ASC Addresses Unit Commanders' Concerns through LBE and Reset Programs

Abstract

Tactical unit commanders have numerous issues and concerns to address when preparing their units for deployment and redeployment from Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF). The U.S. Army Sustainment Command (ASC), part of the U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC) team, is available to assist, identify, and resolve equipment and maintenance problems as well as materiel readiness issues for combatant commanders. The Department of the Army (DA) designated AMC as the executive agent for all aspects of Army Force Generation (ARFORGEN) equipment, including funding and execution of the Left-Behind Equipment (LBE) program. An AMC ARFORGEN operations order, dated March 5, 2007, established ASC as the lead (supported) command responsible for the LBE program. During this program, ASC relieves Active Component units of the responsibility of managing equipment that is not deployed in support of their wartime mission, and ensures that the equipment is maintained, accounted for, cross-leveled, or temporarily loaned in support of the ARFORGEN process. AMC assigned ASC the mission of providing materiel readiness support for a deploying/redeploying unit's equipment. To perform the equipment readiness support mission, ASC looks to its Army Field Support Brigades (AFSBs) and Distribution Management Center (DMC). The DMC, based at ASC Headquarters on Rock Island Arsenal, Ilinois, has become the single ASC integrator for LBE and field-level reset in support of ARFORGEN. The reset of units returning from OEF/OIF consists of a series of actions to restore the units to a desired level of combat capability commensurate with future mission requirements. These actions include the repair of equipment, replacement of equipment lost during operations, and recapitalization of equipment where feasible and necessary.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA490985

Entities

People

  • Mark E. Young

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Procurement
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Contracts
  • Deployment
  • Geographic Regions
  • Human Resources
  • Logistics
  • Logistics Support
  • Maintenance
  • Management Personnel
  • Operational Readiness
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Resource Management
  • Shortages (Logistics)
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Sustainment

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.