Soldiers, which is essential to our ability to respond to any future contingency. It also restores balance to our mix of equip- ment used heavily in the past decade of combat operations and helps to bring it to an acceptable level of readiness. Tis is accomplished through reset operations— a combination of repair, replacement, recapitalization and transition. It includes maintenance services, to include fault location and troubleshooting, removal and installation, disassembly and assem- bly and maintenance activity that restores serviceability


to damaged items. We


forecast the need to reset approximately 100,000 items at industrial facilities and more than 600,000 pieces of equipment on site, where units are stationed.


We estimate that equipment with a com- bined value of approximately $17 billion will need to be retrograded from Afghani- stan. Te Army will require funding to conduct this equipment reset for three years after the last piece of equipment has been retrograded from Afghanistan. Tis funding supports the substantial workload required for equipment retrograde, induc- tion and repair, a process that can take up to three years for items that include rotary wing aircraft, tactical vehicles and individual Soldier weapons. Some of this work has already been delayed because of the impacts of the sequester in FY13.


While the Army faces significant challenges in completing these retrograde and reset activities, they remain a critical part for


of maintaining Army future readiness contingencies. Much work


remains to be done, as the articles in this edition attest.


FMS ON WHEELS


However, the professionalism and dedication with which the Army is approaching this mission suggest that we will rise to meet any challenge.


The pursuit of FMS programs with participating nations is one alternative to shipping equipment home. Here, Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles are loaded and secured on flat bed trucks in the 3-401st sustainment yard, Bagram, Afghanistan. The trucks are ready to convoy out for receipt by Hungarian soldiers. (U.S. Army photo by Robbin Duuck, civilian public affairs officer of the 3-401st Army Field Support Brigade)


PROJECTILE PROJECT Much equipment needs to be returned from theater for reset and reuse by our forces. SPC Alexander Trujillo, left, and SPC Jasmine Hills, ammunition specialists assigned to 60th Ordnance Company, 152nd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 15th Sustainment Brigade, maintain the ammunition supply point at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Sept. 30. (U.S. Army Photo by SSG Ray Kokel, 15th Sustainment Brigade)


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