Under public pressure to reduce defense spending and a Congressional demand for increased efficiency created by the collapse of the Soviet Union during the early 1990's, the United States Army has repeatedly been accused of maintaining unnecessary...
Under public pressure to reduce defense spending and a Congressional demand for increased efficiency created by the collapse of the Soviet Union during the early 1990's, the Department of Defense has repeatedly been accused of maintaining...
The U.S. Army's repair parts system has experienced continuing problems. Cost and transportability factors limit the amount of stocks we can keep at the unit level. Difficulties in the distribution system compound the resupply problem. Even after a...
The Army expends billions of dollars in resources to provide the right repair parts at the right place and time. Despite this enormous expenditure, the Army's sustainment system fails to accomplish this task. The subject of this monograph is the...
This monograph analyzes the efficiency of the Army's doctrine regarding the management and distribution of repair parts and the impact it had on equipment readiness during Operations Iraq Freedom. The monograph argues that in order for the United...
Despite the overall success of U.S. Army forces during the "major combat operations " phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), there is a widely held perception that the logistics system was far less effective than it should have been during OIF....
As the U.S. Army logistics community implements the revolution in military logistics (RML) in support of Joint Vision 2010 and Army Vision 2010 the focus in the repair parts arena must be on managing information and distribution instead of...
These 1942 lessons were prepared under the direction of the Commanding General, Field Artillery Replacement Training Center, Fort Sill and prescribed for use as an aid to training.
This narrative covers the period commencing with the arrival of the first American forces in Australia and ending 30 June, 1942. Chapter I contains the general narrative account for this period, and subsequent chapters deal with aspects of...
U.S. Army Field Artillery School: Weapons Department
"This 1975 SOP is published as a guide for the preparation of that part of a battalion SOP pertaining to maintenance, with emphasis on motor maintenance."
This is an evaluation of the distribution of spare parts for the purpose of recommending improvements in the system. Headings include procurement of spare parts, distribution systems of the technical services, comparison of various methods and...
Small arms ammunition : personal equipments of the soldier (comprising infantry, cavalry, artillery, and band equipments : miscellaneous articles for the use of all organizations : 3-inch W.I. saluting gun, mount, equipment, ammunition, etc. and...
This monograph is about planning strategy for the conduct of military intervention. Using popular, but often misunderstood or misquoted theory from some of the most popular strategic theorists, this monograph attempts to dispel the myth that...
The objective of this study is to evaluate the performance of a Sparing To Availability (STA) generated Class IX repair parts stockage 1ist. This STA generated Class IX stockage list could be used either during the initial provisioning and fielding...
This document gives recommendations for improvements in the system of distribution of spare parts. The evaluation looks at procurement, personnel training, spare parts distribution in technical services, and recommended solutions.
U.S. Army Field Artillery School: Weapons Department
"This 1979 SOP is published as a guide for the preparation of that part of the battery SOP pertaining to supply. It purposely contains a great amount of detail. The unit using this sample as a guide may add to or delete any portion not required. ...