Provisioning of U.S. Army Equipment - Army Publishing Directorate ...

Chapter 1
Summary
1–1. Purpose
This regulation—
a. Prescribes the basic principles, objectives, policies, and responsibilities for provisioning Army systems and end
items (EIs).
b. It provides guidance for—
(1) Planning, managing, executing, and evaluating provisioning programs within the framework of the acquisition
process and integrated logistics support (ILS) techniques.
(2) Acquiring and using provisioning technical documentation (PTD) and engineering data for provisioning (EDFP).
(3) Provisioning actions associated with the provisioning decision process—that is, selecting, coding, computing,
cataloging, procuring and distributing of support items and spare and repair parts.
1–2. References
Required and related publications and prescribed and referenced forms are listed in appendix A.
1–3. Abbreviations and terms
Abbreviations and special terms used in this regulation are explained in the glossary.
1–4. Responsibilities
a. Deputy Chief of Staff, G–4. The DCS, G–4 has Army General Staff responsibility for provisioning and will—
(1) Establish a point of contact (POC) in the Office of the DCS, G–4 (ODCS, G–4) to implement Department of
Defense (DOD) provisioning policy and coordinate all Army provisioning actions covered by this regulation.
(2) Establish objectives, basic policies, and general procedures for provisioning, to include program objective
memorandum (POM) and budget procedures.
(3) Assign responsibilities and monitor implementation of these policies and procedures by mission.
(4) Approve—
(a) Requests for authority to exceed limitations.
(b) Waivers from compliance with policies and procedures.
(c) Deviations from governing regulations.
(5) Establish logistic provisioning policies and procedures that ensure maximum survivability of fielded equipment
and systems subject to Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Environmental threat.
(6) Provide overall management of an Army provisioning training program.
(7) Assign responsibilities and monitor implementations of Army provisioning training.
b. The Surgeon General. The Surgeon General (TSG) is responsible for overall management of an Army-wide
health services system, to include life cycle management of medical materiel according to AR 40–60. Specific
management responsibilities related to provisioning include planning, programming, and acquiring materiel in support
of all TSG-managed items.
c. Commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Commander, USACE will—
(1) Have overall management of USACE EIs.
(2) Plan, program, and acquire materiel for overall support under the purview of this regulation.
d. Army project/program/product managers/total life cycle system managers. Army project/program/product managers
(PMs)/total life cycle system managers (TLCSMs) will—
(1) Apply the concept of integrated product and process development throughout the acquisition process and fund
matrix U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC) supply support to the maximum extent practical; ensure the provisioning
personnel and inventory manager are functional members of the weapon system integrated product team (IPT); and
coordinate the provisioning requirements covered by this regulation with all agencies and activities concerned with
initial materiel support.
(2) Coordinate provisioning requirements with all agencies and activities concerned with initial materiel support to
ensure thorough provisioning planning is accomplished in compliance with the ILS planning process (see AR 700–127
and this regulation).
(3) Coordinate provisioning requirements with the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), General Services Administration
(GSA), and other military departments or Government agencies (for example, the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration and the Federal Aviation Administration), as required.
(4) Convene and participate in provisioning meetings, conferences, and other provisioning activities.
(5) Structure all provisioning actions to support the required weapon system availability or system readiness
objective (SRO).
AR 700–18 20 September 2009
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