Army Maintenance Program Flashcards
What websites can you use to find unit METL?
Army Training Network (ATN), Central Army Registry (CAR)
What do you do once you have the METL
Use long range and short range calendars to backwards plan.
Then plan, prepare, execute, and assess.
Imaging you are a PLT SGT. Your long range calendar says you will go to Korea in 12 months. Explain how to prepare, plan, and conduct training to reach the end state.
You would access the company and higher echelons Mission Essential Task via Army Training Network or the Central Army Registry. Take the METL and develop a training plan for the events that will need to be completed to reach fully mission capable. Compare to a short range calendar & make it happen.
What does a Soldier use to PCMS a vehicle?
TM -10
What does a Mechanic use to PCMS a vehicle?
TM -20 or -30
What is a pacing item?
A constructive or destructive thing that makes up combat power.
Tanks are destructive & FLAs are constructive
Define Combat Power
Total means of destructive and/or disruptive force which a military unit can apply against an opponent.
How to make something a pacing item and why?
The XO signs a memo making something a pacing item. Once that happens the item is combat power and repairs go to the top of the list.
Needs to be repaired due to combat readiness numbers.
Do TMs and maintenance belong only in the motor pool?
No. Applies to weapons & other equipment as well.
Who schedules unit service schedules?
The XO. It can apply to NODS, X-Ray machine…
What is the purpose of Army maintenance operations?
Generate and regenerate combat power
Name equipment operators key tasks
Updated license, have the right TM, know how to perform maintenance, understand how to get -20 to fix things
What are the necessary tools needed for maintenance?
Basic Issue Item (BII)
Who is the maintenance officer?
The chief. He also wrote the maintenance SOP.
How to ensure Soldiers get the wheeled driver badge?
1 year of safe driving or an agreed upon amount of miles.
Has to be tracked in GSS Army by mechanics.
What are some of the tasks CDRs and leaders should master in order to achieve maintenance management competence?
Train Soldiers to the standards
Update SOPs
Create an incentive program
Name some of the first line supervisor key tasks.
Ensure Soldiers participate in maintenance.
Enforce the standard
Enforce safety
Sustained Readiness Model
Don’t have 90 day breaks. You are always ready.
Replaced ARFORGEN
Why did ARFORGEN get replaced with Sustained Readiness Model?
Because the deployment times changed to 9 months vs over 1 year.
The three modules of sustained readiness model.
Prepare - recovering, transitioning, or preparing for a mission.
Ready - ready and available for deployment
Mission - allocates of assigned units executing a joint ordered mission.
What kind of exercises leading up to an event?
Individual tasks
Company training
Battalion training
Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise (CALFEX)
BDE
CTC / JRTC
How do you assess and judge training proficiency?
AARs and Training & Evaluation outlines (T&EO)
Can find on ATN
The training is either:
T = trained
P = practiced
U = untrained
MDMP is used at what level?
Battalion or higher
What do units lower than battalion use to plan?
WARNO
