ENABLING MODERNIZATION
skills within the workforce. More technol- ogy means hiring more tech-savvy people and an increased reliance on science, tech- nology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. Tis requires assur- ing that there are resources to pursue more tech-specific training across the board and for the long term. Such training would be needed throughout the munitions life cycle and across all services, from design and production, through storage and handling (both in exercises and in the field), to demilitarization.
Future materiel needs, new weapons plat- forms and evolving technology will have a significant impact on JMC’s production, distribution, storage and demilitarization missions. One example of emerging tech- nology is the Extended Range Cannon Artillery,
the self-propelled howitzer
system with a longer range and higher rate of fire than we currently have.
As Daly explained, “JMC is producing the projectile at Scranton Army Ammunition Plant, and will then do the load, pack and assembly of the explosives and the rocket- assisted motor at Iowa Army Ammunition Plant. All other components are being manufactured by numerous commer- cial partners and we are planning organic industrial base investment to retool the line at Scranton Army Ammunition Plant to support full-rate production.”
CONCLUSION As technology and capabilities evolve, the various services will develop new muni- tions, and JMC will have a role in the life cycle of each item. Proper planning will ensure that JMC has the facilities, systems and workforce capable of managing those items in service to the future force.
According to Daly, “Te sustainment warfighting function capabilities are appropriately focused on both current
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The group listens to a presentation of how Radford currently produces lethality for America’s warfighters. (Photo by of JMC)
readiness and future modernization. … Tese capabilities will continue to ensure freedom of action, prolonged endurance and extended operational reach anywhere in the world.”
JMC remains focused on its core mission requirements of production, distribu- tion, storage and demilitarization, closely nested and synchronized with organic industrial base facility modernization. Key modernization initiatives driving these efforts include cross-functional team integration and transforming the organic industrial base. With proper, forward- thinking execution of these initiatives, JMC, in support of AMC, will develop a 21st century organic industrial base able to sustain readiness and support further modernization efforts, while postured to execute large-scale combat operations today, tomorrow and beyond.
For more information about the JMC, go to
https://www.jmc.army.mil/.
COL. GAVIN J. GARDNER has been commander of the Joint Munitions Command and Joint Munitions and Lethality Life
Cycle Management
Command since June 11, 2020. He is a third-generation Army brat and Army logistician. He holds an M.S. in science logistics management from the Florida Institute of Technology and an M.A. in national security and strategic studies from the U.S. Naval War College. He earned a three-year Army ROTC scholarship and is a Distinguished Military Graduate from the University of Georgia, with a BBA in production and operations management.
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