(3) Ensure that maintenance records are recorded and reported as required by AR 750-1. 6-18. Wingit replies. Reviews and recommends ASL changes to division/FSB support operations officer. Using FBCB2 transmit company rollup reports LOGSITREP and PERSITREP. When NCOs are unable to answer their Soldiers' most basic questions about a mission, morale begins to decline and Soldiers learn to distrust their leaders. The FSC commander is responsible for executing the CSS plan in accordance with maneuver commander's guidance. This understanding serves as a solid foundation for subordinates' service at higher levels of responsibility. It directs the operations of its subordinate sections as well as the overall CSS operations in support of the BN/TF. The headquarters section maintains situational awareness of BN/TF operations. Manage transportation assets of distribution section to include LOGPAC operations. Fund the Force. Assists in the development and updating of the field maintenance SOP as it pertains to the conduct of field level maintenance operations. Anticipating expected work loads, shop progress, difficulties encountered during repair actions, and maintenance supply actions. Maintenance at the platoon and squad level comprises thorough preventive . Figure 6-1 shows a doctrinal template on how to deploy the FSC to support their maneuver BN/TF. Supervised the work of 48transportation personnel. Anything that is not repaired in the UMCP, or that is not towed by UMCP assets, is recovered to the BSA or evacuated echelons above division (EAD). With guidance from higher headquarters, it plans and conducts all necessary training activities. Execute and supervise routine operations. Coordinates with the battalion S3 on routes in the BSA (BCOC & LOC routes). If the CRT exceeds its capability, it sends a can't comply (CANTCO) message to the maneuver company 1SG. They use their advanced diagnostics and troubleshooting skills to isolate system faults and expedite the repair and return of major weapon systems to operation. The support operations functions are performed by the executive officer or one of the other company officers. Capt. Coordinate and supervise the issue or delivery of supplies to the platoons or sections. Provide food service support to the BN/TF. Forecasts and monitors the workload for all equipment by type. The CTCP is located within the FSC forward location, one to four kilometers behind the BN/TF. Each Class IX team maintains the company's PLL/combat spares for the company/HHC it is supporting. 7-73. He also supervises CP operations. He coordinates all supply requirements and actions with the 1SG and the support operations officer. The FSC commander would immediately assemble this group upon the receipt of mission and issue a WARNORD. Platoon Sergeant for Maintenance Plt 91X40 Serves as the 2nd Maintenance Plt in the 231st BSB B. Co. This section also provides Class II, III(P), IV, VII, and IX DS to the maneuver BN/TF units. The S&T platoon leader of the FSC takes over the responsibilities previously held by the support platoon leader in the maneuver units. General Learning Outcomes. Wingit quietly asks himself, "What went wrong?". After about an hour, Capt. Coordinates retrograde of equipment and supplies with the FSB support operations officer or FSB movements NCO. 6-21. That NBC-related collective tasks are covered in overall unit training activities. He coordinates the platoon's maintenance and logistical requirements and handles the personal needs of individual soldiers. During combat, the maintenance platoon's first priority is to reinforce the CRT's mission. As necessary, serves as quartering party NCOIC. FSC OPORDs are discounted in favor of the battalion's logistics synchronization matrix (if there is one). The 1SG's specific duties include the following: Plan and supervise the company defense effort before, during, and after the battle. It distributes prepackaged and/or prepared food. Minimized damage and repair costs through careful management and preventative maintenance. The FSC provides field maintenance and all classes of supply, less medical, to its supported BN/TF. The distribution platoon leader quickly jots down the commander's comments but doesn't notice that the. 6-55. Unless specifically stated otherwise, such references are not intended to imply any affiliation or association with LiveCareer. The department made BOLD tactics three weeks long and moved unit-specific platoon leader tasks to the lieutenants' first assigned unit. As a maneuver commander task organizes the force, all or part of a CRT goes with the company teams in order to maintain habitual support. Wingit. The FSCs accomplish their core functions through centralization of support. This physical location on the ground where the support operations tracked vehicle co-locates with the maneuver BN/TF tracked vehicle is called the combat trains command post (CTCP). The FSC maintenance platoon also coordinates backup and pass-back maintenance requirements through the FSC support operation officer to the FSB. The XO is the principle assistant to the company commander. members. Commanders should regularly conduct TLPs at the company level with the company orders group. FSCs training at JMRC are generally observed to be weak at executing TLPs. No later than 1530, the Platoon of the Week was to return to the Sustainment courses in the institutional domain focus more on staff work and number-crunching instead of training techniques at the company level and below. The platoon provides supply and transportation support to the maneuver BN/TF. Assists in planing, rehearsing, and supervising key logistical actions in support of the tactical mission. Inoperative equipment is fixed as far forward as possible. Every Soldier must know how to maintain his weapon and equipment according to the related technical manual. Sample planning timelines and key events that must happen within that time line should also be included. Normally, the supply sergeant will be positioned in the TFSA where he is supervised by the company 1SG. It "replaces forward" by using diagnostics/prognostics to diagnose major component failure and then replaces that component. The CRT and maintenance section work together on annual and semi-annual services to the FSC maintenance and service section of the FSC maintenance platoon to the maneuver company's equipment. Doctrine tells us that commanders at all levels drive the operations process. Responsible for maintenance and accountability 2.3Battalion S-1 Personnel and Administration Officer (S1) for a training battalion in the U.S. Army reserve. The maintenance platoon leader is responsible for controlling and directing the accomplishment of the platoon's mission. The CRT opens a DS job by completing a DA Form 2407 after the equipment is repaired. This message includes the vehicle location and the action requested. Within the platoon, there is a senior supply NCO who serves as the platoon sergeant and a senior food service sergeant. FSC commanders routinely fail to realize the importance of the Army's planning methodology for company and smaller units. The S&T platoon sergeant is the platoon's second in charge and is accountable to the platoon leader for the leadership, discipline, training, and welfare of the platoon's soldiers. It is capable of providing one "heat-and-serve" meal and one "cook-prepared" (A or B) meal per day. Armed with knowledge about the upcoming mission, NCOs are able to initiate movement and prepare Soldiers and equipment. The CRTs provide field maintenance and battle damage assessment and repair (BDAR) to the maneuver companies. The FSC support operations section sends a LTO to the MCS. Later that day, after waiting at the wrong logistics release point for over an hour, the LOGPAC is destroyed by an enemy special purpose forces team that recently entered the area of operations. They assemble their logistics packages (LOGPACS) and then move their vehicles forward to the company logistics release point (LRP). The forms follow a pathway from crew level to the brigade support area and back. "Any questions?" By failing to train their companies in basic troop leading procedures (TLPs), FSC commanders are stunting the growth of their subordinate leaders, introducing unnecessary stress and confusion, and risking mission failure for the entire maneuver task force. Coordinates for personnel with special MOSs to support slice units equipment, e.g., combat engineers, ADA, and FA. Gathered, logged and monitored all shipping data. Using this knowledge, the commander prepares his unit for combat operations using troop-leading procedures. Coordinating maintenance and service section and combat repair teams requirements for the use of the recovery section assets. The leader ensures medium machine guns, weapon systems, communications equipment, and night vision devices (as well as other equipment) are maintained. The CRTs perform repairs as far forward as possible returning the piece of equipment to the battle. The company first sergeant (1SG) or his representative meets the LOGPAC and guides it to the company resupply point. Advise the commander on contamination avoidance measures. The food service section could plan how it will support the next battalion training event with hot chow. The maintenance flow begins when the operator sends a CFS maintenance/recovery request using FBCB2. The platoon consists of a headquarters section, maintenance control section (MCS), recovery section, maintenance and service section, and the combat repair teams. Organizes and allocates resources to execute the field maintenance mission in support of wheeled vehicles, tracked vehicles, ground support equipment, armament systems, small arms, fire control, and power driven chemical equipment. Directs, and when required trains recovery vehicle operators on safe and correct recovery operations. The MCS tracks the CFS and LTO through the "orders/request" functions in FBCB2. The second week focuses on warrior tasks and battle drills such as the virtual convoy trainer, radio operations, troop leading procedures in operations planning, evaluation and evacuation of a casualty, and other tasks. She is a graduate of the OD Basic Course and the Logistics Captains Career Course. Requests and coordinates if required. Every minute an FSC commander spends making copies of his graphics for his subordinates, building a terrain model kit, or looking up the weather forecast to include in paragraph one is one less minute that he could spend planning the actual concept of operation and synchronizing actions between the brigade support battalion and the supported maneuver battalion. 7-71. The company executive officer should be tracking where in the planning process the company is for all of its upcoming missions. The platoon leader, platoon sergeant, and squad leaders must understand maintenance for every piece of equipment in the platoon. Maintenance includes inspecting, testing, servicing, repairing, requisitioning, recovering, and evacuating vehicles and equipment. An OD lieutenant, for example, may not always be a maintenance platoon leader or maintenance control officer; he or she might be a distribution platoon leader or part of a TC or QM company. Capt. The HQs section utilizes SARSS-1 to provide supply receipt and issue management. The FSB support operations section responds to the message by sending a LTO to the recovery section. To overcome the first assignment hurdle faced by new quartermaster (QM), ordnance (OD), and transportation (TC) lieutenants, the commanding general of the Combined Arms Support Command directed that each logistics BOLC teach the basics of all logistics branches. The maintenance control supervisor is responsible for management of the combined efforts of all maintenance sections and teams and the day-to-day operations of the maintenance control section to include: Maintaining all records essential to the operations of the maintenance section and teams. Monitors CRT operations and Class IX/major assembly resupply. BOLC classes prepare junior officers to adapt to any leadership positions they will hold. This section also provides limited reinforcing recovery support to CRTs. 6-40. 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