The Army Maintenance Program at the Platoon/Section Level

Enabling Learning Objective A Action: Describe the Army Maintenance Program for the Platoon/Section Conditions: In a classroom environment with references. Standard: Students will be able to explain how The Army Maintenance Program \ Policies works at the platoon and section level.

Army Maintenance Program Purpose \ Policies AR 750-1 establishes policies and assigns responsibilities for the maintenance of Army materiel. It provides and defines requirements for performance and management of the materiel maintenance function. It relates to two levels of maintenance: field and sustainment. Field consists of maintenance functions formerly known as operator and/or crew (equipment operators and vehicle crews), unit, and direct support. Sustainment consists of maintenance functions formerly known as general support and depot operations of the Army maintenance system and Army-wide program for commodity-unique maintenance. Reference: AR 750-1 Chapter 1, paragraph 1-1 Purpose

Army Maintenance Program Purpose \ Policies The purpose of Army maintenance is to preserve the required performance capabilities of Army materiel or to return those assets to their baseline performance capabilities. Maintenance is an enabling process to meeting Army Force Generation (ARFORGEN) requirements. ARFORGEN is the process used to generate and regenerate combat power and preserve the capital investment of combat systems and equipment to enable training and mission accomplishment. Reference: AR 750-1 Chapter 3, paragraph 3-1 Note: ARFORGEN is going to be replaced with the New Sustainable Readiness (SR) Reference TC 4-0.01 Chapter 3

Army Maintenance Program Purpose \ Policies Army maintenance is founded on the principle that the useful service life of Army equipment is achieved when the item is operated within its intended purpose and parameters and is maintained in accordance with its designed or engineered specifications The Army relies on four core maintenance processes to manage equipment during the course of its useful service life to achieve a high state of readiness. They are performance observation, equipment services, fault repair, and single-standard repair. Reference: AR 750-1 Chapter 3, paragraph 3-1

The Army Maintenance Standard The Army has one maintenance standard, TM 10 series and TM 20 series. This standard is defined by the TM 10 series and TM 20 series, and/or by the appropriate or applied technical data plans. Army equipment meets the maintenance standard when the following conditions exist: (1) The equipment is fully mission capable (FMC). (2) All faults are identified following prescribed intervals using the “items to be checked” column of the applicable TM 10 series and TM 20 series PMCS tables. Reference: AR 750-1 Chapter 3, paragraph 3-2

The Army Maintenance Standard Army equipment meets the maintenance standard when the following conditions exist continued: (3) All repairs, services, and other related work that will correct field-level equipment and/or materiel faults for which the required parts and/or supplies are available have been completed in accordance with DA Pam 738–751 or DA Pam 750–8. (4) Parts and supplies required to complete the corrective actions, but which are not available in the unit, are on a valid funded requisition in accordance with AR 710–2. Reference: AR 750-1 Chapter 3, paragraph 3-2

The Army Maintenance Standard Army equipment meets the maintenance standard when the following conditions exist continued: (5) Corrective actions that are not authorized at field level by the applicable TM’s MAC must be evacuated to the next higher level (sustainment) and use appropriate turn-in documentation as specified in AR 710–2 and DA Pam 710–2–1 for turn-in to supply. (6) Scheduled services are performed at the service interval required by the applicable technical publication. Because of competing mission requirements, units are authorized a 10 percent variance when performing scheduled services. Reference: AR 750-1 Chapter 3

The Army Maintenance Standard Army equipment meets the maintenance standard when the following conditions exist continued: (7) All routine, urgent, and emergency MWOs are applied to equipment and reported in the MMIS in accordance with AR 750–10. In addition, actions required by one-time SOUMs and emergency safety of flight messages are completed in accordance with AR 750–6 and AR 95–1. Reference: AR 750-1 Chapter 3

The Army Maintenance Standard Army equipment meets the maintenance standard when the following conditions exist continued: (8) All authorized BII and COEI are present and serviceable or on a valid supply request. For aircraft, all authorized flyaway items and items listed on the aircraft inventory master guide are present and serviceable or on a valid supply request. The Army maintenance standard applies to all equipment except equipment used as training aids that require frequent disassembly and assembly. Proper use, care, handling, and conservation of materiel per applicable technical publication are mandatory. Reference: AR 750-1 Chapter 3

Equipment Readiness Goals Unit equipment readiness goals. For units reporting status of Army reportable equipment, the equipment readiness goal for ground and missile is 90 percent fully mission capable (FMC), except for aircraft which is 75 percent FMC. Other equipment readiness goals. For equipment in units not designated as reportable according to this regulation, MACOMs and separate activities may set readiness goals as required. These goals will only be reported locally. Extracted from AR 700-138, Chapter 1, paragraph 1-20

Maintenance General Policies An officer or civilian equivalent qualified in maintenance management will be appointed as maintenance officer, in writing, if insufficient officers for these duties may appoint a qualified NCO as the maintenance officer. SOPs will be established and maintained by all Army organizations and activities performing maintenance operations. Commanders will provide maintenance that supports achievement of readiness objectives in AR 700–138 and will meet the Army maintenance. AR 750-1

Maintenance General Policies All Army maintenance operations will be conducted in accordance with the environmental security provisions of AR 200–1 and the underlying Federal, State, local and host nation laws and directives. Maintenance operations will be performed by military personnel in combat or hazardous duty areas as determined by the combatant commander. TMDE will be calibrated per the DA TMDE Calibration and Repair Support Program (see AR 750–43 for detailed guidance). AR 750-1

CMDP Resources AR 750-1 Chapter 8 DA PAM 750-1 Chapter 10 Ordnance Website @ http://www.goordnance.army.mil/ Select the Ordnance Website and walk students to the Sustainment Knowledge Network (SKN)

CMDP Resources Ordnance Website @ http://www.goordnance.army.mil/ Select the CMDP option on the Ordnance Corps website to enter the Sustainment Knowledge Network (SKN) for additional information on CMDP Select the CMDP option on the Ordnance Corps website to enter the Sustainment Knowledge Network (SKN)

Check on Learning Q. What is the purpose of the Army maintenance program? A. preserve the required performance capabilities of Army materiel or to return those assets to their baseline performance capabilities (slide 5) Q. How many Maintenance Standards does the Army have? A. The Army has one maintenance standard, TM 10 series and TM 20 series (slide 7)

Questions? Ask the student have any other questions on what you have received during this LSA. If any student has a question ask the other classmates try to provide the answer to the question before you the instructor answers the question. When answering any question provide the student with the correct reference and where to locate it in the reference.