ARMY AL&T


Technology-Directorate (AL&T-D) LTC Steven Van Riper


ONS (JUONS), Rapid Equipping Force (REF), Forward Operational Assess- ment (FOA), Operator New Equipment Training (OPNET), and Field Level Maintenance NET (FLMNET), become a part of your daily vernacular. What can you do to understand this strange collection of acronyms? What about the inevitable fieldings, sustainment, and support strategy require- ments? Is there a person or organization to help you complete the tasks associated with coordinating and synchronizing these efforts?


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hen your unit is preparing to deploy, is deployed, or is in any other phase of the Army Force Generation process, terms such as Operational Needs Statement (ONS), Joint Urgent


The Capabilities of the Army Field Support Brigade’s (AFSB’s) Acquisition, Logistics, and


AFSBs round out the Materiel Enterprise at the operational level, providing tactical commanders logistical and sustain- ment support not typically provided by sustainment brigades or expeditionary sustainment commands. Here, a Fort Hood, TX, welder adds his skill to the Materiel Enterprise by repairing equipment undergoing field-level reset under the direction of ASC’s 407th AFSB. (U.S. Army photo by Galen Putnam, ASC Public Affairs.)


JULY –SEPTEMBER 2010


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