UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED 14 JMC Ammo Assessment Observations ATHP doctrine working very well within theater  Less ammo stored in unit areas  Less a
{"Image DocumentName": "JMC Ammo Assessment Observations", "Image ImageDescription": "ATHP doctrine working very well within theater. Less ammo stored in unit areas. Less ammo issued to unit \u2013 being retained at ATHP tons of ammunition forward of ASPs/ATHPs -- primarily small ammunition items (small arms ammo, 40mm ammunition, flares and grenades) ~ 35% of ammunition still packaged. ~ 65% requires packaging. Assessed ammunition encompasses 12,000+ ammo lot segments that require significant sorting and repacking. Vast majority of stock visually in serviceable condition. Minimal unserviceable ammunition on hand. EOD handling demilitarization workload. Units not unnecessarily unpacking ammunition. ATHPs very well constructed using HESCO Barriers. Speaker Notes. First Bullet -- ATHP doctrine is working very well within the theater -- Theater Sustainment Command has overall responsibility to ensure stocks of positioned to support the warfighter. This mission is executed through the TSA, CSA, ASP\u2019s and ATHP\u2019s. Ammunition Transfer and Handling Point doctrine established a holding point forward of the Ammunition Supply Points. This holding area (looks and acts like a mini ASP) is operated by the Brigade Support Battalion, usually with an Ammunition Warrant OIC and a staff of MOS 89B NCO\u2019s and soldiers to perform the receipt, storage, inventory, issue and shipping functions. Use of the ATHP resulted in two big benefits (Assessment Team perspective) -- reduced the amount of ammunition issued to using units to be controlled by personnel untrained in ammunition operations and secondly, provides a controlled area for the storage of unit held stocks not immediately needed to support operations in 20\u2019 ISO containers within the ATHP, greatly enhancing explosives safety. Second Bullet \u2013 As noted above, the quantity of ammunition forward of the ATHPs is less than expected. However, the ammunition types of ammunition involved (primarily small arms ammunition, grenades, flares and 40mm ammunition) require extensive packaging. Based on assessment team observations, an estimated 35% of noted ammunition is properly packaged and 65% requires repackaging. Third Bullet \u2013 Following up on the previous thought, the assessed ammunition encompassed nearly 400 ammunition DODICs and in excess of 12,000 ammunition lots segments. This means there is significant sorting and packaging to do at the time of unit turn-in. Fourth Bullet \u2013 The good news --- vast majority of assessed ammunition was in visually good condition. The ammunition is certainly showing the effects of being unpacked and in the hands of units for long periods of time but in general, the ammunition is still visually serviceable and will be able to be reset to meet future requirements. Fifth Bullet -- The Assessment Team encountered very limited quantities of unserviceable, uneconomically repairable (CC-H) ammunition at the ATHP\u2019s or in the hands of using units. The team was told repeatedly that EOD units were providing regularly disposing of CC-H stocks in a timely manner. Sixth Bullet \u2013 The physical condition of the ATHPs is much better than anticipated by the Assessment Team. Several locations have been reconstructed in the past year and the use of HESCO barricades is common throughout Iraq. The design has been standardized and HESCO barricades are being properly employed to construct individual storage cells with room for six each 20\u2019 ISO containers and with an explosives limit of 8,800 lbs. of Hazard Class/Division 1.1 munitions per cell. A big success story.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}