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Accountability Transfer
Procedures

As the ARFOR commander deems appropriate, the brigade and other support elements will receive and manage all APA material. To facilitate a rapid transition, equipment and supplies will be issued to the brigade and other support elements on tactical STAMIS hardware, which will be uploaded with the current baseline. Equipment and supplies will be accounted for and managed during conflict in accordance with AR 710-2. The APA battle books contain more details about handoff procedures.

CLASS I

The Defense Logistics Agency, USAMC, and the Information Software Systems Development Center, Fort Lee, VA, will determine procedures for transferring Class I supplies.

CLASS V

Each ship carrying ammunition will have updated data files in Standard Army Ammunition System (SAAS) format containing all necessary accountability data for those Class V stocks loaded on the ship. Additionally, the AST, which deploys to the theater prior to the arrival of the APA, or follow-on LASH ammunition ships will have a SAAS computer loaded with the specific Class V data of each ship carrying Class V.

Upon arrival, the ship SAAS disk will be provided to the AST to ensure exact data match. The AST will then establish and report asset visibility and begin in-theater Class V management from this data base. Ammunition stocks will be issued to the brigade CSG, and the corps materiel management center (CMMC) will manage it in accordance with the ARFOR logistics plan. If the CMMC is not established, the AST will provide Class V management for the theater. For Class V assets airlifted into theater, an element of the AST will have a team at the APOD to identify in-coming stocks and report accountability data to the primary AST element located at the SPOD.

CLASS VII AND OTHER ITEMS REQUIRING
PROPERTY BOOK ACCOUNTABILITY

These stocks will temporarily transfer from USAMC to the deploying unit via the SPBS-R. Temporary transfer will occur using STAMIS files in SPBS-R. The deploying unit commander and USAMC representative will revise the accountability transfer to reflect the property book items actually issued.

CLASS VIII

APA ships will carry the following types of Class VIII material: medical equipment sets (MES), medical material sets (MMS), RSL, and other individual items of medical equipment. Each ship loaded with medical material will have a data file in the battle book with complete inventory data for the material loaded on that ship. The data files will be in a format that is compatible with the Theater Army Medical Management Information System medical supply and medical assembly modules. The files will also provide the gaining unit visibility of component shortages and exclusionary items-items not packed due to special storage requirements-within each MES, MMS, and RSL.

The USAMMA MLST, which will deploy to the theater prior to the arrival of APA ships, will update the data file for each ship prior to transferring accountability to the gaining unit. The MLST will direct the flow of inbound exclusionary item packages from the APOD to the gaining unit. It will also provide the gaining unit with quality-control information, that is, shelf-life extensions, Food and Drug Administration recalls and suspensions, and so forth. The MLST will provide limited technical guidance for medical maintenance. Medical maintenance and logistics personnel from the supporting division or corps should deploy as members of the OPP with the necessary tools and test equipment to place all medical equipment into operation.

ALL OTHER CLASSES OF SUPPLIES SUPPORTING ASLS,
MAINTENANCE SHOP STOCKS, AND PLLS

USAMC will issue these stocks on the tactical STAMIS, using files for Unit-Level Logistics System, Standard Army Maintenance System, Standard Army Retail Supply System-1 Interim, Standard Army Retail Supply System-Objective, and Direct Support Unit Standard Supply System-Desktop III. The deploying unit commander and USAMC representative will revise the accountability transfer to reflect the equipment and supplies actually issued.

NOTE: The unit commander, at his option, may elect to take less than the total quantity of equipment and supplies loaded on or discharged from the ships. USAMC will retain accountability for all equipment and supplies not issued less Class VIII. USAMMA will retain accountability for all medical equipment and supplies not issued.

HANDOFF/UPLOAD PROCEDURES

The following figures depict the possible layout of the AMC-LSE portion of the marshalling area during handoff and upload of the APA equipment. Class V accountability transfer will be done at a different location. Class VIII will be transferred in a similar manner.