text: Chapter 3
  * Operations and limited exercise support to include troubleshooting, subject matter expert support,
  testing, and limited training; and
  * Analyzing and developing solutions to satisfy requests for FFT support.
  SUPPORT AND DISSEMINATION
  3-112. The Army satisfies the FFT mission responsibilities by operating the force tracking mission
  management center. The force tracking mission management center has global reach and leverages the
  Department of Defense information networks to provide tailored FFT data translation, cross-domain data
  transfer, and data dissemination services for authorized users. The force tracking mission management center
  is a critical link in the FFT architecture between operating forces, national agencies, and the many
  dissemination architectures. They are the central point for FFT implementation, troubleshooting, and
  coordination.
  3-113. The Army determines the priority of user support requests and endeavors to support all valid
  operational needs. FFT data is transmitted between devices and systems using line of sight or beyond line of
  sight SATCOM. The FFT device transmits data to a processing node. The information is routed from the data
  processing node directly to a COP or through the force tracking mission management center for further
  processing and dissemination. A graphic illustration of the FFT data flow is in figure 3-5.
  Figure 3-5. Friendly force tracking data flow overview
  3-114. Line of sight communications. The receiving platform collects and passes position location
  information to a central gathering point. The line of sight system is limited to relatively local use and may
  experience outages as individual platforms lose line of sight access to one another.
  3-115. A variety of military and commercial SATCOM have transceivers that receives and transmits the
  signal to a ground site where a command and control system manager gathers individual platform location
  information. This information is sent to the user’s pre-designated location and incorporated into thee COP.
  In most cases the data is provided to Global Command Control System via SIPRNET or through a designated
  Integrated Broadcast Service satellite for broadcast over all or part of the area of operations.