{"id":466562,"date":"2026-02-13T16:21:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T16:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/466562\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T16:21:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T16:21:07","slug":"dvids-news-changes-coming-to-arnold-afb-cargo-shipment-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/466562\/","title":{"rendered":"DVIDS – News – Changes coming to Arnold AFB cargo shipment process"},"content":{"rendered":"

ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn. \u2013 Changes to the outbound cargo shipment process at Arnold Air Force base are on the way.
\nThe Transportation Management Office, or TMO, at Arnold will soon move away from a manual pen-and-paper method to an automated process for government cargo shipped from the installation.
\nThe Arnold AFB Logistics team feels the change will deliver benefits by streamlining materials transport requests, expediting cargo carrier selection, enhancing shipment tracking and bringing Arnold into Air Force compliance.
\nAny shipment that must go through the government transportation system will be affected by the change.
\nCargo typically shipped from Arnold includes test articles, urinalysis results, small arms and X-rays.
\nOnce the new process is fully implemented, groups, facilities and offices at Arnold needing to ship these and other materials off base will complete an automated DD Form 1149 through the Logistics Tool Suite, or LTS, which is a web-based application that provides a number of tools that can be used to manage Air Force and Department of War logistics, transportation and financial functions.
\nThe DD Form 1149, or the Requisition and Invoice\/Shipping Document, is used by the Department of War to record the transfers, requisitions, shipments, and receipts of government property and government-furbished property.
\nWhen the form is completed, the LTS automatically generates and assigns a transportation control number.
\nThis number, along with other mandatory information such as the project code, is automatically sent from LTS to the Cargo Movement Operations System, or CMOS, with which LTS communicates. Utilized by the DoW for cargo management, CMOS automates cargo and personnel processing, documentation, movement and tracking at 240 sites around the world.
\n\u201cIn an era where rapid deployment and logistical ability are paramount to mission success, the U.S. Air Force logistics information technology systems are proving to be a critical enabler,\u201d said William Russell, Arnold AFB chief of Logistics and Health Services. \u201cAmong these, CMOS stands out for its ability to provide flexibility and maneuverability, allowing even remote installations like Arnold Air Force Base to tap into enterprise-level capabilities for faster and more cost-effective material movement.\u201d
\nRussell added the incorporation of CMOS will serve to strengthen transportation capabilities at Arnold.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s designed to support both regular and crisis-driven logistical needs, providing a standardized and efficient platform for managing the flow of materials,\u201d Russell said of the system. \u201cBy interfacing with other key logistics systems such as the Global Air Transportation Execution System, CMOS ensures Arnold AFB\u2019s seamless and integrated approach to cargo movement operations across the globe.\u201d
\nUpon full implementation of the new process, the Transportation Management Office will only accept DD Form 1149s generated in LTS, which may be accessed via the LTS website. Users must first be granted access to the LTS and may request access at https:\/\/lts.cce.af.mil<\/a>.
\nOnce cargo information has been logged using the digital DD Form 1149, those requiring a shipment would then need to bring three hard copies of the completed DD Form 1149 and their cargo to the TMO for transport or call to schedule a pickup.
\nAlong with bringing Arnold AFB into compliance with Air Force requirements, shipments from Arnold will now be easier to track. The change helps ensure proper documentation, visibility and standardized accountability for all cargo movements.
\n\u201cThe automated 1149s allow us to populate CMOS to provide complete in-transit visibility from the time of pickup until it\u2019s delivered at the destination,\u201d said Arnold AFB Logistics Manager Lynn Boles. \u201cIt provides full-in transit visibility from origin to destination, which the Air Force requires for all government shipments.\u201d
\nOne way in which members of the Arnold AFB Logistics team feels the new process will bolster efficiency is by having the system, rather than the sender, determine the priority of a package shipment.
\n\u201cWe\u2019re actually going to be saving money on this system because to them, to our requestor, a lot of things are hot when they\u2019re actually not, but a lot of people don\u2019t know that,\u201d said Arnold AFB Logistics Management Specialist Christina Norman. \u201cThey just want to send everything next-day air when two days ground or overnight when it could go ground transportation and be there in two days.\u201d
\nThe system will also automatically locate a carrier able to enter Arnold AFB to pick up the cargo.
\n\u201cCMOS automatically puts the shipment out for bid,\u201d Boles said. \u201cIt has the weights, the dimensions, any hazard or classified requirements that we need to meet, and selects a carrier with the negotiated Air Force rates to pick up the shipment, deliver it and get it there by the required delivery date, ensuring that the carrier can access the base, that the driver will have the appropriate credentials.\u201d
\nPrior to the change, the cargo transport process at Arnold involved the shipper manually completing the DD Form 1149 and bringing that documentation, along with their cargo, to the TMO. From there, office personnel would manually enter the cargo information contained on the DD Form 1149 and a TMO technician would contact different carriers, attempting to find one that could meet the required delivery date and had a driver with the credentials to access the installation.
\n\u201cWe didn\u2019t have very much visibility of what the requestors were actually sending to the TMO,\u201d Norman said. \u201cEverything was basically hardcopy, paperwork, pen and pencil, and then fat-fingered into a system or an actual physical telephone call was made to a carrier to see which carrier could come and pick up this package.
\n\u201cNow, the system does all the work for us. With the automated system, the shipper actually fills out one form and that form feeds into another system. When that transportation control number is generated, it automatically generates or populates that number in CMOS, and the system selects the carrier. Then we just move on to the next shipment.\u201d
\nAccording to Boles, the new process will also generate cost savings as Arnold will now have access to government-negotiated rates with carriers not previously available.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s going to save Arnold AFB and the Air Force money over the long run because they\u2019re now being able to take advantage of those government-negotiated rates with the carriers,\u201d Boles said.
\nThe new process is further expected to speed up end-of-billing-cycle invoice validation. In the past, invoices had to be validated manually by Logistics team members matching invoices to the corresponding shipment information. Now, CMOS and LTS will generate reports to ensure Arnold has been properly billed for shipments.
\n\u201cIn the past, the validation system has been a manual validation where, in fact, we got a list of invoices and we had to validate them manually,\u201d Norman said. \u201cIt was pen to paper, and we had to just find and match up every individual one. Now, we\u2019ll be able to run specific reports that should be able to talk to each other and have more visibility of everything that\u2019s going on in the Transportation Management Office.\u201d
\nBoles said the enhanced financial visibility will enable Arnold AFB Logistics to better predict the annual funding needed for cargo transport in future fiscal years.
\n\u201cOne of the big things it\u2019s going to help us do is accurately forecast our funding requirements for cargo shipments,\u201d Boles said, adding this year will serve as the base line. \u201cIn both Operations & Maintenance and Research, Development, Test & Evaluation funding, we\u2019re going to be able to accurately forecast what we need for subsequent fiscal years.\u201d
\nThe Arnold Logistics team completed a test run of the new cargo process on Jan. 23. Additional tests are planned before the change is implemented across the base.
\n\u201cOur test shipment was a success,\u201d Boles said. \u201cI think in large part, when we go live with this, it\u2019s going to depend on \u2018do we have a budget? Do we have a budget to ship cargo from Arnold?\u2019 That\u2019s out of our hands but, once we get a budget, we\u2019re ready to go.\u201d
\nNorman added a working group that meets monthly will continue to evaluate the new process, working out any kinks encountered along the way.
\n\u201cThere\u2019s going to be a few hiccups in the very beginning getting everybody up to par and everybody evolving into this new way of doing business but, I think, in the long run it\u2019s going to be more efficient and more economical,\u201d she said.
\nAdditional messaging will be disseminated to Arnold AFB personnel once the new process has been fully implemented.
\nThe change also applies to shipments requiring the completion of a DD Form 1348-1A rather than a DD Form 1149.
\nThe new shipment process will only apply to official Arnold AFB business shipments. Personal shipments or drop-offs of packages not processed through the Transportation Management Office are not permitted. Items that are personal in nature or are already affixed with a pre-paid shipping label should be taken to a local commercial shipping office or picked up by the carrier at the shipper\u2019s facility.
\nFor additional information on the new process, contact 931-454-7804 or 931-454-7383.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn. \u2013 Changes to the outbound cargo shipment process at Arnold Air Force base…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":466563,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-466562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=466562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}