text: Ordnance Operations
  munitions and explosive cardinal rule of exposing the minimum number of people to the minimum amount
  of explosives for the minimum amount of time consistent with safe and efficient operations.
  C-12. The following explosives safety rules apply to all munitions storage and handling operations:
  • Understand explosives safety responsibilities.
  • Know explosives safety points of contact and how to contact them.
  • Train personnel to properly perform their munitions missions; have policies/procedures/SOPs in
  place that cover munitions missions.
  • Ensure munitions locations are properly sited and have current licenses; prepare certificates of risk
  acceptance to authorize any explosives storage safety deviations.
  • Know where to find geospatial data and information depicting munitions locations with associated
  quantity distance arcs and exclusion and clear zones.
  • Know the outcome of the most recent internal and higher headquarters explosives safety assessment.
  Institute corrective measures as required.
  • Be aware of any new construction or modification plans that impact explosive safety clear zones.
  • Know local policies and procedures for munitions amnesty programs (location of collection points,
  responsibilities for collection, and frequency of collection).
  • Know proper response procedures in the event of a munitions mishap (notification, evacuation
  procedures, personnel accountability, unexploded explosive ordnance, EOD support, accident
  reporting, and malfunction reporting).
  • Learn what munitions risks exist that could adversely affect mission capability and mitigate those
  risks.
  C-13. Munitions doctrine is found in ATP 4-35. Munitions safety doctrine is found in ATP 4-35.1.
  MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS
  C-14. Maintenance generates and regenerates combat power and helps preserve the capital investment in
  weapons systems and equipment. Maintenance is the logistics function that directly provides equipment
  serviceability and operational readiness to commanders for mission accomplishment. Maintenance occurs at
  every level of operations and is performed by operators, assigned maintenance technicians, or by maintenance
  units. Units that lack organic maintenance personnel are assisted by maintenance units specifically designated
  by order to provide support.
  TWO-LEVEL MAINTENANCE
  C-15. Army maintenance is a two-level system consisting of field and sustainment maintenance. Field
  maintenance is performed by technicians assigned to operational units. Technicians at this level are focused
  on rapidly returning unserviceable equipment to a serviceable state as quickly and as close to the point of
  failure as possible. Sustainment maintenance is performed by strategic organizations (primarily from
  USAMC) and is focused on rebuilding and resetting severely damaged equipment to a national military
  standard and returning it to the supply system. For test, measurement, and diagnostic equipment
  serviceability, the United States Army Test, Measurement, and Diagnostic Equipment Activity performs field
  and sustainment-level calibration and repair support.
  C-16. Effective maintenance management includes anticipating maintenance requirements, tracking and
  analyzing maintenance reports, properly identifying and diagnosing maintenance faults, applying the
  appropriate maintenance capability, and managing Class IX. As in the munitions function, proper allocation
  of maintenance units is essential to ensure that adequate support is provided to the force. Army maintenance
  organizations also support joint and multinational partners during operations as required. Maintenance
  doctrine is found in ATP 4-33 and ATP 4-31.