Pentagon wastes billions with devastating repair rules. As bad as this lead-in sounds, a thorough reading will reveal that, for the most part, they’re talkin’ about AVIATION assets. Not to say that what’s bein’ discussed isn’t a huge problem, but from my 22 years of experience workin’ in and runnin’ motor pools and repair shops that were part of an Army Engineer Regiment, I never encountered the problem. Army repairs (at least they USED to be) were categorized by levels, and sometimes that required evacuating the piece of equipment or vehicle to a repair facility authorized to make more in-depth or complicated repairs than the end-user was capable of. These levels were usually dictated by the amount and type of tooling and diagnostic equipment the Army authorized for shops at different levels of repair. For example, the mechanics workin’ on a truck in a motor pool could change oil and adjust the clutch, but they weren’t authorized to rebuild the transmission, because they didn’t have access to the special tools and/or training required.
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