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Purpose

This handbook assists commanders, staff, leaders, and Soldiers, at the division level and below achieve and sustain the Army Maintenance Standard for assigned and attached equipment as prescribed in AR 750-1. The Army Maintenance Standard is the foundation of the overall maintenance program. It is the required end state for Army equipment, enabling Army combat and combat support forces to generate combat power to accomplish assigned missions. The Army is transforming and reorganizing for 21st century operations and this pamphlet is intended to give day-to-day assistance to maintenance Soldiers and their leaders. Although the primary target audience for this pamphlet includes commanders, leaders, and Soldiers at division level and below, where maintenance operations take place, leaders at all command levels will find it useful. This pamphlet is to be used as a daily guidebook to the references, authorities, and principles of successful Army maintenance operations.