities

– OPP responsibility and priorities are

established by the MAGTF commander in
coordination with the CNSE

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 Command Relationships
• OPP OIC and Contracting Officer’s
Representative (COR)
– MAGTF commander’s offload priorities are
conveyed to COR upon embarkation
– Neither has directive authority over the
other
– Must cooperate and coordinate

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 COR
• MCLB Albany on-site civilian
– One COR per MPSRON
• Monitors shipboard maintenance on
MAGTF cargo, NSE lighterage and
equipment through the Contract
Maintenance Team (CMT)

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 Contract Maintenance
Team (CMT)
• Civilian personnel provided by the
Marine Corp Maintenance Contractor
(MCMC)
– 4-6 personnel

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 CMT
• Maintenance responsibilities are provided in
detail in the statement of work
• Statement of Work
– Cyclic inventories and stock surveillance
– Preventative and corrective maintenance
– Exercise and reprocess of all principle end items
IAW specific instructions
– Modification as directed

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 CMT
• Statement of work (cont)
– Maintenance of technical libraries

– Operation and maintenance of required

supply and maintenance systems

– Maintenance of applicable equipment

manual records
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 How can they help the
OPP detachment?
• Orient OPP personnel with
equipment and ship facilities

• Provide access to
– Pre-expended bins
– Petroleum, oils and lubricants
(POL)
– Special tools
– Maintenance publications
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Questions?

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 Disestablishment
• Occurs upon arrival at
the AAA and/or
completion of off-load
preparations
• OPP will remain
onboard as the nucleus
of the debark teams
formed from MAGTF
and NSE personnel
arriving in the FIE
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 Disestablishment
• CNSE and the MAGTF
Landing Force Support
Party (LFSP) will provide
additional personnel to
conduct offload
operations

• CNSE will designate the

OPP OIC the Offload
Control Officer (OCO)
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 Disestablishment
OPP Debark Team
(100) (250-400)

USMC USN
USN USMC

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 Debark Team
• First lighterage load to the beach:
– D7 Dozer
– MHE (Kalamar)

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 Debark Team Time
Requirements
HRS
• Offload SLWTs and LCM-8's 1.5
• Moor-anchors 6.0
• Offload other lighterage 5.0
• Position Ships Ramp 0.5
• Assemble CSPs and CSNPs 3.5
• Install Fenders 1.5
• Discharge AAV's 2.0
• Install POL/Water Systems 9.0
• Assemble RRDF 36-40
• Discharge RTCHs 3.0
• Remove Hatch Cover 1.0
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Planning Considerations
• Tasks to accomplish
– Equipment preparation
• Billeting limitation
• Where and how the
OPP joins the MPSRON
• Equipment operators
licenses
• Urgent modification
instructions
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 Planning Considerations
• OPP composition
– Specified in SOP
– Should include cooks, corpsman, etc
– Other units assigned
• MPS internal security
• Naval Embarked Advisory Teams (NEAT)
• Technical Assistance and Advisory Team
(TAAT)

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 Notional OPP
OPP TM OBREGON OPP TM BOBO
MEB OFF ENL NSE OFF ENL MEB OFF ENL NSE OFF ENL
CE 0 0 BMU 0 3 CE 0 0 BMU 0 1
GCE 0 33 ACU 1 5 GCE 0 37 ACU 0 4
ACE 0 11 ACB 0 5 ACE 0 12 ACB 1 3
LCE 3 36 NMCB 0 0 LCE 3 36 NMCB 0 0
NCHB 1 4 NCHB 1 4
SUB 3 80 SUB 2 17 SUB 3 85 SUB 2 12

OPP TM OBREGON OPP TM BOBO

Grand Total OFF ENL OFF ENL
5 97 3 97
Questions?

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 Summary
• Purpose
• Organization
• Responsibilities
• Command Relationships
• Disestablishment
• Planning Consideration

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