ATP 4-42 Materiel Management, Supply and Field Services ...

1 ATP 4-42. Materiel management , Supply , and Field Services operations NOVEMBER 2020. DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. *This publication supersedes ATP 4-42 dated 14 July 2014. Headquarters, Department of the Army This publication is available at the Army Publishing Directorate site ( ), and the Central Army Registry site ( ). ATP 4-42. Army Techniques Publication Headquarters No. ATP 4-42 Department of the Army Washington, , 02 November 2020. Materiel management , Supply , and Field Services operations Contents Page v INTRODUCTION .. vii PART ONE Supply . Chapter 1 Supply OVERVIEW .. 1-1. Introduction to Supply Support .. 1-1. Financial Accountability .. 1-11. Distribution management Process .. 1-13. Materiel Manager Responsibilities.

2 1-22. Chapter 2 LOGISTICS INFORMATION SYSTEMS .. 2-1. Enterprise Resource Planning .. 2-1. Single Army Logistics Enterprise .. 2-3. Ammunition Logistics Information 2-6. Defense Logistics Agency Information Systems .. 2-8. Chapter 3 ARMY operations .. 3-1. Large-Scale Combat operations .. 3-1. Operational Framework .. 3-1. Joint Operational Areas .. 3-3. Supply and Field Services Support Strategic roles .. 3-4. Supply Support and the Levels of 3-8. Sustainment Organizations .. 3-12. Sustainment Headquarters .. 3-18. Functional Quartermaster Organizations .. 3-35. Brigade and Below .. 3-38. Army Health System Support .. 3-43. Key Personnel Roles and Responsibilities .. 3-47. Chapter 4 PLANNING AND COORDINATION .. 4-1. operations Process Integration .. 4-1.

3 Planning 4-4. Planning Tools .. 4-8. Coordination .. 4-10. Communication .. 4-11. DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. *This publication supersedes ATP 4-42 dated 14 July 2014. ATP 4-42 i Contents Chapter 5 EXECUTION OF Supply SUPPORT .. 5-1. Supply Support .. 5-1. Requirements Determination .. 5-4. Requirements Validation and Funds management .. 5-14. Storage .. 5-16. Rerograde of Materiel .. 5-26. Disposal .. 5-27. PART TWO Field Services OVERVIEW. Chapter 6 Field 6-1. Planning For Field Services .. 6-1. Executing Field Services .. 6-5. Chapter 7 PREVENTIVE MEDICINE .. 7-1. Protection Warfighting Function .. 7-1. Disease And Nonbattle Injury Prevention .. 7-2. PART THREE SHOWER AND LAUNDRY operations . Chapter 8 SHOWER AND LAUNDRY OVERVIEW.

4 8-1. Support Requirements .. 8-1. Organizational Relationships .. 8-4. Personnel Roles .. 8-6. Shower and Laundry 8-9. Chapter 9 ESTABLISHMENT OF A SHOWER AND LAUNDRY SITE .. 9-1. Deploy to an Undeveloped Area .. 9-1. Deploy to a Developed Area .. 9-4. Redeployment .. 9-5. Chapter 10 SHOWER AND LAUNDRY PROCEDURES .. 10-1. Shower and Laundry Reporting .. 10-1. Standard Operating Procedures .. 10-2. Supply .. 10-2. Shower operations .. 10-3. Laundry 10-5. Safety Program .. 10-11. Appendix A DISTRIBUTION management .. A-1. The Distribution management Process .. A-1. operations Process Integration .. A-8. Materiel Manager Responsibilities .. A-11. GLOSSARY .. Glossary-1. References-1. INDEX .. Index-1. Figures Figure 1-1. Resupply operations .. 1-2. Figure 1-2.

5 Distribution management process .. 1-16. Figure 1-3. Distribution management process flowchart .. 1-21. Figure 2-1. Army logistics enterprise .. 2-2. Figure 2-2. Two plant structure .. 2-5. ii ATP 4-42 02 November 2020. Contents Figure 3-1. Notional theater distribution .. 3-9. Figure 3-2. Supply support and the levels of 3-10. Figure 3-3. Theater sustainment command .. 3-19. Figure 3-4. Distribution management center organization .. 3-20. Figure 3-5. Sustainment brigade .. 3-23. Figure 3-6. Sustainment brigade support operations .. 3-24. Figure 3-7. Division sustainment brigade (armored division) .. 3-26. Figure Combat sustainment support battalion headquarters .. 3-27. Figure 3-9. Classification and inspection company .. 3-29. Figure 3-10. Classification and inspection company role in Materiel management .

6 3-30. Figure 3-11. Composite Supply company .. 3-32. Figure 3-12. Modular ammunition company .. 3-35. Figure 3-13. Force Provider Company .. 3-37. Figure 3-14. Brigade support battalion support operations office .. 3-39. Figure 3-15. BSB in support of an ABCT .. 3-40. Figure 3-16. Distribution company .. 3-41. Figure 3-17. Forward support company .. 3-42. Figure 3-18. Forward support company supporting an armored battalion .. 3-43. Figure 3-19. Field feeding operations .. 3-50. Figure 3-20. Class V Materiel management .. 3-50. Figure 3-21. Multi-class distribution and Materiel management .. 3-57. Figure 4-1. Collaboration between the S-3 or G-3 and support operations .. 4-3. Figure 4-2. Logistics synchronization meeting .. 4-10. Figure 4-3. Defense Logistics Agency customer service (notional).

7 4-14. Figure 5-1. Distribution management framework .. 5-2. Figure 5-2. Distribution management framework .. 5-3. Figure 5-3. Bulk water request process .. 5-6. Figure 5-4. Bulk fuel request process .. 5-7. Figure 5-5. LOGSTAT reporting .. 5-13. Figure 5-6. Requirements validation and funds management process .. 5-16. Figure 5-7. Supply point Field site .. 5-25. Figure 5-8. Class VII evacuation and replacement .. 5-28. Figure 6-1. Elements of combat power .. 6-2. Figure 6-2. Mortuary affairs operations .. 6-4. Figure 6-3. Field feeding company .. 6-12. Figure 6-4. Mortuary affairs company .. 6-15. Figure 6-5. Water support company .. 6-17. Figure 8-1. Organizational relationships .. 8-5. Figure 9-1. Shower and laundry point .. 9-3. Figure 9-2. Load plan.

8 9-6. Figure A-1. Distribution management process ..A-3. 02 November 2020 ATP 4-42 iii Contents Figure A-2. Distribution management process flowchart .. A-8. Figure A-3. Collaboration between the S-3 or G-3 and support operations .. A-10. Tables Table A-1. Class I .. A-14. Table A-2. Class II .. A-27. Table A-3. Class III .. A-37. Table A-4. Class IV .. A-46. Table A-5. Class V .. A-52. Table A-6. Class VII .. A-57. Table A-7. Class VIII .. A-62. Table A-8. Class IX .. A-74. iv ATP 4-42 02 November 2020. Preface ATP 4-42 provides Supply personnel, logisticians, and leaders information on Materiel management , distribution management , Supply support, and Field Services support. It focuses on how staffs, Supply units, and Field Services units support large-scale combat operations , incorporating themes from FM 3-0 and FM 4-0.

9 It also addresses the Army Health System's medical logistics function specifically focusing on class VIII Materiel management . This Supply and Services functions manual provides information on what Soldiers at the tactical, operational, and strategic levels need to know to make Supply and Field Services support decisions. This manual describes the Supply support process from an enterprise perspective, but it does not dwell on a single commodity or automated system. Of the Field service functions it addresses only shower and laundry operations in detail as aerial delivery, Field feeding, mortuary affairs, and water purification are covered in depth in separate Army techniques publications (ATPs). This publication addresses force health protection as it relates to preventive medicine and veterinary Services support to class I Materiel management , Field hygiene, and sanitation as it relates to provision of Field Services .

10 It also addresses the Army Health System's medical logistics function, to include a brief introduction to the medical units, with a focus on the class VIII Supply support mission. Trainers and educators throughout the Army will also use this publication. The principal audience for ATP 4-42. is all members of the profession of arms. Commanders and staffs of Army headquarters serving as joint task force or multinational headquarters should also refer to applicable joint or multinational doctrine concerning the range of military operations of these forces. Commanders, staffs, and subordinates ensure that their decisions and actions comply with applicable United States, international, and host-nation laws and regulations. Commanders at all echelons ensure that their Soldiers operate in accordance with the law of war and the rules of engagement.