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bona fide funding line, and subjected to the administrative requirements of the formal acquisition process. If an REF initiative achieves POR status, the AL&T-D can complement PM activities by synchronizing the fielding plan with operational commitments and schedules.
The Fielding Plan From the gaining unit’s perspective, the Fielding Plan is probably the most important component of the acquisition process. The gaining unit is really not interested in the challenges the PM faces with contracting, designing, pro- ducing, and delivering the new system. What the unit does care about is when it will be receiving the equipment and the quantity. Depending on processes within your higher headquarters and your assigned AFSB, the fielding plan may be a stand-alone document or distributed as an Operations Order (OPORD) or Fragmentary Order (FRAGO). Either way, the AL&T-D can provide vital input via normal staffing or through immediate com- munication to ensure unit fielding expectations and requirements are syn- chronized with the system’s production rate, delivery schedule, and distribution
The AL&T-D can provide vital input via normal staffing or through immediate communication to ensure unit fielding expectations
and requirements are synchronized with the system’s production rate, delivery schedule, and distribution plan.
plan. The AL&T-D will coordinate with appropriate higher headquarters staff sections and the PM to ensure essential elements of the fielding plan (schedules, issue locations, gaining unit responsibil- ities, and transportation requirements) are included in the instructions pro- vided to the receiving unit.
Fieldings seldom involve single-point distribution from a fully equipped warehouse or deprocessing site. They typically include several geographically dispersed fielding sites, differing levels of infrastructure, and varying quanti- ties for issue. The AL&T-D and the PM can manage these fielding nuances and greatly simplify the process for the gaining unit. Additionally, the AL&T-D can assist with asset visibility and property accountability, ensuring PMs comply with all Property Book
Unit Supply Enhanced requirements for equipment issue and transfer. The AL&T-D can also coordinate to ensure Field Service Representatives (FSRs) are present to assist in acceptance inspec- tions and final issue of the equipment. Leveraging the capabilities of the AL&T-D will ensure the fielding plan is synchronized with the unit’s expecta- tions and requirements.
John Arana (right), Staff Instructor II, Force Protection Industries Inc., teaches U.S. Navy PO2 Kevin Dixon, Provincial Reconstruction Team-Ghazni motor pool mechanic, FLMNET for the Mine Resistant Ambush Pro- tected (MRAP) Cougar at FOB Ghazni, Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by TSgt Rebecca Corey.)
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NET Second, if not equally important in terms of unit priorities, is NET. It seems obvious that NET, specifi- cally OPNET or FLMNET, would be required as a unit receives new equipment, but some units do not syn- chronize NET with their daily tasks and battle rhythm. NET is an essential part of the fielding and must be done right the first time. Without NET, new equipment can easily become paper weights, motor pool “queens,” or just labeled as “too hard to use” by Soldiers. The AL&T-D can ensure the NET is both efficient and effec- tive by providing unit expectations, time available, and other unit-unique training requirements directly to the PM. The directorate can also provide the PM with unit training schedules or timelines that may necessitate changes to NET times and locations. The AL&T-D can verify that the NET plan is included in any OPORD or FRAGO that prescribes the fielding and will facilitate NET requirements, such as warehouse storage space, classroom coordination, housing, and instruc- tor accountability. When conducting NET in a deployed environment, the AL&T-D can track instructor country clearance and call forward requests
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