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Australia and the U.S. demonstrated Coalition Movement Planning during the Joint Warrior Interoperability Demonstration (JWID 02) in May 2002. CTL ACTD provided the Coalition Task Force (CTF) Web-based tools to plan, prioritize, and track coalition movement requirements. JWID 02 used Australian and U.S. information technologies to plan, execute, and monitor strategic deployment and redeployment. The JWID demonstration took place at Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii, where CTF HQ staff officers collaborated on the movement with the Coalition Force Land Component Command (CFLCC) staff in Brisbane, Australia. Other participating countries were Thailand, Singapore, Japan, and the Republic of Korea.

The CTF will demonstrate In-transit Visibility – the second user requirement – during future exercises. This demonstration will provide Logistics Plan Development, Course of Action Capability, and visibility for critical assets deploying into and out of the area of operations. The demonstration will focus on selected classes of supply and personnel that the CTF will adjust to meet operational needs. The automated tools will allow the CTF to track the location and delivery date of specific items.


In 2004, the CTF will demonstrate the third requirement to provide infrastructure information. This will display characteristics, capabilities, and status of sea and aerial ports and will include other critical information, such as petroleum storage and delivery, munitions storage, supply, and stores warehousing. Automated tools will identify and assess degrading infrastructure, identify choke points, and assist in planning and executing alternate courses of action. The demonstrations in 2003 will improve on the capabilities from earlier exercises based on lessons learned.

To ensure the technology developed by the U.S. and Australia is usable by other coalition nations, Thailand received an invitation to participate in CTL ACTD. Thailand has participated in CTL ACTD working groups and provided insight on how to improve logistics interoperability. To ensure proper working relations between the three countries, Australia and the U.S. signed an Administrative Arrangement for participation in CTL ACTD on 1 October 2002. Thailand is to sign the same document soon.

As a testament to the initial success of this project, Ms. Payton awarded the Operational Manager of the Year award to the Coalition Theater Logistics Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration. This recognition is the result of outstanding teamwork between, Australia, Thailand, and the United States. In the United States, success has come from the close coordination among the Operational Manager (HQ, U.S. Pacific Command), Technical Manager, Transition Manager (U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency), U.S. Joint Staff, other U.S. combatant commanders, and the Office of the U.S. Secretary of Defense.