| Unit Maintenance Operations are vital to the success | | | | less than that and you would fail to meet your |
| of any Army unit. No unit can fight and win on the | | | | required OR rate. |
| battlefield without maintaining a high level of | | | | Failure to maintain a high level of operational readiness |
| operational readiness. If the tanks, guns, artillery and | | | | is one of the fastest ways to get fired from your |
| rifles don't work, we cannot win the battle. | | | | job. Therefore, you need a basic understanding of |
| More importantly, all Army leaders have the | | | | unit maintenance and then you need to make it a |
| responsibility to maintain their assigned equipment. | | | | high priority in your unit. |
| This includes the "safekeeping" of the equipment and | | | | Some of the best things you can do to improve your |
| ensuring it is fully-mission-capable. In other words, | | | | OR Rate include: |
| could the unit deploy with their equipment right now? | | | | - Establishing Priorities |
| And, would it work? | | | | - Training Maintenance Personnel |
| In the Army, we use the term "operational readiness" | | | | - Develop and Implement a Maintenance SOP |
| to describe the posture of our equipment. In other | | | | - Place Command Focus on Motor Stables |
| words, your operational readiness rate corresponds | | | | - As a Leader, be Involved with Motor Stables |
| with the percentage of fully-mission-capable | | | | - Ensure Maintenance Personnel have required Tools |
| equipment. As of today, the Army standard is 90%. | | | | This is just a starting point. There are many other |
| For instance, if your unit has 20 tanks, your goal is to | | | | great ways to improve your unit's operational |
| have 18 fully-mission-capable at any time. Anything | | | | readiness. |