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Depot-level maintenance and reporting are challenges for the Army, Lt. Gen. Duane Gamble, deputy Army chief of staff for logistics, told Congress.
The Army has taken advantage of new hiring authorities to recruit and train new talent for the depots, arsenals and ammunition plants that manufacture, maintain and refurbish Army equipment, the service’s top logistician said.
A Government Accountability Office review of military maintenance depots finds that a lengthy hiring process and difficulty training inexperienced personnel are creating challenges and some delays in weapons systems maintenance.
The Army’s organic industrial base, a $14 billion enterprise including 23 ammunition plants, depots and manufacturing arsenals, has “demonstrated its value” during the past 17 years of conflict but needs to be “optimized” so it has surge capacity for future operations, Lt. Gen. Aundre F.
The Army is reorienting its industrial base of depots and arsenals, shifting from a reactive force aimed at ongoing operations to a more efficient model aimed at the future.