Basis of Issue Plan - BOIP

A.  DESCRIPTION:  

    (1) THE MOBILE POWER GROUP (MPG), LIN Z65736, BOIP
M090AD, PROVIDES POWER GENERATION, CONDITIONING AND DISTRIBUTION
FOR THE MODERNIZED IMAGERY EXPLOITATION SYSTEM (MIES).  THE MPG IS
ONE OF FIVE PRINCIPLE ITEMS CONSTITUING THE MIES (SEE PARA H. (3)).
THE MPG IS COMPRISED OF A COMPONENT MJQ-11A/B GENERATOR SET, A POWER
DISTRIBUTION FACILITY (PDF), MOTOR-GENERATOR AND A 150KVA STEP-DOWN
TRANSFORMER.

    (2) THE MPG CAN ACCEPT EITHER 120/208 60 HZ OR 408/380V 50 HZ
POWER AND WILL PROVIDE APPROXIMATELY 160KVA TO THE MIES.

    (3) THE PDF IS INSTALLED IN A NON-STANDARD VAN AND MOUNTED ON
AN M871 TRAILER. PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS OF THE VAN ARE:

      LENGTH: 20 FT (240 IN.)
      WIDTH:   8 FT (96 IN.)
      HEIGHT:  8 FT (96 IN.)
      WEIGHT: 16,000 LBS

    (4) COMPONENT ITEMS INCLUDE:

        P27821   POWER PLANT ELEC SEMITRLR MTD:            1:1
                 200KW 60HZ 2GEN SET DED AN/MJQ-11

        S70027   SEMITRAILER LOW BED: BREAKBULK/CONT       1:1
                 TRANSPORTER 22-1/2 TON M871

B.  CAPABILITIES:  THE MPG PROVIDES DISTRIBUTION OF EITHER GENERATOR
OR COMMERCIAL POWER FROM A SINGLE POINT TO EACH OF THE FOUR MIES
SUB-SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED SUPPORT EQUIPMENT. FOR FULL CAPABILITIES
OF THE MIES SEE BOIP M090AA, PARA B. (2).

C.  EMPLOYMENT:  THE MIES IS ORGANIC TO THE OPERATIONS BATTALION (BN)
OF THE CORPS MILITARY INTELLIGENCE (MI) BRIGADE (BDE) AND THE
STRATEGIC IMAGERY ANALYSIS (IA) COMPANY OF THE ECHELON ABOVE CORPS
(EAC) MI BDE.

D.  BASIS OF ISSUE:  ONE SYSTEM PER CORPS MI BDE OPERATIONS BN AND
ONE PER STRATEGIC IA COMPANY OF THE EAC MI BDE. MIES HAS ALREADY BEEN
DOCUMENTED AS A BASE ITEM IN SRC 34649A000.

E.  POWER REQUIREMENTS:  NONE.

F.  TRANSPORTATION REQUIREMENTS:  THE MPG REQUIRES TWO TRUCKS
TRACTOR, 5 TON 6X6 W/E, LIN X59326 (LISTED AS ASIOE) TO HAUL THE
PDF VAN AND THE GENERATOR TRAILER.  IT IS AIR DEPLOYABLE BY C-141
OR C-5.

G.  PERSONNEL/MAINTENANCE IMPACTS.

    (1)  OPERATOR: NONE

    (2)  MAINTAINERS:  (FOR THE PRINCIPLE ITEM):

         (A) UL: 52D, 63S.

         (B) DS/GS: 44B, 44E, 52D, 63G, 63W.

    (3)  MAINTAINERS:  (FOR ASIOE):

         (A) UL: 31S, 33T, 63S.

         (B) DS/GS: 44B, 44E, 63G, 63W.

H. SPECIAL NOTES:

       (1) BOING IS APPROPRIATE FOR INCLUSION IN AR 71-13.

       (2) PERSONNEL TO FIELD THE MIES ARE AUTHORIZED BY THE MI FORCE
DESIGN UPDATE APPROVED IN JANUARY 1993.

       (3) THE AN/TSC-86 SATTELITE COMMUNICATIONS TERMINAL, S34827,
AND BOIPS M090AA, M090AB, M090AC, AND M090AD MAKE UP THE MIES.

       (4) MIES IS CONTRACTOR MAINTAINED.