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2 An Overview of the U.S. Army Demilitarization Program, the Demilitarization Stockpile, and Factors Bearing on the Program
2 An Overview of the U.S. Army Demilitarization Program, the Demilitarization Stockpile, and Factors Bearing on the Program
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JMC and AMCOM coordinate to determine the combination of conventional munitions and 1 J McFassel, product director for demilitarization, PEO AMMO, "De- rockets and missiles that are to be demilitarized in a given militarization Overview for National Academy of Sciences," presentation year.
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Some munitions are designed to hold and dispense submunitions that have their own fuzing and explo- 6 J McFassel, product director for demilitarization, PEO AMMO, "Mu sives.
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to the committee by J McFassel, product director for demilitarization, PEO AMMO, via e-mail on May 25, 2018.
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SOURCE: J McFassel, product director for demilitarization, PEO AMMO, "Demilitarization Overview for National Academy of Sciences," presentation to the committee, August 22, 2017.
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McFassel, product director for demilitarization, PEO AMMO, via e-mail on November 13, 2017. TONS 600,000 Munitions Rockets and Missiles 500,000 400,000 300,000 200,000 100,000 0 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 FISCAL YEAR FIGURE 2.6 End-of-fiscal-year munitions and missile stockpiles, FY2008-FY2017.
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McFassel, product director for demilitarization, PEO AMMO, via e-mail on April 9, 2018. Six of the seven stockpile storage sites are government DEMILITARIZATION PROGRAM FUNDING owned and government operated (GOGO)
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Audit Agency report by the Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics (G-4) stated that the conventional munitions DEMILITARIZATION PROGRAM OPERATIONS demilitarization program is considered a lower priority by the Army when compared to other needs, such as readiness Before munitions enter the demilitarization stockpile (the and operations (GAO, 2015)
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SOURCE: Demil Execution Plan Snapshot, document provided by J McFassel, product director for demilitarization, PEO AMMO, via e-mail on April 9, 2018.
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ARMY DEMILITARIZATION PROGRAM 21 INPUTS OUTPUT CONSTRAINT DEMILITARIZATION MANDATES CHANGES PROGRAM APPROVED MANAGERS/PM DEMIL REVIEW E-ILS OUTPUT PM PRIORITIES AWCF OPTIMIZED AVAILABLE $ DEMILITARIZATION WORKLOAD OPTIMIZER OPTIMIZER/ASSET OUTPUT CALCULATOR CAPACITY DATA COST DATA PCH COSTS UNOBLIGATED STOCKPILE TRANSPORTATION COSTS DEMILITARIZATION PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT LMP B5A ASSETS SERVICE FORECASTS SYSTEM (DPMS) ORGANIC AND COMMERCIAL PROJECTS FIGURE 2.11 Schematic diagram of the database Demilitarization Optimizer tool.
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McFassel, product director demilitarization program plan and the evaluation of RDT&E for demilitarization, PEO AMMO, the committee, and Jim Myska, study director. The number of rocket and missile motors destroyed each year will O
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McFassel, product director for demilitarization, PEO AMMO, "Demil RDTE FY17 Project Selection Process," presentation given September 28, 2017. ARMY CONVENTIONAL DEMILITARIZATION reports to the JMC chief of staff, and the relationship to PD PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAM Demil and the Demilitarization Enterprise is informal.
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This approach has implications for public accep 2. A program level as outlined by DoD Instruction tance of potential alternative demilitarization technologies, 6055.16, "Explosives Safety Management Program" as discussed further in Chapter 9.
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The Army demilitarization program appears energetics, accidental injuries associated with disassembly, to have instituted an effective safety management program. handling, and download of submunitions, and accidental detonation during explosives removal are examples.
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sites by the total amount of demilitarization executed in a year." It will be based on reports from the depots and industry contractors, to be monitored by JMC 28 J McFassel, product director for demilitarization, PEO AMMO, "De- and PD Demil.
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According to one estimate, OB/OD operations cost $750/ ton,35 while contained disposal operations cost from $2,000/ 29 Strategic Plan: For the Demilitarization Enterprise, draft document 33 J McFassel, product director for demilitarization, PEO AMMO, and O
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. Recovery, Recycling, and Reuse According to information provided by PD Demil, 74 Capabilities of the Demilitarization Industrial Base percent of the stockpile munitions demilitarized in FY2015 included a component that was R3.37 The FY2007 National PD Demil indicates that some 40 to 50 percent of the Defense Authorization Act enabled monies derived from Army's conventional munitions demilitarization budget is recycling of metals derived from demilitarized munitions to spent at contractor facilities and for contractor activities at be returned to the demilitarization program to help defray Army facilities.
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The Office of the Product Director gram. All of these waste-contaminated materials are tracked for Demilitarization should investigate the use of alternative but are not weighed or counted.42 Hence, the committee treatment or disposal methods, including commercial treatwas unable to assess the quantity of materials contaminated ment, storage, and disposal facilities, for positively identified with propellant, explosives, or pyrotechnics that are being pyrotechnic, explosive, or propellant-contaminated nonmuprocessed at demilitarization stockpile facilities.
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