This chapter discusses key elements of movement control, including movement programming and highway regulation. See Appendix A for transportation movement control unit TOE data. ELEMENTS OF MOVEMENT CONTROL Movement control is the planning, routing, scheduling, coordinating, and in-transit visibility of personnel, units, equipment, and supplies moving over the lines of communication. Movement control requires the commitment of allocated transportation resources in keeping with command priorities. Staff planners and movement managers have primary responsibility for movement control. They, along with mode and terminal operators at each level, perform movement control functions.
DesignationFM 55-15
EditionOct 1997
StatusSuperseded
Pages358
FunctionSustainment
CollectionRecent Archive