| In the Army National Guard, maintenance operations | | | | a Non-Mission-Capable / dead-lined equipment report. |
| are done differently than on Active Duty. On Active | | | | This report identifies all the non-mission-capable |
| Duty, units are responsible for their equipment 24/7. | | | | vehicles and all the parts that are on order. |
| They have maintenance personnel assigned to their | | | | This report is then reviewed by the senior leadership. |
| unit to maintain the equipment. If the repair can't be | | | | At this point, they establish priorities and determine |
| done by the unit's maintenance personnel, it is | | | | which vehicles need to be repaired first. Typically, |
| evacuated to a higher level of maintenance for repair. | | | | pacing items are repaired first. Next, equipment with |
| In the Army National Guard, commanders are still | | | | minor repairs needed get fixed next. Finally, |
| responsible for maintaining their equipment. During | | | | equipment that needs new parts gets fixed when |
| IDT weekend, Soldiers conduct PMCS and scheduled | | | | the ordered parts arrive. Sometimes it can take |
| services on their equipment to ensure it is maintained | | | | 3-months or longer to receive a part. |
| properly. Soldiers use a technical manual to PMCS the | | | | Remember, everything I said above applies to |
| equipment. When the Soldier finds faults with the | | | | National Guard units during their IDT weekend or |
| equipment, he or she inputs that information onto the | | | | Annual Training. During the other 28-days per month, |
| DA Form 5988E. | | | | the unit has a FMS Shop to support their |
| Depending on the fault, the equipment might be | | | | maintenance operations. The FMS Shop typically |
| non-mission capable. If the Soldier can repair the fault, | | | | provides maintenance support to five or six different |
| he or she will. If they can't, they get assistance from | | | | armories in the same geographical area. The FMS |
| the unit's mechanics. At the completion of motor | | | | Shop is staffed my military technicians, many of |
| stables, the 5988Es are collected by the unit's leaders. | | | | whom serve in the units they support. |
| Next, the information is manually inputted into the | | | | If the FMS Shop can't fix the equipment, it is sent to |
| SAMS-E box. Each company sized element has a | | | | the state CSMS Shop. Each state normally has one |
| SAMS-E box. | | | | CSMS Shop that supports all the FMS Shops. Once |
| Once the maintenance clerk inputs all the information | | | | the equipment is repaired at either the FMS or CSMS |
| from the 5988s, he or she will order the required | | | | Shop, the equipment is returned to the unit. |
| parts to fix the vehicle. In addition, they will print out | | | | |