Headquarters Effectiveness Assessment Tool (HEAT) Evaluation of Headquarters Military Airlift Command (HQ MAC) Powder River 1985 (PR85) Command Post Exercise (CPX)

摘要

The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the use of the Headquarters Effectiveness Assessment Tool (HEAT) for a Command Post Exercise (CPX). This thesis describes the HEAT process, the theory behind HEAT and a brief history on the HEAT development in Chapter II. A description of the organization evaluated by this tool, Headquarters Military Airlift command (HQ MAC), is presented in Chapter III. This includes the organization of HQ MAC during a contingency operation or exercise, its relationship and coordination with the JCS Crisis Action System and the Joint Deployment Agency, along with a detailed description of MAC's Requirements and Flow Planning Cell, the center of activity for the scheduling of airlift requirements. Chapter IV presents a detailed chronology of the HEAT evaluation of HQ MAC from the first preliminary aspect through a growing awareness of the true organizational function of MAC and the evolution of the HEAT measures as this awareness unfolded. The results and corrective recommended actions will be presented in Chapter V with a brief section indicating areas for further studies.