MPF 11

Offload Preparation Party &

Debark Team
 Lesson Purpose
• To provide the
student with
information on the
mission, function,
and responsibilities
of the Off-load
Preparation Party
(OPP)

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 Terminal Learning Objective

• As a MPF Staff Planner EXPLAIN the

role of the Offload Preparation Party
(OPP) in an MPF operation.

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 Enabling Learning
Objectives
With the aid of references:
• State the mission of the OPP. 
• Derive the organization of the OPP.
• Describe the responsibilities of the OPP.
• Describe the command relationships of
the OPP. 

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 References
• NTTP 3-02.1M / MCWP 3-31.5, Ship-To-
Shore Movement.
• MCWP 3-32/NTTP 3-02.3, Maritime
Prepositioning Force (MPF) Operations.
• MCWP 3-31.7, Seabasing.
• TM 4790-14/2A, Logistic Support for Maritime
Prepositioning Force (MPF) Program
Maintenance and Material Management.
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 Acronyms
• AAA - Arrival and Assembly
• COR - Contracting Officer’s Representative
• CMT - Contract Maintenance Team
• CNSE- Commander Naval Support Element
• DCO - Debark Control Officer
• MHE - Material Handling Equipment

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 Overview
• MISSION
• ORGANIZATION
• RESPONSIBILITIES
• COMMAND RELATIONSHIPS
• DISESTABLISHMENT
• PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS
• SUMMARY
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 Mission
• Prepares equipment on MPS for debarkation
at the Arrival and Assembly Area (AAA)

• Should deploy to join the MPS at least 72

hours prior to AAA closure or 96 hours prior to
O-Day.
– In Seabasing operations the OPP is referred to as
the Expeditionary Preparation Party (EPP).

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 Organization
• Temporary task organization of MAGTF
and NSE personnel.

– Consists of maintenance, embarkation and

equipment operators

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 Organization

OPP OIC

OPP
MOLT
AOIC

OPP det OPP det OPP det OPP det OPP det
OIC OIC OIC OIC OIC

NSE MAGTF NSE MAGTF NSE MAGTF NSE MAGTF NSE MAGTF

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 Notional OPP
OPP TM OBREGON OPP TM BOBO
MEB OFF ENL NSE OFF ENL MEB OFF ENL NSE OFF ENL
CE 0 0 BMU 0 3 CE 0 0 BMU 0 1
GCE 0 33 ACU 1 5 GCE 0 37 ACU 0 4
ACE 0 11 ACB 0 5 ACE 0 12 ACB 1 3
LCE 3 36 NMCB 0 0 LCE 3 36 NMCB 0 0
NCHB 1 4 NCHB 1 4
SUB 3 80 SUB 2 17 SUB 3 85 SUB 2 12

OPP TM OBREGON OPP TM BOBO

Grand Total OFF ENL OFF ENL
5 97 5 97

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 Offload Preparation Party
• Consists of OPP
Officer in Charge
(OIC) and his staff
– OIC designated by
the CNSE

• Overall responsible
for the equipment
preparation efforts
for the MPSRON
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 Offload Preparation
Party
• AOIC
– Senior Marine
– Oversees work
– Coordinates support
– Prioritizes efforts as
necessary
– Realigns personnel
as necessary

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 OPP Detachment
• Navy or Marine OIC.
• Two elements: NSE &
MAGTF
– NSE
• Lighterage and
Equipment operators
(BMU, ACB, ACU)
• Crane operators &
Cargo handlers (NCHB)
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 OPP Detachment
– MAGTF
• Maintenance and
embark personnel
• Equipment operators

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 OPP Detachment
• OPP Det OIC:
– Will be the Debark Control Officer (DCO)
for his MPS upon arrival to the AAA.
– Oversees equipment preparation for his
MPS.

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 Responsibilities
• Detachment tasks include:
– Preparing ship’s offload systems
• Cranes and winches
• Lighterage
• Slings, container handlers, etc
• Fuel and water discharge systems

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 Responsibilities
• Tasks include (cont)
– Depreservation and preparation of
embarked equipment
• Normal “Before Operating Services”
• Fueling
• Identification of defects
• Limited organizational maintenance

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 Priorities for equipment
preparation
• Ships cargo handling systems

• NSE equipment for in-stream and beach off-

load

• Material Handling Equipment (MHE)

• All other Marine equipment

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 Command Relationships
• OPP OIC and COMPSRON
– OPP OIC reports to COMPSRON to obtain
specific direction concerning shipboard
activities.

– OPP responsibilities and priorities are

established by the MAGTF commander in
coordination with the CNSE.
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 Contracting Officer’s
Representative (COR)
• Blount Island Command on-site civilian
– One remaining COR in MPF program

• Monitors shipboard maintenance on

MAGTF cargo, NSE Lighterage and
equipment through the Contract
Maintenance Team (CMT)
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 Contract Maintenance
Team (CMT)
• Civilian personnel provided by the
Marine Corp Maintenance Contractor
(MCMC)
– Usually between
4 - 6 personnel

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 CMT
• Maintenance responsibilities are provided in
detail in the statement of work

• Statement of Work
– Cyclic inventories and stock surveillance
– Preventative and corrective maintenance
– Exercise and reprocess of all principle end items
IAW specific instructions
– Modification as directed
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 CMT
• Statement of work (cont)
– Maintenance of technical libraries

– Operation and maintenance of required

supply and maintenance systems

– Maintenance of applicable equipment

manual records
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 CMT
• Orient OPP personnel with
equipment and ship facilities

• Provide access to
– Pre-expended bins
– Petroleum, oils and lubricants
(POL)
– Special tools
– Maintenance publications
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 Command Relationships
• OPP OIC and Contracting Officer’s
Representative (COR)
– MAGTF commander’s offload priorities are
conveyed to the COR
– Must cooperate and coordinate
– Neither has directive authority over the
other

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 Disestablishment
• Occurs upon arrival at
the AAA and/or
completion of off-load
preparations
• OPP will remain aboard
as the nucleus of the
debark teams formed
from MAGTF and NSE
personnel arriving in the
FIE
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 Disestablishment
• CNSE and the MAGTF
Landing Force Support
Party (LFSP) will provide
additional personnel to
conduct offload
operations

• CNSE will designate the

OPP OIC the Offload
Control Officer (OCO)
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 Disestablishment
OPP Debark Team
(100) (250-400)

USMC USN USN USMC

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 Planning Considerations
• Tasks to accomplish
– Equipment preparation
– Urgent modification
instructions
– Equipment operators’
licenses
• Billeting limitations
– Female OPP members
• Where and how the
OPP joins the MPSRON

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 Planning Considerations
• OPP composition
– Specified in SOP
– Should include cooks, corpsman, etc
– Other units assigned
• MPS internal security
• Naval Embarked Advisory Teams (NEAT)
• Technical Assistance and Advisory Team
(TAAT)

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 Review
• What is the mission / purpose of the
OPP and when do they arrive?

– Prepares equipment on MPS for debarkation at

the Arrival and Assembly Area (AAA)

– Transported to ship prior to movement, during

transit, or when they arrive at the AAA
(~ 96 hours prior to O-day)

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 Summary
• Mission
• Organization
• Responsibilities
• Command Relationships
• COR
• Disestablishment
• Planning Consideration
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