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Box ID = BX000472

Folder Title = COMMAND REPORTING FILES- OPERATION ORDERS-PLANS                                                 

Unit = ARCENT      

Parent Org = CENTCOM     







             areas for support units.
                (2) Intermediate General Support Maintenance (IGSM).
             IGSM will be performed in support of the theater supply
             system through the repair of assemblies, components, and
             modules# RX items, printed circuit boards (PCB)O and
           -operational readiness float (ORF). They will be loca"ted in
             the COMMZ and operate in semifixed or fixed facilities.
             The repair parts stockage of these units is limited to the
             items required to support their assigned maintenance
             missions.

             c. Depot Maintenance. Army materiel Command (AMC) depots
         or activities, depl6ye-d-teams, contractors# and/or host nation
         support personnel perform this level of maintenance in support
         of the supply system. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) is
         developed to specify depot maintenance missions in the theater
         of operations.

         4. MAINTENANCE MISSION.

             a. Theater Army (TA). The primary mission of the TA
         materiel maintenancF-o-peFation is to support the combat
         readiness and effectiveness of the Army in the field. This
         mission is accomplished by field maintenance activities
         organized under the Army three-level maintenance system. The
         TAIDS maintenance units are normally assigned to Area Support
         Groups (ASG) and are responsible for the maintenance readiness
         of units in, or passing through, the COMMZ and backup
         intermediate (Ds) maintenance to corps units, as required.
             b* Corps. Units within the Corps Support Command (COSCOM)
         provide ia3=ntenance support, RX items, ORF, and unit repair
         parts supply to customer units on an area or assigned basis.
         within the corps area, the IDSM company is designed to
         facilitate the implementation of the forward support concept to
         support designated end items and weapon systems.

         5. MAINTL-NANCE FLOW (STRUCTURE).

             a. Theater Army. Repairable equipment exceeding the
         maintenance unit capability is given priority for evacuation
         over equipment that requires extensive repairs, overhaul, or is
         totally nonrepairable. Generally, major combat systems are
         evacuated before support vehicles and lesser weapon systems.
         Priorities for evacuation are determined by the the appropriate
         MMC# in consonance with Army headquarters OPLAN guidance*

             b. corps. Nondivisional conventional equipment and
         missile system IDSM units accomplish maintenance support within
         the corps support boundaries. Aviation intermediate
         maintenance support is provided by companies/battalions,
         operating within maintenance battalion/company, which operates


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