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Marine Corps Depot Maintenance

The purpose of the program is to maintain Marine Corps weapon systems and equipment ready for combat by fully reconditioning or overhauling them. Depot maintenance of existing equipment is critical to ensure that the Marine Corps has an adequate number of combat systems to protect the nation's interests.

Rating

What This Rating Means

PERFORMING
Effective

This is the highest rating a program can achieve. Programs rated Effective set ambitious goals, achieve results, are well-managed and improve efficiency.
  • The assessment shows that the Marine Corps meets its goals of providing reliable and capable equipment critical to maintain combat-ready units. In particular, the Marine Corps Depot Maintenance program consistently meets its schedule goals and has shown improvement toward meeting long-term cost goals.
  • The Marine Corps is implementing best practices from private industry and entering into public-private partnerships to improve the program's effectiveness. For example, the Marines have adopted "six sigma" industry standards and lean manufacturing principles to improve total quality control in its maintenance activities.
  • The Marine Corps specifically targets funding to address its highest priority maintenance requirements first.

Improvement Plan

About Improvement Plans

We are taking the following actions to improve the performance of the program:

  • Implementing best practices from private industry to improve its efficiency and quality control.
  • Enhancing partnerships with the private sector that result in greater private sector investment in facilities and equipment and improve facility utilization.

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