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Alternatives for Care of Material Stored Outside

LCD-80-35 Published: Feb 05, 1980. Publicly Released: Feb 05, 1980.
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The Army has accumulated a vast inventory of equipment and spare parts to ensure it can sustain a wartime effort should the need arise. As of June 1979, the Army had about 2.6 million tons of material occupying about 46 million square feet of storage space at 20 depots and other locations. Of this amount, 489,000 tons, or 19 percent, were stored outside. In addition, the Army stored about 3.5 million tons for other agencies. Generally, the material consists of larger items, such as trucks and tanks and enclosed mobile shelters which contain electronics or medical equipment. The decision to store this equipment outside can be attributed to: (1) a decline in the material issue rate as the Southeast Asia conflict drew to a close; (2) implementation by the Army of an area-oriented depot concept, under which material has been consolidated at fewer depots; and (3) the impracticality of inside storage of some items (such as large inoperable items awaiting disposal or overhaul or vehicles scheduled to be issued within a short period). A review was made of Army practices for storing material outside at depots. The scope of the review was limited to examining the range of possibilities for caring for the material stored outside.

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Army facilitiesArmy suppliesGovernment owned equipmentMaintenance costsMilitary facilitiesMilitary inventoriesMilitary materielSpare partsWarehouse facilitiesMilitary forces