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GAO-17-82R 1 (2017-02-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaknv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: cAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 February 3, 2017 The Honorable John McCain Chairman The Honorable Jack Reed Ranking Member Committee on Armed Services United States Senate The Honorable Mac Thornberry Chairman The Honorable Adam Smith Ranking Member Committee on Armed Services House of Representatives Depot Maintenance: Executed Workload and Maintenance Operations at DOD Depots The Department of Defense (DOD) uses its maintenance capabilities to maintain, overhaul, and repair its military weapon systems (such as aircraft and ships) and equipment (such as generators and radars).1 To maintain these systems and equipment in order to meet national security goals, DOD uses a combination of military depots-public-sector facilities that are government-owned and government-operated-and private-sector contractors.2 Depots have a key role in sustaining complex weapon systems and equipment both in peacetime and during mobilization, contingency, or other emergency. The military services operate 17 primary government-owned facilities-such as Anniston Army Depot at Anniston, Alabama; Air Force's Air Logistic Complex at Ogden, Utah; Norfolk Naval Shipyard at Portsmouth, Virginia; and Marine Depot Maintenance Command at Albany, Georgia-that perform depot-level maintenance on a wide range of vehicles and other military assets, including helicopters, combat vehicles, ships, aircraft, engines, and software.3 According to DOD, in fiscal year 2015 there were approximately 45,000 civilian personnel at the depots who perform maintenance and 30,000 other civilian non-maintainers-engineers, scientists, analysts, and supply specialists- 1There are two levels of DOD maintenance: field level and depot level. Field-level maintenance includes organizational and intermediate maintenance and requires fewer skills, but it occurs more frequently. Depot level maintenance occurs less frequently but requires greater skills. Maintenance ranges in complexity from daily system inspection, to rapid removal and replacement of components, to the complete overhaul or rebuild of a weapon system. 2Depot maintenance is an action performed on materiel or software in the conduct of inspection, repair, overhaul, or the modification or rebuild of end-items, assemblies, subassemblies, and parts that, among other things, requires extensive industrial facilities, specialized tools and equipment, or uniquely experienced and trained personnel that are not available in other maintenance activities. Depot maintenance is independent of any location or funding source and may be performed in the public or private sectors. 3We will refer to depots, shipyards, fleet readiness centers, air logistics complexes, and production plants collectively as depots in this report. GAO-1 7-82R Depot Maintenance Page 1

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