EMERGING TECHNOLOGY AND MODERNIZING THE ARMY
MODERNIZATION
MAKE ROOM FOR
The Excess Defense Articles program saves millions of taxpayer dollars complementing the Army’s modernization and divestiture goals.
by Adriane Elliot T
he speed at which the U.S. Army modernizes is key to its success. Te U.S. military must sprint—not stroll—to outpace adversaries whose armed forces grow stronger by the day. But even when America’s next generation tech- nology is ready to be delivered, Army units must first dispose of its current
gear to make room for the new.
After two decades of fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. Army has a multibillion- dollar mountain of excess equipment. Moving that mountain falls to the Army Materiel Command (AMC) which, in 2020, stood up 14 modernization displacement and repair sites (MDRSs) across the United States. MDRSs are one-stop shops where Army units can dispose of aging and excess equipment, quickly and efficiently. But quick isn’t quick enough when hundreds of units are moving thousands of items across an institution as vast and complex as America’s 249-year-old Army.
To expedite equipment transfers at MDRS locations, AMC fielded the Rapid Removal of Excess (R2E) program earlier this year. Equipment that previously had to be opera- tional before turn-in can now be accepted “as-is.” Equipment conditions ranging from non-mission-capable to excellent is turned over to the MDRS, then repaired at a depot, turned over to the Defense Logistics Agency for disposal, or snatched up by the U.S. Army Security Assistance Command (USASAC) for foreign military sales (FMS).
USASAC manages FMS and security assistance programs for the Army. Its FMS programs provide partner nations with American-made defense articles, military training, sustain- ment and other defense-related services by grant, loan, credit or cash sales in support of U.S. foreign policy objectives. A distinct component of the FMS mission is its Excess
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