JP 4-01, The Defense Transportation System

1 Joint Publication 4-01. T OF T H. EN E. TM HI. S W E' L L. DE. FE. T. ND. AR. AR. DE P. MY.. I CA. U NI. ER. TE. M. ST A. D. AT E S O F. The Defense Transportation System 18 July 2017. PREFACE. 1. Scope This publication provides joint doctrine to plan, command and control, and employ resources within the Defense Transportation System . 2. Purpose This publication has been prepared under the direction of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS). It sets forth joint doctrine to govern the activities and performance of the Armed Forces of the United States in joint operations, and it provides considerations for military interaction with governmental and nongovernmental agencies, multinational forces, and other interorganizational partners. It provides military guidance for the exercise of authority by combatant commanders and other joint force commanders (JFCs), and prescribes joint doctrine for operations and training.

2 It provides military guidance for use by the Armed Forces in preparing and executing their plans and orders. It is not the intent of this publication to restrict the authority of the JFC from organizing the force and executing the mission in a manner the JFC deems most appropriate to ensure unity of effort in the accomplishment of objectives. 3. Application a. Joint doctrine established in this publication applies to the Joint Staff, commanders of combatant commands, subordinate unified commands, joint task forces, subordinate components of these commands, the Services, and combat support agencies. b. The guidance in this publication is authoritative; as such, this doctrine will be followed except when, in the judgment of the commander, exceptional circumstances dictate otherwise.

3 If conflicts arise between the contents of this publication and the contents of Service publications, this publication will take precedence unless the CJCS, normally in coordination with the other members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has provided more current and specific guidance. Commanders of forces operating as part of a multinational (alliance or coalition). military command should follow multinational doctrine and procedures ratified by the United States. For doctrine and procedures not ratified by the US, commanders should evaluate and follow the multinational command's doctrine and procedures, where applicable and consistent with US law, regulations, and doctrine. 4. Contribution The following staff, in conjunction with the Joint Doctrine Development Community, made a valuable contribution to the revision of this Joint Publication: Lead Agent Mr.

4 Patrick Kennedy, United States Transportation Command; Joint Staff Doctrine Sponsor Lt Col Michelle Whitfield, Joint Staff J-4; Joint Analysis Division Action Officer i Preface LTC Mark Susnis, Joint Staff J-7, Joint Doctrine Analysis Division; and Joint Doctrine Action Officer Mr. Mitchell R. Johnson, Joint Staff J-7, Joint Doctrine Division. For the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: KEVIN D. SCOTT. Vice Admiral, USN. Director, Joint Force Development ii JP 4-01. SUMMARY OF CHANGES. REVISION OF JOINT PUBLICATION 4-01. DATED 6 JUNE 2013. Refines Defense Transportation System capabilities to support a range of military operations. Expands descriptions of inland surface and sea Transportation resources. Refines roles of the Commander, United States Transportation Command.

5 Adds and refines description of Global Transportation Management process. Clarifies United States Coast Guard roles and responsibilities. Refines and expands the roles and responsibilities of Transportation Resources. Refines and clarifies description air mobility . Clarifies roles and responsibilities of Army pre-positioned stocks program. Adds and updates Defense Logistics Agency distribution centers and capabilities. Refines procedures used to forecast movement requirements. Adds the Joint Distribution Enabling Team section under the Employment of the Defense Transportation System . Removes language from Transportation Planning and Allocation of Resources section for clarification. Introduces the Joint Flow and Analysis System for Transportation under the Transportation Planning and Allocation of Resources, Wartime or Contingency section.

6 Adds and removes language to the Employment of the Defense Transportation System , Execution section. iii Summary of Changes Intentionally Blank iv JP 4-01. TABLE OF CONTENTS. EXECUTIVE vii CHAPTER I. OVERVIEW. General .. I-1. Global Transportation Management .. I-3. The Strategic mobility I-5. CHAPTER II. INTERRELATIONSHIPS. General .. II-1. Department of II-1. Department of Transportation .. II-8. Department of Homeland Security .. II-10. Other United States Government Departments and Agencies .. II-10. State and Local Transportation Organizations .. II-12. Commercial Transportation Service Providers .. II-12. CHAPTER III. Transportation RESOURCES. Purpose .. III-1. air mobility .. III-1. Sealift .. III-5. Land .. III-8. III-10. Port Operations.

7 III-13. III-14. Intermodal Systems .. III-19. CHAPTER IV. EMPLOYMENT OF THE Defense Transportation System . General .. IV-1. Movement Requirements .. IV-1. Transportation Planning and Allocation of Resources .. IV-7. Execution .. IV-9. In-Transit Visibility IV-11. Layering of Automatic Identification Technology to Promote Asset and In-Transit Visibility .. IV-14. Employment of Military Movement Resources During a Disruption of Civil Transportation in the Continental United IV-14. Non-Department of Defense IV-15. v Table of Contents Customs .. IV-16. APPENDIX. A Transportation Priorities .. A-1. B Charter of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joint Transportation Board .. B-1. C References .. C-1. D Administrative Instructions .. D-1. GLOSSARY.

8 Part I Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Initialisms ..GL-1. Part II Terms and Definitions ..GL-5. FIGURE. I-1 Transportation Planning and Capability I-4. I-2 The Strategic mobility Triad .. I-5. II-1 United States Transportation Command Transportation Component II-4. III-1 air mobility III-2. IV-1 United States Transportation Command Fusion IV-2. IV-2 Peacetime Movement Requirement IV-3. IV-3 Principles of Theater Distribution .. IV-7. IV-4 Peacetime Transportation Planning and Allocation of IV-8. IV-5 Defense Transportation System Contingency and Wartime Execution .. IV-10. IV-6 Automatic Identification Technology Designations by Supply Chain Consolidation Layer .. IV-15. A-1 Transportation Priority and Movement Conversion Table .. A-2. A-2 Transportation Priorities for Non-Military Standard Requisitioning and Issue Procedure Cargo.

9 A-3. vi JP 4-01. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. COMMANDER'S OVERVIEW. Describes the Defense Transportation System . Presents an overview of global Transportation management. Describes the strategic mobility triad. Discusses the close coordination among a wide variety of military, United States Government departments and agencies, and commercial Transportation entities to meet contingency Transportation requirements. Presents an outline of air mobility , sealift, and land Transportation resources. Discusses joint force employment of the Defense Transportation System . Overview The Defense Transportation The Defense Transportation System (DTS) consists System of three major sources of Transportation resources and capabilities: military (organic), commercial (nonorganic), and host nation.

10 Resources include inland surface Transportation (rail, road, and inland waterway), sea Transportation (coastal and ocean), air Transportation , and pipelines. Combining the capabilities of airlift, sealift, and land Transportation with the integrated control networks of the DTS. optimizes their effective use, provides greater visibility over movements, and contributes to the global agility required of the joint force. The Commander, United States Transportation Command (CDRUSTRANSCOM), as the Department of Defense (DOD) single manager for Transportation , develops and directs the joint deployment and distribution enterprise to support global force projection; provides end-to-end visibility of the joint distribution process; identifies opportunities for performance improvement; and provides responsive Transportation support of joint, United States Government (USG), and Secretary of Defense (SecDef)-approved multinational and nongovernmental logistical requirements.