ATP 4-41 - Army Field Feeding and Class I Operations

1 ATP 4-41 Army Field Feeding and Class I Operations DECEMBER 2015 DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. SUPERSESSION STATEMENT. This publication supersedes ATTP 4-41 dated 14 October 2010. Headquarters Department of the Army This publication is available at Army Knowledge Online ( ). To receive publishing updates, please subscribe at *ATP 4-41 (ATTP 4-41)Distribution Restriction: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. *This publication supersedes ATTP 4-41 dated 14 October Army Techniques Publication No. 4-41 Headquarters Department of the Army Washington, DC, 31 December 2015 Army Field Feeding and Class I Operations Contents Page vi INTRODUCTION .. vii PART ONE ARMY Field Feeding Chapter 1 ARMY Field Feeding SYSTEM OVERVIEW.

2 1-1 Army Family of Rations .. 1-1 Capabilities .. 1-2 Modular Force Feeding .. 1-2 Modular Force Class I Supply .. 1-2 Planning .. 1-3 Environmental Training and Integration .. 1-4 Army Field Feeding System In Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear Environments .. 1-4 Chapter 2 SUBSISTENCE SUSTAINMENT AND RESPONSIBILITIES .. 2-1 Modular Force .. 2-1 Theater Sustainment Command .. 2-1 Expeditionary Sustainment Command .. 2-2 Sustainment Brigades .. 2-2 Composite Supply Company or Quartermaster Supply Company .. 2-2 support Organizations .. 2-3 support Personnel .. 2-4 Chapter 3 Class I SUPPLY PLANNING .. 3-1 Coordination .. 3-1 Sequence for Training Exercises .. 3-1 Sequence for Operational Deployments .. 3-2 Ration Mix and Ration Cycle.

3 3-2 Theater Feeding Plan Time Line .. 3-3 Other Class I Planning Factors .. 3-8 Distribution Methods .. 3- 11 Contents ii ATP 4-41 31 December 2015 Distribution Planning Factors .. 3- 12 Ration 3- 15 Theater Food Service Management Board .. 3- 15 PART TWO RATIONS AND EQUIPMENT Chapter 4 RATIONS AND MENUS .. 4-1 Rations .. 4-1 Individual Field Feeding .. 4-1 Group Field Feeding .. 4-4 Special Field 4-6 Meal Supplement and Meal Enhancements .. 4-8 Contingency Operations Menus .. 4- 11 Health and Comfort Packs .. 4- 12 Shelf Life Planning Data .. 4- 13 Class I Ration Planning Data .. 4- 14 Chapter 5 Field KITCHEN AND EQUIPMENT .. 5-1 Mobile Kitchen Trailer (MKT) .. 5-1 Containerized Kitchen .. 5-3 Kitchen, Company Level Field Feeding .

4 5-4 Assault Kitchen .. 5-7 Food Sanitation Center (FSC) .. 5-8 Modern Burner Unit .. 5- 10 M59 Field Range and Accessory Outfit .. 5- 10 Insulated Food Container (IFC) .. 5- 11 Ice Storage 5- 13 Multi Temperature Refrigerated Container System .. 5- 13 Lanterns .. 5- 14 PART THREE Operations Chapter 6 Field KITCHEN Operations .. 6-1 Waste Management .. 6-1 Predeployment .. 6-1 Field Kitchen Site Selection and Layout .. 6-3 Field Feeding Methods .. 6-5 Field Kitchens Operating Under A Push System .. 6-6 Field Kitchens Operating Under A Pull System .. 6-7 Strength Reporting .. 6-7 Estimating and Ordering Rations .. 6-8 Ration Receipt, Storage and Issue .. 6- 11 Residual Ration Procedures .. 6- 15 Personal Hygiene .. 6- 17 Field Kitchen Safety.

5 6- 18 Serving Line Setup .. 6- 20 Field Kitchen Washing and 6- 20 Cold-Weather Field Feeding .. 6- 23 Redeployment .. 6- 24 Field Kitchen Records Maintenance and Review .. 6- 25 Contents 31 December 2015 ATP 4-41 iii Chapter 7 Class I Operations .. 7-1 Deployment .. 7-1 Class I Site Selection and Layout .. 7-1 Schedule Of Issues and Class I Point Operational Procedures .. 7-4 Class I Tracking .. 7-6 Class I Operations Under a Push System .. 7-6 Class I Operations Under a Pull System .. 7-9 Ration Break Methods .. 7- 11 Inspections .. 7- 13 Subsistence Handling Principles .. 7- 15 Perishable Storage .. 7- 15 Semiperishable Storage .. 7- 16 Pest Control .. 7- 18 Sanitation at Class I 7- 19 Class I Point Safety .. 7- 19 Redeployment.

6 7- 20 Chapter 8 CONTINGENCY Operations .. 8-1 Types of Operations .. 8-1 Feeding Standard .. 8-1 Coordination and Responsibilities .. 8-2 Subsistence Supply .. 8-3 Transition Sequence .. 8-4 Contracting Considerations .. 8-5 Account Management .. 8-8 Account Management Procedures .. 8-8 Subsistence Prime Vendor (SPV)/Contractor Distribution Considerations .. 8- 12 Host Nation (HN) support Dining Facility Operations .. 8- 12 Force Provider Food Service Operations .. 8- 13 Appendix A TRAINING .. A-1 Appendix B DEVELOPMENT OF AN AIRDROP OPERATIONAL SOP .. B-1 Appendix C WATER TREATMENT AND WASTE MANAGEMENT .. C-1 GLOSSARY .. Glossary-1 REFERENCES .. References-1 INDEX .. Index-1 Figures Figure 3-1. Requisitions and ration flow during training exercises.

7 3- 12 Figure 3-2. Requisitions and ration flow in a theater .. 3- 12 Figure 5-1. Heavy duty coated neoprene 5-5 Figure 6-1. Recommended Field kitchen site layout .. 6-5 Figure 6-2. Completed unit DA Form 5913 to a supporting Field kitchen .. 6-9 Figure 6-3. Sample DA Form 3294 Field kitchen to Class I point .. 6- 11 Contents iv ATP 4-41 31 December 2015 Figure 6-4. Sample DA Form 3294 unit request and Class I point issue on the same form .. 6- 12 Figure 6-5. Sample DA Form 5914 .. 6- 14 Figure DA Form 3034 .. 6- 15 Figure 6-7. Sample DA Form 3294 used as a turn-in to a garrison dining facility .. 6- 16 Figure 6-8. Sample DA Form 3294 used as a turn-in to a Class I point .. 6- 17 Figure 6-9. Food Sanitation Center wash lines using hot water and chemical disinfecting.

8 6- 21 Figure 7-1. Suggested layout for a subsistence supply activity (SSA) Class I sustainment point .. 7-2 Figure 7-2. Suggested layout for a forward SSA Class I point .. 7-2 Figure 7-3. Sample DA Form 3294 Field kitchen request to Class I point .. 7- 10 Figure 7-4. Sample DA Form 3294 Class I point consolidated ration request for resupply .. 7- 11 Figure 7-5. Sample DA Form 3294 unit request and Class I point issue on the same form .. 7- 12 Figure 7-6. Unit pile method of ration distribution .. 7- 12 Figure 7-7. Item pile method of ration distribution .. 7- 13 Figure 7-8. Temperature log .. 7- 16 Figure C-1. A grease trap and soakage pit .. C-4 Figure C-2. A soakage trench and grease trap .. C-4 Figure C-3. Inclined and cross-trench incinerators.

9 C-5 Tables Table 3-1. Theater Feeding plan time line (condition based) .. 3-4 Table 4-1. Approved milk .. 4-8 Table 4-2. Authorized enhancements .. 4-9 Table 4-3. Package contents of the medical diet Field Feeding supplement .. 4- 11 Table 4-4. Health and comfort pack (HCP) component items .. 4- 12 Table 4-5. Shelf life planning factors .. 4-13 Table 4-6. Ration pallet planning factors .. 4- 14 Table 4-7. Ground vehicle ration pallet positions .. 4- 15 Table 4-8. Pallet planning factors for 463L pallets and international standards organization containers .. 4- 15 Table 5-1. Mobile Kitchen Trailer height, length, and width .. 5-3 Table 5-2. Mobile Kitchen Trailer weight dry and wet .. 5-3 Table 5-3. Containerized kitchen data without trailer.

10 5-4 Table 5-4. Kitchen, Company Level Field Feeding /KCLFF-Enhancement operating procedures .. 5-6 Table 5-5. Major differences between Food Sanitation Center-90 and Food Sanitation Center-2 .. 5-8 Table 5-6. Insulated food container national stock numbers .. 5- 12 Contents 31 December 2015 ATP 4-41 v Table 6-1. Characteristics of a good Field kitchen site .. 6-4 Table 6-2. Example of a Class I spreadsheet .. 6-9 Table 7-1. Example of a Class I point schedule of issues while operating under the pull system .. 7-4 Table 7-2. General rules for Class I safety program .. 7- 19 Table A-1. Sample MOS training plan ..A-5 Table A-2. Sample outline for training personnel ..A-6 vi ATP 4-41 31 December 2015 Preface ATP 4-41 provides Field food service doctrine through methods, techniques, and procedures for providing subsistence to Soldiers during the full spectrum of military Operations .