Ammo Rqmnts Process Training Handout

147 Pages·2016·17.28 MB·English

Ammunition Requirements Process
and the
Total Ammunition Management
Information System (TAMIS)

Handouts

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AR 5-13 Outlines the Ammunition Requirements Process

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Paragraph 2-1 (Requirements Process Overview)

All [munitions] requirements will be submitted to DCS, G–3/5/7 (DA G–37/TRA)
in accordance with the requirements and SO timeline in appendix B.

TAMIS collects DCS, G–3/5/7 (DA G–3/5/7) approved TOE and/or TDA weapons
density data for all UICs. ACOMs must validate the accuracy of their TOE and/or TDA
weapons densities in TAMIS and coordinate resolution of discrepancies with DCS, G–
3/5/7 (DA G–37/TRA) annually
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Paragraph 2-1 (Operational Load)

Operational loads are a commander’s daily operating requirements. They include munitions that Army
units require to support or conduct a broad range of day-to-day operational missions (for example,
installation Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), Special Reaction Team (SRT) operations,
ceremonies, quarry operations, guard force missions, force protection, Special Forces’ pre-deployment
site surveys, and so on).

Munitions which are not consumed and may be reused multiple times also are included
in OPLOAD requirements. These consist of dummy, drill, and inert (DDI) items; and cartridge
actuated devices (CAD) or propellant actuated devices (PAD) used on aircraft

OPLOAD requirements will be developed in accordance with Appendix D of DA Pam 350–38

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Paragraph 2-4b (Home station training)

DA Pam 350–38 provides commanders with the DCS, G–3/5/7-approved individual, crew, and
collective weapons training strategies and identifies the munitions and TADSS resources
required to execute the strategies. It provides the basis for determining unit training ammunition
requirements. All weapons training strategies in DA Pam 350–38 are published and maintained in
TAMIS

DA Pam 350–38 is updated annually and officially published on 1 October in the FY of execution.

All units will use TAMIS to calculate their munitions requirements for home station and Combat
Training Center (CTC) weapons training. TAMIS extracts personnel and weapons densities
information from the Army organization server (AOS), the DCS, G–3/5/7 (DA G–3/5/7) FM system of
record for management of TOEs and/or TDAs

Unit authorization documents change continuously. Occasionally units will have TOE and/or TDA-
authorized weapons and personnel on-hand that are not reflected in TAMIS (or vice versa). The
munitions requirements for these on-hand, properly authorized weapons and personnel are valid
requirements but must be manually entered into the TAMIS Requirements Module until the TOE
and/or TDA data is updated in AOS and imported into TAMIS. To enable validation of these
requirements, units will provide DCS, G–3/5/7 (DA G–37/TRA) a copy of the letter of acceptance
(LOA) or the TOE and/or TDA that shows that the weapons or personnel are authorized to the unit.

Units may have requirements that are “above-STRAC.” These include requirements for non-enduring
(fewer than 3 years) training events that are not in DA Pam 350–38. Units must manually enter these
requirements in the TAMIS requirements module and provide justification to support their approval.
Justification must include:

(a) Name of the event.

(b) A description of the event.

(c) Frequency of the event.

(d) Number of weapons in the event.

(e) Number of rounds per weapon to support the event.

(f) Why resourcing in DA Pam 358–38 is insufficient to support the requested training.

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Paragraph 2-4f (Non-Standard Ammunition)

Federal and DOD procurement and acquisition regulations and directives require the Army to
procure ammunition and explosives from the procurement ammunition, Army (PAA)
appropriation. The PAA appropriation is the proper and only fund source for the purchase of any
ammunition, regardless of purpose or cost, excluding missiles. This includes the purchase of non-
standard, non-centrally managed ammunition. The procurement of munitions with funds other than
PAA, except as noted in paragraph 2–1, also violates the Purpose Statute, 31 USC 1301a, which
prohibits the use of appropriations for other than their intended purpose.

To ensure the safety of U.S. military, civilian, contractor personnel, and the general public, the Army
centrally procures ammunition and explosives by implementing safety and procedural safeguards to
assure that ammunition and explosives meet strict operational, safety, and quality criteria. Local
procurement of non-standard ammunition and explosives circumvents controls, potentially exposing
U.S. military, civilian, contractor personnel, and members of the public to injury or death.

Paragraph 2-1t (Combat Loads)
A combat load is the standard quantity and type of munitions an individual weapon, crew-served
weapon, or a weapons platform and its TOE-designated munitions carriers are designed to hold.

Combat loads support the initiation of contingency and combat operations.

Only deploying units and units assigned to an active theater are authorized to draw combat load
ammunition

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Para G–25. Weapons Qualification Training
- The engagement skills training (EST) 2000 will not be used as a substitution for live fire
qualification.
- Individuals in duty positions not assigned individual weapons will participate in simulated
marksmanship training (Laser marksmanship Training System and/or EST 2000), when
available.
- Because ammunition is limited, the firing of weapons for familiarization by personnel not
designated or assigned the weapon is not authorized

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Para 2-43
- Commanders will ensure their unit does not draw or expend ammunition above the amount
authorized in TAMIS, per AR 5-13
- Units will not utilize or consume OPLOAD ammunition for training
Para 2-44
- Any unit that fires OPLOAD in training will be investigated IAW AR 735-5

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- Chapter 8: Training strategies for DA Guards and Police
- Chapter 9: Training strategies for maneuver support and sustainment military personnel
- Appendix D: Operational Load strategies
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TAMIS is the ONLY source for the HQDA G-3/5/7 approved (official) STRAC manual

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