GREAT SKOT!


W


ith new strategy and bud- getary


adjustments, to the


Army is adapting its force structure


a tumultu-


ous world. Tere are fewer “new start” programs on the horizon, so prioritizing new requirements and sustaining existing systems with greater flexibility, reduced redundancy and in scalable units are tak- ing on a new importance across the force.


Te U.S. Army Ordnance Corps started finding more flexible models more than a decade ago, introducing a two-level maintenance concept (field and sus- tainment) to combine the previous four levels, shrink overall logistical footprints and reduce redundancy while improving mission readiness. Similarly, the Army Acquisition Workforce is using Better Buying Power initiatives to ensure that when the Army does purchase new sys- tems, it maximizes value to the Soldier and the taxpayer by emphasizing flexible, affordable, long-lasting and maintainable systems that reduce redundancy.


One area where multiple efforts toward flexible, affordable and scalable forces meet is in maintenance and repair, which is essential to the sustained readiness of aging systems.


FLEXIBLE, COMMON FIELD MAINTENANCE Repair times for battle-damaged equip- ment


can vary greatly. To maintain


overall readiness, Army mechanics need the tools to multitask and perform simul- taneous repair operations on numerous pieces of equipment. Acquisition work- force team members from the Product Manager Sets, Kits, Outfits and Tools (PM SKOT), under the Project Manager Force Projection (PM FP) of Program Executive Office Combat Support and Combat Service Support (PEO CS&CSS), provide the integrated maintenance


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EASY DOES IT


The system-of-systems approach to field-level maintenance is central to achieving PM SKOT’s mission of providing the Army with modernized and deployable ordnance capabilities at the right time, place and price. Here, PVT Ronnie Green, left, works with PVT Fedson Marra and SGT Luis Agramonte to use a crane, part of the M7 Forward Repair System, at Fort Stewart, GA, July 19, 2012. The Soldiers are wheeled vehicle mechanics assigned to the 703rd Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (BCT), 3rd Infantry Division. (Photo by SSG Mary Katzenberger, 1st BCT, 82nd Airborne Division Public Affairs)


July–September 2013


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