"The set-up time was reduced dramatically," Hope said. Hope said the use of Natick-developed inflatable air beams in the tents streamlined the process. In less than four hours, eight people can have it up and fully operational. That 150-man camp can be established much more quickly than any other shelter systems of the past. "He can have them in four different places, and they're self-sustaining." "The 150-man package is kind of tailored around a leg company, so a battalion commander doesn't have to put all his people in one place," said Lee O'Donovan, Hope's systems acquisition manager. You can send them downrange to the smallest FOB (forward operating base) - wherever you need (them)." "We packaged it so it was much more flexible," Hope said. Hope's team got right to work reconfiguring Force Provider for the smaller units deployed to Afghanistan. "The first thing the commanders wanted to do was break them apart to support smaller forward missions." "We had them right over there," Hope said. Eight Force Provider modules were flown to Afghanistan in November 2001. According to Hope, 9/11 changed all that. "It's the Army's premier base camp for Soldiers."Īt the beginning, Force Provider was designed as a 600-Soldier camp. "All you have to bring is the fuel and water, and it will run," said Luz Diaz, a Force Provider project manager. The "Force Provider" system furnishes everything those 150 Soldiers need climate-controlled billeting, shower, latrine, kitchen, power distribution, even morale, welfare and recreation facilities. So he directed the development of Force Provider." "General (Gordon R.) Sullivan, who was the chief of staff of the Army during Desert Storm, looked on one side and saw the Air Force living in (comfortable) air-conditioned tents, and the Army on the other side not doing so well. "It goes back to 1991," said Mike Hope, Combat Field Service Equipment Team leader for Project Manager Force Sustainment Systems at Natick Soldier Systems Center. It's true, and it all came about as a result of Army shelters used and judged inadequate during Operation Desert Storm. Give up? Everything one would need to set up an entire base camp. 7, 2011 - What fits into one C-17 Globemaster III aircraft, will be used by as many as 150 Soldiers, and can be set up and fully operational in as little as 3 1/2 hours? Army) VIEW ORIGINAL 5 / 5 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: U.S.
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