TOBYHANNA ARMY DEPOT, Pa. -- Personnel here continue to bring increased wireless capabilities to installations throughout the Army Materiel Command after wrapping up installs at Corpus Christi Army Depot (CCAD), Corpus Christi, Texas; and Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center, Rock Island, Illinois.
A third Wireless Local Area Network installation began on Jan. 12 at McAlester Army Ammunition Plant, a weapons manufacturing facility in McAlester, Oklahoma, that will see expanded wireless coverage by mid-March.
"There has been a definite increase in wireless ability at every site we have completed thus far," said Michael Weiss, Wireless Local Area Network project manager.
In addition to installing new access points to expand base coverage, Tobyhanna Army Depot personnel are also working with Army Materiel Command to repair or replace deficient equipment as well. According to Weiss, this translates to 100 percent functional wireless networks at all the sites, fully preparing them for the Logistics Modernization Program's Increment II (LMP I2) implementation.
Joseph Masi, Tobyhanna's EIB/CAMs (Complex Assembly Manufacturing Solution) program manager, noted that Corpus Cristi, Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center and McAlester are pilot sites for the LMP I2 implementation and will be the first sites to fully use this upgraded wireless capability.
"Tobyhanna Army Depot is very interested how the pilot sites will utilize this new capability for our future planning," he said. "Larry Gaik, technical lead of the depot's EIB Core Team, has joined the CCAD EIB/CAMS team to make on-site observations in preparation of Tobyhanna's implementation of [Complex Assembly Manufacturing Solution] in 2016."
Following the completion of Wireless Local Area Network installations at McAlester, the program will start working on wireless upgrades at Tobyhanna, scheduled to begin March 16. In total, the program is scheduled to complete installations at 13 sites between fiscal 2015 and 2016.
Gary Reasnor, civilian deputy at McAlester, said the effort of depot personnel hasn't gone unnoticed.
"This project is a great testament to what the organic base can do when working together," he said. "Tobyhanna's install team is working seamlessly with our information management and engineering folks, and is doing an outstanding job."
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