MARINE FORCES RESERVE

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MARINE FORCESRESERVE

• TACTICAL VEHICLE BATTERY
• MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT
• PLAN (BMMP)

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PURPOSE

• Review background information
• Look at MARFORRES organization and challenges
• The three-year GET WELL plan - Required
  FUNDING - Provide for ACCOUNTABILITY -
  Establish SOP - Develop
  TRAINING - Provide EDUCATION

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BACKGROUND

• Until recently there have been very few changes
  in automotive vehicle battery maintenance in the
  Marine Corps since 1985 (at least, maybe longer)
• No new tools (using outdated technology)
• Battery charger designed for flooded cell
  batteries
• No formal training for mechanics or operators
• No technical manual for battery shop operations-
  TM 9-6140-200 14 (USA, depot level, outdated)
• Very little guidance from Program Managers

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ON THE JOB TRAINING (OJT) ON THE FLY

• Welcome aboard Marine and congratulations.
  You are now the battery shop NCO. The battery
  shop is over there. No questions?Great, get
  to work.

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FORMAL STUDY

• A 1996 study identified issues related to the
  management of tactical vehicle batteries used
  throughout the Fleet Marine Force
• These issues significantly impact unit finances
  and readiness
• The study recommended units take certain steps to
  improve battery maintenance management
• The study was never released to the Fleet Marine
  Force

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THE PROBLEM IS REAL
WHY worry about batteries?
Operation Iraqi Freedom
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WHY HAVE WE NOT FAILED ?

• Because the War Fighter will always get what he
  needs to Fight and Win (URGENT UNS)

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MEAN WHILE, BACK IN GARRISION

• No Magic Bullet (URG UNS)
• You need batteries to operate
• Good management practices will save time, money
  and increase readiness
• Bad or no management practices will have
  anegative impact on time, money and readiness

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MARINE FORCES RESERVE

• A QUICK LOOK
• AT MARFORRES

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MARFORRES INTRODUCTION187 TRAINING SITES
205 BATTERY SHOPS
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MARFORRES MISSIONMOBILIZE MARINES INSUPPORT
OF ACTIVE FORCES

• During OIF-1 USMCR mobilized more of its strength
  proportionally than any other RC

Army Natl Guard 24 Army Reserve
33 Air Natl Guard 20 Air Force Reserve
21 Navy Reserve 13 Marine Reserve
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Currently 12,888 SMCR Marines mobilized
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MARFORRESCHALLENGES

• Shortage of personnel complicated by-
  Conflicting priorities on drill weekends- Toys
  for Tots (October mid January)- Funerals,
  parades, ceremonies
• Geographical separation of units increases
  difficulty of Command and Control

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COMPARISION OF ACTIVE COMPONENT TORESERVE
COMPONENT

• CAMP LEJUNE NC
• XX Infantry Battalion and all Companies located
  on the same base

• 3d Battalion 23rd Marines NOLA
• I Company Little Rock AZ
• K Company Memphis TN
• L Company Montgomery AL

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BACK TO BATTERIES
NO LONGER JUST 6T
HAWKER
OPTIMA
Fielded with Tactical Quiet Generators (TQG)
Began fielding in FY-03,6,139 currently fielded
in MFR (4,000 more on order)
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WHY DO WE NEED A TRAINING PROGRAM?
TWO HAWKER HASP BATTERIES (REAR) ONE DEKA 6TL
AND ONE EXIDE 6TMF (FRONT)
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WHAT IS THE BATTERY MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT
PLAN (BMMP)

• New approach to an old problem
• Combines the latest in battery technology, state
  of the art tools and products with current
  maintenance procedures and recovery programs
• Documents standard procedures

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MARINE FORCES RESERVE

• HOW DO WE
• GET THERE ?

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MARFORRES 3-YEAR PLAN OF ACTION

• Leverage funding under National Guard and Reserve
  Equipment Appropriation (NGREA) to provide the
  RIGHT TOOLS
• Provide guidance for accountability
• Develop Standard Operating Procedures
• Educate and Train Marines

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MARINE FORCES RESERVE

• WHERE ARE WE
• NOW ?

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MARFORRES 3-YEAR PLAN OF ACTION

• FY04
  gtgtgtFY05gtgtgtFY06gtgtgtFY07
• TOOLS gtgt COMPLETE
  
• ACCOUNTABILITY gtgtgtgtgtgtgtgtgtgtgt COMPLETE
  
  
• PUBLISH SOP gtgtgtgtgtgtgtgtgtgtgt COMPLETE
  
  
• EDUCATE/TRAIN gtgtgtgtgtgtgtgtgtgtgt THE BLACK HOLE
  gtgtgtgt
  
• CBT TRAINING gtgtgtgtgtgtgtgtgtgtgt IN FINAL PHASE
  
  
• FUTURE PROCUREMENT
  gtgtgtgtgt

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MARINE FORCES RESERVE

• WHAT DID
• WE BUY ?

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FUNDINGFY04 NGREA 875k
BATTERY ANALYZER 490PT QTY 404
PULSE CHARGER WORLD VERSION PLUS QTY 386 -
additional 34 on order
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FUNDINGFY04 NGREA 875k
PRO-HD CHARGER QTY 168 additional 56 on order
PRO-10 QTY 117
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MARINE FORCES RESERVE

• WHAT ABOUT
• ACCOUNTABILITY ?

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ACCOUNTABILITY

• Beware the Supply Officer
• Published two MFR fielding messages
• Began working with PM TMDE and PM EPS to update
  the Common NO. 1 tool box stock list
• Revised Common NO.1 SL-3 stock list published
  December 2004

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SL-3-10025ACOMMON NO.1 TOOL BOX

• ITEM B783 ANALYZER-CHARGER BATTERY 490PT
  PULSETECH PART
• NUMBER 741/490 NSN 6130-01-510-9594
• ITEM 786A BATTERY POWER SUPPLY TI-3000 GPU-24
  TELSA
• CORPORATION NSN 6130-01-475-5321
• ITEM 786G SHIPPING AND STORAGE CONTAINER TI-3000
  GPU-24
• TELSA CORPORATION NSN 8145-01-445-3667
• ITEM C795 CHARGER BATTERY PRO-HD PULSETECH PART
  NUMBER
• 746X800 NSN 6130-01-500-3402
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• ITEM A795 CHARGER BATTERY PULSE CHARGER/WORLD
  VERSION
• PLUS PULSETECH PART 746X725 NSN
  6130-01-477-4703

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MARINE FORCES RESERVE

• WHY DO WE
• NEED SOP'S ?

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STANDARD OPERATINGPROCEDURES

• No formal training
• Marines randomly selected as battery NCO
• No standardized procedures
• We have seen successful programs at I MEF and II
  MEF degrade to almost nothing due to personnel
  turn-over We do not want to repeat history

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STANDARD OPERATINGPROCEDURES
BATTERY TYPES INITIAL SUPPLY DIAGNOSTICS PREVENTIV
E MAINT CORRECTIVE MAINT BATTERY SHOP OPS SAFETY
MFR DRAFT TM-9-6140-TVB TACTICAL VEH BATTERY SOP
PUBLISHED TM-9-6140-TVB
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MARINE FORCES RESERVE

• HOW DO YOU
• CONQUER THE
• BLACK HOLE ?

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EDUCATION AND TRAINING

• Change the ITS (Individual Training Standards) at
  the school house- Long process- If we add 1
  hour of battery training what hour of other
  training are we reducing/dropping
• Multi-prong attack using a combination of OJT,
  SOPs and computer based training

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EDUCATION AND TRAINING

• PM EPS MCSC and PULSETECH Corporation developed
  on-site training syllabus
• Four MARFORRES sites trained
• Numerous AC units trained
• Training hit the target but turnover of personnel
  quickly mitigates success

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EDUCATION AND TRAINING

• PM EPS MCSC formalized training byincorporating
  the Vehicle Battery Training in their interactive
  courseware CD forBattery Maintenance and
  Sustainment Systems

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COMPUTER BASED TRAINING
BASED ON TM-9-6140-TVB
EXPECTED RELEASE JUNE 2005
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MARINE FORCES RESERVE

• DEMO

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POWER TIDBITSNEWSLETTER
Nine issues published Covers all commodities-
Engineers- Motor Transport- COMM-ELEC-
Ordnance
Provides information on APS products
MARFORRES C4 MICHAEL.BISSONNETTE_at_USMC.MIL
POWER TIDBITS VOLUME 1 ISSUEs 1-8
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MARINE FORCES RESERVE

• WHAT IS THE
• NEXT TARGET ?

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FUTURE INITATIVES

• PULSE CHARGE MAINTENANCE SYSTEM
• PLANNED FY-06
• ONE ON EVERY GENERATOR

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FUTURE INITATIVES

• TI-3000 GPU-24Ground Power Supply
• PLANNED FY-06
• QTY TBD

3,000 peak starting AMPS for SLAVE starting any
tactical vehicle
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FUTURE INITATIVES
PULSE CHARGE MONITOR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM ONE
PER MRC VEHICLE - PLANNED FY-06-07
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MARINE FORCES RESERVE

• WHAT ABOUT
• OTHER WEAPON SYSTEMS
• AND THEIR BATTERY
• CHALLENGES ?

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POWER MANAGEMENTFOR BATTERY OPERATEDWEAPON
SYSTEMS

• Many of the same problems facing Tactical Vehicle
  Battery maintenance management
• No standard procedures or single source document
• Minimal training atformal schools

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POWER MANAGEMENTFOR BATTERY OPERATEDWEAPON
SYSTEMS
Evaluated at 7TH Marines March 05 pending release
May 2005
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POWER MANAGEMENTFOR BATTERY OPERATEDWEAPON
SYSTEMS
PRIMARY BATTERIES SECONDARY BATTTERIES BATTERY
CHARGERS 12 VDC POWER ADAPTERS 24 VDC POWER
ADAPTERS POWER MANAGEMENT PLANNING ADVANCED POWER
SYSTEMS COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS
TM 2000-APS MARFORRES POWER MANAGEMENT PLANNING
GUIDE FOR BATTERY OPERATED WEAPON SYSTEMS DRAFT
APRIL 2005
PUBLISHED TM 2000-APS
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POINTS OF CONTACT

• LtCol Michael J. BissonnetteDeputy C4 Marine
  Forces Reserve New Orleans, LAmichael.bissonnet
  te_at_usmc.mil(504) 678-1415

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QUESTIONSOBJECTS IN MIRROR ARE CLOSER THAN
THEY APPEAR