Should Organizational Maintenance be Transferred from Maneuver Units?

Abstract

This monograph discusses the proposed transfer of organizational maintenance responsibility from maneuver units to the forward support battalion. The proposed transfer is a part of the battlefield maintenance system (BMS) doctrine currently under review by the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command. The monograph includes a survey of the maintenance doctrine and practices of the British, Soviet, and German armies and attempts to draw conclusions about the efficacy of transferring maintenance responsibility out of maneuver units. The monograph organizes discussion about the impact of the proposed change in maintenance doctrine into sections governing the physical, moral, and cybernetic domains of battle.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 10, 1992
Accession Number
ADA259130

Entities

People

  • Mark J. Davis

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Army Training
  • Artillery
  • Battles
  • Command And Control
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Personnel
  • Munitions
  • Operational Readiness
  • Recovery Vehicles
  • Social Sciences
  • Students
  • Sustainment
  • Task Forces
  • Test Equipment
  • Training
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Military Science