104 Ordnance Storage and Inventory Management Flashcards
- 1 Define and discuss the following:
a. Peacetime Operating Stocks/Load Plan
b. Prepositioned War Reserve Stocks
a) Operational Stock/Operational Allowance (OS). OS is afloat ship ordnance loads plus Non-Combatant Expenditure Allocation (NCEA). Afloat ship ordnance is the quantity of stocks aboard deployed and MPF ships reported, plus two additional CVBG/Amphibious Ready Group loads to compensate for downloaded ships. NCEA quantities are authorized by CNO (N411). OS Replenishment. Attrition from OS due to NCEA expenditures and other losses will be filled by the NAVSUP AMMO inventory manager in the following decision sequence: (1) new production assets, (2) CRS, or (3) SAS as required. OPNAV M-8000.16 1.1.5.1
Stock Point Load Plan. The activity load plan is used to determining appropriate stockage levels to properly support Fleet ammunition positioning requirements as well as other customer requirements. Load plans are developed and issued by the NAVSUP AMMO IAW NAVSUP P-724 policy and in conjunction with recommendations provided by host stock points, other customers, and other governing documents.
Load Plan Factors. The Fleet and other ordnance stock point customer requirements are termed load plan factors. There are five load plan factors presently in use. Not all load plan factors apply to every ordnance stock point. The load plan factors are as follows:
a. GNOPP.
b. Maintenance and Production.
c. Other Services.
d. Contractor/Other Activities.
e. Local Community.
Load Plan Development. Ammunition stock point load plans are developed biannually and reviewed annually. Development and/or review begin 6 months prior to the load plan year with projected completion and publication prior to the beginning of the new load plan year. Development is performed on the even years and review is performed on the odd years. Activities update their individual station load plan annually. The development process is started during the second quarter of each FY by NAVSUP AMMO coordinating with Fleets, ammunition stock points, and Acquisition/PMs, or their agents, to determine the quantities required for load plan factors one through five. The COMPACFLT and CFFC provide positioning quantities of ammunition including positioning of required components of AURs in support of worldwide naval positioning based on assets reported by NAVSUP AMMO. OPNAV M-8000.16 12.4.1
GRBLP will use dynamic reorder triggers. Prescribed readiness levels established by the
FLTCOM (USFF-N41, USPACFLT-N42), determine the reorder threshold used at a given point in time. For example, during routine conditions, the Allowance/NCEA reorder triggers may be set at 90% and 30%, respectively. However, should an operational contingency or large-scale combat conditions arise, the FLTCOM may determine that reduced readiness is acceptable for specific stock points and revise the reorder triggers (20% for mission and 0% for training, for example) commensurate with those readiness levels. This is part of affordable readiness and Operational Risk Management (ORM) that minimizes load plan reordering and maximizes CUA availability to support contingency/combat operations. During these conditions, the FLTCOM will provide specific guidance regarding readiness-based reorder triggers/percentages. Essentially, reorder triggers for stock points are scalable as the demands of contingency/combat conditions are assessed and are thereby dynamic in nature. OPNAV M-8000.16 12.4.1.5
b) Stocks of material amassed in peacetime to meet the increase in military requirements consequent to an outbreak of war. War reserves are intended to sustain operations until resupply may be affected. NAVSUP P-724
104.2 Discuss the interrelationship between Prepositioned War Reserve Requirements (PWRR), and the Time-Phased Force Deployment Data (TPFDD) for a particular contingency.
The TPFDD lists all items that flow into the theater of war and defines when and how they will be transported. There are limited transportation assets to move heavy ordnance items. Most often naval Class V is moved via ships due to the size and weight and higher priority of air-transportable items. Items that are forward deployed, as prepositioned stocks onboard the MPSRONS, or PWRR free up limited inter-theater transportation and can shift the need for ordnance sustainment to later in the TPFDD.
104.3 Discuss the Navy Munitions Command, its role, organization and mission in ordnance operations. (http://nmc.ahf.nmci.navy.mil/)
There are three Navy Munitions Commands: Navy Munitions Command Pacific (NMCPAC) CONUS West Division, NMCPAC East Asia Division, and NMC Atlantic. The three Navy Munitions Commands operate the Navy’s magazines that are the primary loading point for US Navy ships and provide long term weapons storage. The NMCs provide ordnance management which includes receipt, segregation, storage, issue (RSSI) as well as assembles and maintains weapons.
Navy Munitions Command Pacific (NMCPAC) Continual US (CONUS) West Division – Reports to U.S. Pacific Fleet
NMCPAC East Asia Division – Reports to U.S. Pacific Fleet
NMC Atlantic – Reports to U.S. Fleet Forces Command
The NMCs support all non-nuclear munitions, including short term holding for other services and support for foreign military sales.
- 4 Discuss the following types of Ordnance storage and distribution sites:
a. Naval Weapons Station
b. Naval Weapons Activity
c. USNS Ammunition Ship
d. Navy Combatant Vessel Magazine
a) Weapons Stations provide weapons storage, loading, maintenance, and assessment support to ship. The major Weapons Stations (NWS) are NWS Earl, New Jersey; NWS Yorktown Virginia; NWC Charleston South Carolina (Now Naval Support Activity); NWS Seal Beach, and California, Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California.
b) Naval weapons activities included Naval Magazine Indian Island, Washington, Naval Ordnance Annex Guam, and NMC EAD Det. Sasebo (largest ordnance facility in the Western Pacific)
c) There are no longer ammunitions ships (T-AE) in the MSC inventory. The function of transporting ordnance for distrubition to combatants via underway replenishment is performed by T-AKEs and T-AOEs. Munitions onboard T-AKEs and T-AOEs are subject to NAVSEA OP-4.
d) Munitions on combatants are held in the ships’ magazines (main storage), ready service lockers (often on the weather decks near ships self-defense weapons) or loaded in gun or launch systems such as the Vertical Launch System or the Close in Weapons System (CIWS). Munitions onboard combatants are subject to NAVSEA OP-4.
104.5 Discuss the mission, capabilities, and locations of the major Defense Ordnance Depots in PACFLT.
Major ordnance sites that support PACFLT include: Indian Island, Washington – the major west coast munition facility; Seal Beach, California – the second largest west coast site; Ewa Beach, Hawaii – the major naval weapons storage site in Hawaii; Yokosuka and Atsugi, Japan – Major munitions site in Japan; White Beach, Okinawa, Japan has the major munitions handling pier for USMC and other service support in Okinawa: Guam Ordnance Annex; major storage site for munitions in Mariana Islands.
104.6 Discuss the mission, capabilities, and locations of the VLS Quick Response Teams (QRT).
Vertical Launch System (VLS) Quick Response Teams are NMC units that load, unload and supervise local movement of VLS weapons for DDG and CGs. The teams include the material handing fixtures (tilt fixtures, slings) needed to load and unload but do not include a crane or crane operator. Nor do the team provide security, contacting, truck driving or crane operation. Additionally, ship’s crew assistance is needed to support gas management systems repairs (if needed). VLS weapons include Tomahawk Land Attack missiles, Standard Missile (SM) 2, SM-3, SM-6, Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM), and Vertical Launched Anti-Submarine Rockets (ASROC) (VLA).
The teams of 6-10 personal are located at NMC North Island, NMC Seal Beach, NMC Guam (two teams), NMC Sigonella, and Rota.
In addition there are rearm teams attached to the two Submarine tenders that can rearm both submarines and DDG/CG but they are not mobile. A further non-mobile team is located in Bahrian to support NAVCENT VLS rearming.
