Basis of Issue Plan - BOIP

A.  DESCRIPTION:  THE SURVEILLANCE INFORMATION PROCESSING
FACILITY V-XX3/AN-TSQ-105(V)4, THE THIRD OF FOUR VANS WHICH MAKE UP
THE AN/USD-9A IMPROVED GUARDRAIL V (IGRV) PROCESSING COMPLEX
(AN/TSQ-105(V)4), IS THE TEST MEASUREMENT/COMINT VAN.  THERE ARE
FOUR COMINT OPERATOR POSITIONS IN THIS VAN.

   B.  CAPABILITIES:  THIS VAN CONTAINS EQUIPMENT CAPABLE OF
MONITORING INCOMING COMMUNICATIONS AND PERFORMING TEST
MEASUREMENT OPERATIONS USING BUILT-IN EQUIPMENT.  IT IS USED WITH THE
THREE OTHER VANS IN THE IGRV PROCESSING COMPLEX TO OBSERVE, ANALYZE
AND PROCESS DATA RELAYED FROM THE AIRBORNE RELAY FACILITY (ARF),
AN/ARW-83(V)5, (BOIP M021AA) USING THE IDL ANTENNA (M021AH) AS A
MICROWAVE LINK.

   C.  EMPLOYMENT:  THIS SYSTEM IS TO BE EMPLOYED ONLY AT THE
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE BRIGADE, AERIAL EXPLOITATION BATTALION, CORPS.
(34418C200)

   D.  BASIS OF ISSUE:  ONE PER AVIATION CO (ELECTRONIC WARFARE),
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE BATTALION (AERIAL EXPLOITATION), CORPS.

   E.  POWER REQUIREMENTS:  THIS VAN OPERATES ON 71.5 KW POWER AT
60 HZ.   POWER IS SUPPLIED BY THE POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM,
PU-XX1/MJQ-26  (Z50693, BOIP M021AD).

   F.  TRANSPORTATION REQUIREMENTS:  THIS VAN REQUIRES ONE TRUCK
TRACTOR (T91656) FOR MOBILITY.

   G.  PERSONNEL/MAINTENANCE IMPACTS.
       1.  OPERATOR:  THE NUMBER OF DIRECT OPERATORS REQUIRED TO
OPERATE/CREW THIS VAN IS 9 EACH MOS 98C/98G PERSONNEL.

       2.  MAINTAINERS:
            A.   UL MAINTENANCE:  33R, 63S

            B.   DS MAINTENANCE:  29S, 33R, 44E, 63W

            C.   GS MAINTENANCE:  29S, 63W

H.  SPECIAL NOTES:

     1.    AS OF JUNE 1993, THE HISTORY OF THE GUARDRAIL FAMILY
IS AS FOLLOWS:

          THE BASE ITEM IN ALL AERIAL EXPLOITATION BATTALIONS IS
GUARDRAIL V (GRV).

         GRV WAS FIELDED TO USAREUR AND 15TH MI BN, FT HOOD. IT
WAS REPLACED BY IGRV, AN/USD-9A, AT BOTH LOCATIONS.  THE IGRV IN
USAREUR WAS THEN REPLACED BY THE GUARDRAIL COMMON SENSOR SYSTEM 4
(GRCS-4), WHILE THE IGRV IN FT HOOD IS SCHEDULED TO BE REPLACED BY
THE GUARDRAIL COMMON SENSOR SYSTEM 2 (GRCS-2) IN 1997.

     2.  IGRV CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING LINS:

         Z04118 (M021AA), Z15849 (M021AB), Z15917 (M021AC),
         Z28126 (M021MA), Z40903 (M021MB), Z41406 (M021MC),
         Z50693 (M021AD), Z76231 (M021AE), Z77097 (M021AF),
         Z77165 (M021AG), Z35208 (M021AH).

     3.  THE FLUID CONFIGURATION OF THE WORK STATIONS IN THIS VAN
ALLOW FOR DIFFERENT CMF 98 MOS'S TO OPERATE DIFFERENT CONSOLES BASED
UPON THE CURRENT MISSION ASSIGNED.  THIS CONFIGURATION OF 9 EA CMF 98
PERSONNEL, REQUIRED TO OPERATE/CREW THIS PRINCIPLE LINE WERE COMBINED
WITH THE OVEALL 98C/98G REQUIREMENTS, STANDARD OF GRADED (SGA'd) AND
DOCUMENTED USING BOIP M021AA.

     4.  BOING IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR PUBLICATION IN AR 71-13.

     5.  SUPERVISORS FOR THIS BOIP CONSIST OF 352C, 352G, 98C, AND
98G.  THESE POSSITIONS WERE ADDED BASED ON SGA IN AR'S 611-112 AND
611-201.