ROUND PEG, SQUARE HOLE


READY TO ROAR


Hundreds of motorcycles at the Afghan Union, Transportation and Logistics Yard awaiting transfer to the ANDSF. FMS uses the same processes and systems that the U.S. military uses to build its own combat power, and taps the same industries and providers, but FMS is inherently an acquisi- tion program, not a supply program. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt Kevin M. Limani, CSTC-A)


well as how harsh penalties must be when compliance measures are not met.


Te ANDSF thus far have done only a fair job of meeting their requirements, and as additional, potentially more sen- sitive


systems are discussed for their


use, CSTC-A is constantly working to re assess the process.


PREPOSITIONED FMS Knowing what the challenges are with FMS in Afghanistan, what can be done about them?


Te proposal from the Security Assis-


tance Office – Afghanistan, the executor of the FMS process in Afghanistan,


is


to develop a “combat FMS” system that would operate like a combination of the Army prepositioned stocks (APS) system and an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract.


In the APS model, the U.S. FMS enter- prise would conduct a study to identify the 10 most frequently purchased items using the FMS process. From there, an account would be established using the FMS trust fund (the “holding” account where paying customers’ funds are held


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until disbursement to the contracted companies for execution of


the FMS


orders) with money from customers who wish to be part of the endeavor. Tis account would then be used to purchase large orders of


shipment of M240B machine guns or if they go to, say, Tailand instead? Tese are valid concerns, and it would seem that the Office of


the Secretary of Defense the 10 identified items,


which would be stored in a centrally managed facility in the United States.


Each time one of the member countries requests a new allocation of one of the commodities, prepositioned off-the-shelf stocks could be used to fulfill the request expeditiously. With each withdrawal, a new order against the IDIQ contract would be made to begin restocking the supply. Tis would give countries cur- rently involved in active conflicts,


like


Afghanistan, the ability to resupply rapidly without the typical, multiyear waiting period.


CONCLUSION Challenges


would certainly follow:


Who should manage the yard? U.S. Forces Command? U.S. Army Materiel Command? Te Defense Security Coop- eration Agency? Some other entity? How would conflicts between requirements or between combatant commands be adju- dicated? Who decides if Iraq gets the next


For more information, please contact the author at tyler.k.faulk.mil@mail.mil.


LTC TYLER FAULK is the deputy director of the Security Assistance Office – Afghani- stan, stationed at Camp Resolute Support in Kabul, Afghanistan. He holds an M.S. in engineering management from the Mis- souri University of Science and Technology and a B.S. in civil engineering from the Colorado School of Mines.


designee for security cooperation may be an obvious choice to bear the bulk of the responsibilities. Many of those details would clearly have to be explored in order to finalize such an effort.


Te bottom line is that the current


FMS structure is insufficient for provid- ing resources to allied nations that are actively involved in hostilities. If the U.S. government does not find a solution that provides responsive logistics resupply to our partners, we risk their success.


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