Theater personnel Accountability Team Operations

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personnel accountability is one of the most important functions an S-1 performs on a continuing basis regardless of location or environment. Data accuracy is critical to the personnel accountability process. promptly entering personnel accountability changes allows HR leaders at all levels to have timely and accurate personnel accountability data and enables S-1s to balance MOSs within brigades, battalions, and companies.

Enabling Learning Objective #4

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Note: EVALUATION: You will be evaluated on this lesson during the end-of-course final exam and through completion of practical exercises.
INSTRUCTIONAL LEAD-IN: We will cover four ELOs during this block of instruction.

1. Communicate Theater HR Doctrine which will cover the fundamentals of HR Doctrine found in FM 1-0, SRC 12 organizations, HR staff elements, and Rules of Allocation.
2. Define HRSC Mission and Structure will go into detail on the functions and capabilities of the HRSC.
3. Define HROB Mission and Structure covers the functions and capabilities of the HROB and the importance of Theater HR Key performance Indicators.
4. personnel Accountability Team Operations will include the functions and employment of pA Teams, TG pAT, and the challenges associated with theater personnel accountability.

pAT (R5) Video

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HR Key Function - pAT

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In a deployed theater, pAT operations and functions are executed by multiple supporting organizations. The HRSC RSO Division provides guidance from the ASCC to the TG pAT. The TG pAT, with supporting HR Company, includes the TG pAT operation section, consisting of a six person team responsible for coordinating the execution of external support required through the HROB of the supporting SB SpO, particularly with transportation and life support organizations.

The HR Company headquarters provides C2 as well as administrative support to attached or assigned pATs, HR platoons and supporting plans and Operations Teams located at the TG. The plans and Operations Team is a staff section consisting of a five person plans and Operations Section and a four person Data Integration Team, attached to an HR Company headquarters when one or more HR platoons are attached or assigned. It provides pAT planning, operations management and minimum essential personnel services (DD Form 93, Common Access Card issue, ID tags and data integration support). The HR Company supporting the theater gateway pAT mission will receive all technical supervision and guidance from the TG pAT Director.

HR platoon headquarters consists of an eight person team that provides C2, technical guidance, and logistical support to pATs. The HR platoon headquarters is a multifunctional structure providing command of two to three pATs operating in the deployed AOR. The HR platoon headquarters receives all technical guidance from the HR Company headquarters and the plans and Operations Team. The HR Company provides all command and control to the attached HR platoons.

pAT Flow in Deployed Theater

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a. Two principal types of pAT Centers will be created to support the deployed AOR, and the larger sites of personnel flow. The TG pAT center will operate at the Click Mouse inter-theater ApOD at the theater entry point, and smaller pAT centers will be established at Click Mouse intra-theater ApODs where the average daily flow of personnel is greater than 600 Soldiers and reportable civilians. As the JOA matures, other theater entry points may be established which will require pAT support. The size of the pAT element allocated will be based on the projected flow of units and personnel transiting through the newly opened ApOD. Inter- and intra-theater ApODs have differing characteristics and generally process personnel at different densities.

1. Click Mouse Inter-theater ApODs normally receive civilian wide-body contracted aircraft and larger military strategic airlift with large concentrations of Soldiers arriving at the pAT center at the same time.
2. Click Mouse Intra-theater ApODs generally process Soldiers and reportable civilians who arrive via military tactical aircraft, with a smaller concentration of personnel to be processed at one time.

b. Click Mouse The TG pAT Team with the supporting HR Company (pAT) establishes the TG pAT Center at the most favorable location based on projected personnel flow rates in the area of the inter-theater ApOD. Early entry of pAT elements is critical to establish accurate strength accounting at the beginning of the operation or deployment as the deployed personnel database is established. All Soldiers and reportable civilians must be entered in the DTAS database. The TG pAT center receives and processes all units (RSO&I) arriving to the AOR and coordinates the onward movement of units to staging areas with the SB SpO and MCT elements in the area of the ApOD. Individual replacements flow in a similar manner from the TG pAT center to the BDE. The TG pAT Team and supporting HR Company (pAT) coordinate all onward movement, logistical support and the tracking of both units and individual replacements. As the theater matures, other ports of entry may be established requiring pAT support at more than one location. The size of this pAT element will be based on the projected flow.

1. An pAT element must be incorporated as part of the ESC early entry element to allow for initial pAT operations in the theater. This initial element is determined by METT-TC analysis and projected flow rates initially, and may by an pAT platoon Headquarters, an pAT plans and Operations Team, The TG pAT Team or a team from the pAT division of the HRSC, or a combination.
2. Click Mouse The RSO Division of the HRSC provides technical guidance and theater policy information to the TG pAT and HR-pAT Companies on pAT matters in accordance with ASCC G1's policies, TTp, and guidance presented in OpORDs. The SB HROB assists the forward pAT elements with coordinating logistical needs from assets within the SB as well as providing operational planning guidance from the SB.
3. Click Mouse Individual replacements flow in a similar manner from the pAT Center to the Brigade S1 of the unit assigned.
4. Click Mouse RTD Soldiers will return from theater-based hospitals or MTFs to the Theater pAT Center, Corps/Division intra-theater pAT center, or directly to the unit based on the location of the medical facility. The pAT element will coordinate with the CLT for movement back to the units through the Brigade S1.

NOTE: Emphasize to the students on the chart the difference between the Inter-and Intra-Theater pAT Centers for both RTD and R&R

5. Click Mouse During sustainment, the R&R program requires intense coordination to ensure proper accountability and movement control. Soldiers on R&R will move in coordination from the Brigade S1 to an pAT platoon or team at the Corps/Division intra-theater ApOD/ApOE. The size of the pAT element at that level will be based on daily personnel flow. The pAT will ensure accountability and necessary processing is done for follow-on travel to the pAT Center or to in-theater R&R programs. These intra-theater pAT Centers may or may not receive pAT support based on daily passenger flow. The rule of thumb to direct allocation of pAT structure is a daily flow greater than 600 passengers. This will direct two pATs and an HR plt HQs. At the pAT center the Soldiers on R&R are briefed, processed, and manifested for R&R travel. Upon return from R&R, the pAT Center processes and tracks Soldiers back into the theater to the unit of assignment, either through intra-theater pAT centers or direct to S1s and G1s.
6. Click Mouse The TG pAT Team receives and processes all units RSO&I arriving to the area of operations and coordinates onward movement of the units to their designated staging areas, which are controlled by CSSBs of the SB with a Theater Opening mission through coordination with the port MCT and the CSSB. The SB SpO HROB will also work the transportation coordination.
7. Click Mouse Upon completion of a rotation or the end of theater operations, the TG pAT team will maintain accountability of individuals and units and are removed from the theater database. Coordination with other services and logistical elements remain the same as for incoming personnel.

Personnel Processing Center Conceptual Sketch - Inbound

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This conceptual sketch describes the inbound Inter-theater TG pAT Center, and in detail, the ppC of the TG pAT Center.

1. The Arrival/Departure Airfield Control Group (A/DACG) or MCT receives inbound aircraft and off-loads passengers and baggage.
2. Click Mouse The MCT turns the chalk over to the TG pAT Center at the ppC. pAT personnel are responsible, as their principle task, to ensure all chalks are completely and accurately entered into the theater deployed database, currently performed in DTAS. The pAT team provides initial theater welcome and ensures other initial briefings are conducted. The processing includes ensuring initial military pay data is collected to initiate hostile zone pays. pAT personnel coordinate the process of returning equipment (body armor, weapons) to R&R and emergency leave returnees.
3. Click Mouse A limited, short duration transient holding facility is part of the ppC. This portion of the facility, as well as the DFAC, if present, is contracted through Logistics Civilian Augmentation program (LOGCAp) or is provided by the Force provider Company which is part of the Staging area CSSB.
4. Click Mouse pAT C2 structures coordinate with the ApOD MCT for onward movement of newly arrived/returned personnel to either the RSO&I staging areas or the passenger holding facility for intra-theater flights.

Personnel Processing Center Conceptual Sketch - Outbound

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This conceptual sketch depicts outbound operations at the ppC of the TG pAT Center at an Inter-theater ApOD.

1. Click Mouse passengers are received at the ppC by the TG pAT Team/pAT from either the RSO&I staging areas for redeployers or intra-theater passenger holding areas run by the A/DACG/MCT or the CSSB.
2. Click Mouse Soldiers entering the ppC receive final theater clearance briefings, secure equipment (R&R), are removed from the theater database (most critical pAT task), go through customs inspections and are kept in a sterile area prior to being turned over to the MCT for loading on outbound aircraft.
3. Click Mouse The TG pAT Team provides the C2 and accomplishes the external coordination with the CSSB and Sustainment Brigade HROB while the HR Company Commander runs the internal operations of the center.