AR 750-1 Army Materiel Maintenance Policy

199 Pages·2007·0.93 MB·English

Army Regulation 750–1
Maintenance of Supplies and Equipment
Army Materiel
Maintenance
Policy
Headquarters
Department of the Army
Washington, DC
20 September 2007
UNCLASSIFIED
SUMMARY of CHANGE
AR 750–1
Army Materiel Maintenance Policy
This rapid action revision, dated 20 September 2007--
o Corrects typographical errors and updates administrative details
(throughout).
o Provides guidance for repair parts support and clarifies repair parts
authorized by depot maintenance activities (chap 5).
o Relocates “bill of material” under “Materiel Requirements Planning” (chap 5).
o Adds procedures for unrestricted stocks in the Logistics Modernization
Program and Enterprise Resources Planning Depot Maintenance activities (chap
5).
o Provides guidance for depot maintenance reporting and recording (chap 5).
Headquarters *Army Regulation 750–1
Department of the Army
Washington, DC
20 September 2007 Effective 11 October 2007
Maintenance of Supplies and Equipment
Army Materiel Maintenance Policy
Guard/Army National Guard of the United S u p p l e m e n t a t i o n . S u p p l e m e n t a t i o n o f
States, and the U.S. Army Reserve, unless this regulation and establishment of com-
otherwise stated. During mobilization, the mand and local forms are prohibited with-
proponent may modify chapters and poli- out prior approval from the Deputy Chief
cies contained in this regulation. of Staff, G–4, ATTN: DALO–SMM, 500
Proponent and exception authority. A r m y P e n t a g o n , W a s h i n g t o n , D C
The proponent of this regulation is the 20310–0500.
Deputy Chief of Staff, G–4. The propo-
Suggested improvements. Users are
nent has the authority to approve excep-
tions or waivers to this regulation that are invited to send comments and suggested
consistent with controlling law and regu- improvements on DA Form 2028 (Recom-
lations. The proponent may delegate this m e n d e d C h a n g e s t o P u b l i c a t i o n s a n d
approval authority, in writing, to a divi- Blank Forms) directly to the Deputy Chief
sion chief within the proponent agency or of Staff, G–4, ATTN: DALO–SMM, 500
its direct reporting unit or field operating A r m y P e n t a g o n , W a s h i n g t o n , D C
agency, in the grade of colonel or the 20310–0500.
History. This publication is a rapid action civilian equivalent. Activities may request
r e v i s i o n . T h e p o r t i o n s a f f e c t e d b y t h i s a waiver to this regulation by providing Distribution. This publication is availa-
r a p i d a c t i o n r e v i s i o n a r e l i s t e d i n t h e justification that includes a full analysis of ble in electronic media only and is in-
summary of change. t h e e x p e c t e d b e n e f i t s a n d m u s t i n c l u d e tended for command levels A, B, C, D,
S u m m a r y . T h i s r e g u l a t i o n c o v e r s D e - f o r m a l r e v i e w b y t h e a c t i v i t y ’ s s e n i o r and E for the Active Army, the Army
partment of the Army policy for general legal officer. All waiver requests will be National Guard/Army National Guard of
m a i n t e n a n c e o p e r a t i o n s , c o m m o d i t y - o r i - e n d o r s e d b y t h e c o m m a n d e r o r s e n i o r t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s , a n d t h e U . S . A r m y
e n t e d m a i n t e n a n c e o p e r a t i o n s , m a i n t e - leader of the requesting activity and for- Reserve.
nance management systems, interservice warded through their higher headquarters
a n d c o n t r a c t m a i n t e n a n c e s u p p o r t , S u s - t o t h e p o l i c y p r o p o n e n t . R e f e r t o A R
tainment maintenance including national 25–30 for specific guidance.
maintenance, maintenance support during Army management control process.
a c q u i s i t i o n , m a i n t e n a n c e p r o g r a m s , a n d This regulation contains management con-
depot maintenance. trol provisions and identifies key manage-
Applicability. This regulation applies to ment controls that must be evaluated (see
t h e A c t i v e A r m y , t h e A r m y N a t i o n a l appendix H).
Contents (Listed by paragraph and page number)
Chapter 1
Introduction, page 1
Purpose (cid:129) 1–1, page 1
References (cid:129) 1–2, page 1
Explanation of abbreviations and special terms (cid:129) 1–3, page 1
Responsibilities (cid:129) 1–4, page 1
Chapter 2
Responsibilities, page 1
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management & Comptroller) (cid:129) 2–1, page 1
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics, & Technology) (cid:129) 2–2, page 1
*This regulation supersedes AR 750–1, dated 10 April 2007.
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Contents—Continued
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) (cid:129) 2–3, page 2
Deputy Chief of Staff, G–1 (cid:129) 2–4, page 2
Deputy Chief of Staff, G–2 (cid:129) 2–5, page 2
Deputy Chief of Staff, G–3/5/7 (cid:129) 2–6, page 2
Deputy Chief of Staff, G–4 (cid:129) 2–7, page 2
Chief Information Officer (CIO)/G–6 (cid:129) 2–8, page 3
Deputy Chief of Staff, G–8 (cid:129) 2–9, page 3
Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management (cid:129) 2–10, page 3
The Surgeon General (cid:129) 2–11, page 4
Commanding General, U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (cid:129) 2–12, page 4
Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (cid:129) 2–13, page 4
Combat developers (cid:129) 2–14, page 4
Commanding General, Army Materiel Command (cid:129) 2–15, page 4
Materiel developers (cid:129) 2–16, page 6
Army commands (Active Army) (cid:129) 2–17, page 7
Director USAIMA (cid:129) 2–18, page 9
Chief, Army Reserve (cid:129) 2–19, page 10
Chief, National Guard Bureau (cid:129) 2–20, page 12
Chapter 3
Maintenance Policies and Structure, page 14
Section I
Maintenance Policies, page 14
Overview (cid:129) 3–1, page 14
The Army maintenance standard (cid:129) 3–2, page 15
Priorities (cid:129) 3–3, page 15
Maintenance records (cid:129) 3–4, page 16
Maintenance resourcing (cid:129) 3–5, page 16
Army maintenance management metrics (cid:129) 3–6, page 17
General policies (cid:129) 3–7, page 22
Section II
The Army Maintenance System, page 24
Army maintenance system components (cid:129) 3–8, page 24
Field maintenance (cid:129) 3–9, page 25
Sustainment maintenance (cid:129) 3–10, page 27
Section III
Maintenance Providers Below Depot, page 28
TDA installation maintenance (cid:129) 3–11, page 28
Delegation of authority to field commands to perform depot maintenance (cid:129) 3–12, page 29
Deferred maintenance (cid:129) 3–13, page 33
Authorization for Army National Guard maintenance facilities (cid:129) 3–14, page 33
Designation of parent units in the Army National Guard (cid:129) 3–15, page 33
Chapter 4
Maintenance Operations, page 34
Section I
Materiel Maintenance, Repair, and Evacuation, page 34
General (cid:129) 4–1, page 34
Maintenance of low usage equipment (cid:129) 4–2, page 34
Unserviceable materiel (cid:129) 4–3, page 35
Technical inspections (cid:129) 4–4, page 35
Verification inspections (cid:129) 4–5, page 36
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Contents—Continued
Maintenance expenditure limit (cid:129) 4–6, page 36
Turn-in policy for serviceable excess and unserviceable reparable parts and components (cid:129) 4–7, page 39
Equipment transfer and turn-in (cid:129) 4–8, page 39
Controlled exchange (cid:129) 4–9, page 41
Cannibalization of materiel (cid:129) 4–10, page 42
Section II
Maintenance Management, page 42
Materiel records and reports (cid:129) 4–11, page 42
Measurement of maintenance performance (cid:129) 4–12, page 42
Unit-level/Field maintenance management (cid:129) 4–13, page 43
Manpower utilization standards (cid:129) 4–14, page 43
Maintenance management systems (cid:129) 4–15, page 43
The logistics integrated data base (LIDB) maintenance module (MM) (cid:129) 4–16, page 43
Section III
Technical Assistance and Supply Interface, page 44
Technical assistance (cid:129) 4–17, page 44
Logistics assistance program/logistics support element (cid:129) 4–18, page 44
Repair parts supply (Class IX) (cid:129) 4–19, page 44
Section IV
Contract Maintenance Support, page 44
Private enterprise (cid:129) 4–20, page 44
Prohibitions (cid:129) 4–21, page 44
Foreign enterprise limitations (cid:129) 4–22, page 45
Readiness of modification table of organization and equipment units (cid:129) 4–23, page 45
Contingency plans (cid:129) 4–24, page 45
Classified communications security (cid:129) 4–25, page 45
Section V
Interservice Maintenance Support, page 45
General (cid:129) 4–26, page 45
Exceptions (cid:129) 4–27, page 46
Personnel support (cid:129) 4–28, page 46
Reciprocal support (cid:129) 4–29, page 46
Funding support (cid:129) 4–30, page 46
Provisions of interservice support agreements (cid:129) 4–31, page 46
Transfer of resources (cid:129) 4–32, page 46
Chapter 5
Depot Maintenance, page 46
General (cid:129) 5–1, page 46
Depot Maintenance Corporate Board roles and responsibilities (cid:129) 5–2, page 47
Reporting depot-level workload execution (cid:129) 5–3, page 48
Depot Maintenance Execution Council responsibilities (cid:129) 5–4, page 48
Depot maintenance core capability (cid:129) 5–5, page 49
Interservice depot maintenance support (cid:129) 5–6, page 49
Depot maintenance source of repair selection (cid:129) 5–7, page 49
Contracting with commercial sources (cid:129) 5–8, page 50
Reimbursable programs (cid:129) 5–9, page 50
Postproduction software support (cid:129) 5–10, page 50
Acceptance criteria (cid:129) 5–11, page 50
Planning, programming, budgeting, and execution of depot maintenance workload (cid:129) 5–12, page 51
Mobilization planning (cid:129) 5–13, page 52
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Contents—Continued
Depot maintenance plant equipment (cid:129) 5–14, page 53
Training (cid:129) 5–15, page 53
The aviation depot maintenance round-out units (cid:129) 5–16, page 54
Army Materiel Command forward commands (cid:129) 5–17, page 54
Reclamation at the national level (cid:129) 5–18, page 55
Materiel requirements planning (cid:129) 5–19, page 55
Repair parts support (cid:129) 5–20, page 55
Depot maintenance reporting and recording (cid:129) 5–21, page 56
Chapter 6
Commodity-Oriented Maintenance Policies, page 56
Section I
Combat Vehicles, page 56
Sustainment maintenance (cid:129) 6–1, page 56
ARNG Sustainment maintenance (cid:129) 6–2, page 57
Section II
Army Aircraft, page 57
Functional responsibilities, program objectives, and maintenance support concept (cid:129) 6–3, page 57
Aviation Field maintenance (cid:129) 6–4, page 58
Army National Guard aviation Field maintenance (cid:129) 6–5, page 58
Aviation Sustainment maintenance (cid:129) 6–6, page 59
Army National Guard Sustainment maintenance (cid:129) 6–7, page 59
Aircraft parts that have been exposed to fire and/or saltwater immersion (cid:129) 6–8, page 60
Items removed from crash-damaged aircraft (cid:129) 6–9, page 60
Inspection and testing of crash-damaged components and assemblies (cid:129) 6–10, page 60
Nondestructive testing of structural parts and assemblies of aircraft (cid:129) 6–11, page 60
Shipment of unserviceable aircraft (cid:129) 6–12, page 60
Maintenance training aircraft (cid:129) 6–13, page 60
Section III
Watercraft, page 62
General (cid:129) 6–14, page 62
Maintenance policies (cid:129) 6–15, page 62
On-condition cyclic maintenance (cid:129) 6–16, page 63
Marine condition surveys (cid:129) 6–17, page 64
Maintenance reporting (cid:129) 6–18, page 65
Section IV
Rail Materiel, page 65
General (cid:129) 6–19, page 65
Maintenance policies (cid:129) 6–20, page 65
Maintenance operations (cid:129) 6–21, page 65
Section V
COMSEC Materiel, page 65
General (cid:129) 6–22, page 65
Maintenance policies (cid:129) 6–23, page 66
Modification of communications security materiel (cid:129) 6–24, page 66
Records and reports (cid:129) 6–25, page 66
Qualification and maintenance training policy for communications security equipment (cid:129) 6–26, page 66
Evacuation of unserviceable communications security materiel (cid:129) 6–27, page 66
Controlled cryptographic items (cid:129) 6–28, page 67
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Contents—Continued
Section VI
Army Tactical Intelligence, Electronic Warfare, and Sensors Materiel, page 67
General (cid:129) 6–29, page 67
Intelligence, electronic warfare, and sensors maintenance policies (cid:129) 6–30, page 67
Intelligence, electronic warfare, and sensors unit maintenance (cid:129) 6–31, page 67
Intelligence and electronic warfare Sustainment reporting committee symbol maintenance (cid:129) 6–32, page 67
Section VII
Communications Systems and Materiel Assigned to Network Enterprise Technology Command/9th Army Signal
Command, page 68
General guidance (cid:129) 6–33, page 68
Maintenance policies (cid:129) 6–34, page 68
Maintenance facilities (cid:129) 6–35, page 68
Area maintenance and supply facility (cid:129) 6–36, page 69
Maintenance support team (cid:129) 6–37, page 69
Quality assurance (cid:129) 6–38, page 69
Section VIII
Information Technology, page 69
General (cid:129) 6–39, page 69
Repair parts supply for information technology (cid:129) 6–40, page 72
Army Warranty Program for information technology (cid:129) 6–41, page 72
Base operations information technology (cid:129) 6–42, page 72
Section IX
Test, Measurement, and Diagnostic Equipment, page 72
Support concept (cid:129) 6–43, page 73
Test, measurement, and diagnostic equipment support and management (cid:129) 6–44, page 73
Army National Guard test, measurement, and diagnostic equipment support (cid:129) 6–45, page 73
Section X
Conventional Ammunition, page 73
General (cid:129) 6–46, page 73
Field maintenance policies (cid:129) 6–47, page 73
Sustainment maintenance policies (cid:129) 6–48, page 74
Maintenance planning (cid:129) 6–49, page 74
Section XI
Organization Clothing and Individual Equipment, page 75
Maintenance policy (cid:129) 6–50, page 75
Maintenance expenditure limits (cid:129) 6–51, page 75
Section XII
Heavy Canvas, page 75
General (cid:129) 6–52, page 75
Maintenance policy (cid:129) 6–53, page 75
Section XIII
Nontactical Vehicles, page 76
General (cid:129) 6–54, page 76
Modifications (cid:129) 6–55, page 76
Repair parts supply (cid:129) 6–56, page 76
Section XIV
Training Aids and Devices and Visual Information Equipment and Systems, page 76
Training aids and devices (cid:129) 6–57, page 76
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Contents—Continued
Visual information equipment and systems (cid:129) 6–58, page 77
Chapter 7
Life Cycle Maintenance Support, page 77
General (cid:129) 7–1, page 77
Materiel design and acquisition in support of Army maintenance (cid:129) 7–2, page 78
Reliability Centered Maintenance (cid:129) 7–3, page 79
Condition–Based Maintenance (cid:129) 7–4, page 79
Maintenance support initiation (cid:129) 7–5, page 80
Establishing and sustaining maintenance support requirements (cid:129) 7–6, page 80
Commercial-off-the-shelf equipment maintenance (cid:129) 7–7, page 81
Contract and civilian maintenance support (cid:129) 7–8, page 81
Planning for contractor support, fielding/post fielding (cid:129) 7–9, page 82
Depot maintenance source of repair selection (cid:129) 7–10, page 82
Maintenance support plan (cid:129) 7–11, page 82
Depot maintenance support plan (cid:129) 7–12, page 83
Logistic management information (cid:129) 7–13, page 83
Warranty application during acquisition (cid:129) 7–14, page 83
Maintenance equipment publications (cid:129) 7–15, page 83
Maintenance/service kits (cid:129) 7–16, page 86
Initial provisioning (cid:129) 7–17, page 86
Logistics demonstration (cid:129) 7–18, page 86
Materiel release and fielding (cid:129) 7–19, page 86
Planning, programming, and budgeting for systems technical support and sustainment systems technical support
(cid:129) 7–20, page 86
Chapter 8
Maintenance Programs, page 87
Maintenance award program (cid:129) 8–1, page 87
Army Oil Analysis Program (cid:129) 8–2, page 90
Army warranty program (cid:129) 8–3, page 91
Sample data collection (cid:129) 8–4, page 91
Army modification program (cid:129) 8–5, page 93
Army critical safety items program (cid:129) 8–6, page 93
Army maintenance regeneration enablers (cid:129) 8–7, page 94
Battlefield damage assessment and repair (cid:129) 8–8, page 98
Army chemical agent resistant coating, camouflage, and marking program (cid:129) 8–9, page 98
Product quality deficiency/improvement reports (cid:129) 8–10, page 100
Administrative storage of materiel (cid:129) 8–11, page 101
The Army Tire Retread Program (cid:129) 8–12, page 102
Tool improvement program suggestions (cid:129) 8–13, page 104
National Maintenance Program (cid:129) 8–14, page 104
The maintenance assistance and instruction team program (cid:129) 8–15, page 105
The unique item tracking program (cid:129) 8–16, page 109
Ground Safety Notification System (cid:129) 8–17, page 109
Maintenance advisory message (cid:129) 8–18, page 110
Corrosion prevention and control program (cid:129) 8–19, page 110
Army battery program (cid:129) 8–20, page 110
Appendixes
A. References, page 112
B. Maintenance Metrics and Performance Measures for Army Field Organizations, page 120
C. Determination of Tactical Maintenance Augmentation Requirements for Military Mechanics During Peacetime
Garrison Operations, page 125
D. Army Maintenance Awards, page 127
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Contents—Continued
E. Command and Depot Codes, page 131
F. Department of Defense Core Capability Requirements Determination Methodology, page 136
G. DA Form 7567, Special Repair Authority (SRA) Approval/Disapproval Sheet, page 144
H. Management Control Evaluation Checklists, page 147
Table List
Table 3–1: Priority designator (relating force/activity designator to urgency of need), page 15
Table 3–2: Maintenance priority designator and TAT standards, page 16
Table 3–3: Primary metrics, page 17
Table 6–1: On condition cyclic maintenance/drydocking intervals by class/type of watercraft, page 64
Table 8–1: ORF Categories, page 95
Table 8–2: Float ORF and TCX authorization formulas, page 97
Table E–1: Command/MSC codes, page 131
Table E–2: Army depot codes, page 131
Table E–3: Navy depot codes, page 132
Table E–4: Air Force depot codes, page 132
Table E–5: Marine Corps depot codes, page 132
Table E–6: Database record structure, page 132
Table E–7: Type of equipment codes, page 133
Table E–8: Maintenance management decision package codes, page 134
Table E–9: Work accomplishment codes, page 135
Table E–10: Method codes, page 136
Figure List
Figure 3–1: Sample of total logistics response-time maintenance status report, page 19
Figure 3–2: Sample MTOE maintenance organization TAT report, page 20
Figure 3–3: Sample TDA maintenance organization TAT report, page 21
Figure 3–4: Sample contractor maintenance organization TAT report, page 22
Figure 3–5: Format for a request for SRA/OTRA authority, page 30
Figure 3–6: Required data elements for SRA request forwarded to Commander, AMC, page 31
Figure 3–7: SRA/OTR quarterly report data elements, page 32
Figure 4–1: Sample of a MEL waiver ceiling computation, page 37
Figure 6–1: COTS computer repair/upgrade flow chart, page 71
Figure 8–1: RTF authorizations computation, page 95
Figure 8–2: Repair cycle float authorization formula, page 97
Figure D–1: Sample contents page for Army Award for Maintenance Excellence, page 128
Figure F–1: Core capability flow diagram, page 137
Figure F–2: Depot workload allocation flow diagram, page 138
Figure F–3: Sample of a core capability worksheet, page 140
Figure F–4: Example of convert scenario requirements to peacetime DLHs, page 141
Figure F–5: Example of convert scenario requirements to peacetime DLHs (for weapons where the failure rate is
measured by MRBS), page 142
Figure F–6: Sample of a core capability worksheet (part 2), page 144
Figure G–1: DA Form 7567, Special Repair Authority (SRA) Approval/Disapproval, page 147
Glossary
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