109,371 FSNs. Utilizing the approved savings figure of $100 per FSN, the first 12-months coding effort will result in an ultimate DOD savings of

$10,937,100.

As of 30 June 1966, the IMC program was 35.9 percent complete with 364,707 items coded out of a total item count of 1,017,693 items. Of the total items coded as of 30 June 1966, 39 percent were coded for integrated management, 31 percent coded for Service management, and 30 percent coded

for withdrawal of interest.

Item Entry Control Program

The DOD Item Entry Control Office was established within the organizational framework of DSA during fiscal year 1964. The purpose of the office was to provide DOD-wide counsel and leadership in the development of a program and methods to control the entry of new items into the DOD Supply System.

Plans and procedures essential to the expansion of the DOD Item Entry Control Program technical review have been developed and are being implemented. The approved plan provides for the establishment of 14 DOD Technical Review Activities within the military services and DSA to perform a technical review of 67 rapid-growth Federal Supply Classes accounting for approximately 70-80 percent of all new item growth. Full implementation is scheduled for completion by 1 July 1967. This technical review is required for all new items proposed for Federal Stock Number assignment prior to a procurement commitment.

DISTRIBUTION

The Automatic Addressing System (AAS)

The Automatic Addressing System, using the fact that logistics message traffic is addressable by its own content, was placed in service test in May 1965. The AAS was evaluated in August 1965 by a special I&L/Service team whose report endorsed the AAS concept, and recommended that the AAS be adopted and expanded. This recommendation was approved, and responsibility for the administration and extension of the AAS was assigned to

DSA.

The AAS has been designed to expedite the flow of supply requisitions and associated supply management traffic within the DOD logistics complex through the use of a computer facility co-located with an AUTODIN Electronic Switching Center. In this system, supply transactions are addressed or routed through the AUTODIN to the AAS where they are processed through a random access file containing source-of-supply data on approximately 4 1/2 million Federal Item Identification Numbers (FIIN). The onward routing of the message is derived from processing through this file.

The August 1965 evaluation mentioned above demonstrated the need for the establishment of a "back-up" facility. McClellan Air Force Base, Sacramento, California, was selected as a second AAS site and plans were made to have it operational early in fiscal year 1967. This action will ensure around-the-clock operation and provide an alternate line of

communications.

Concurrently with the establishment of the second site, a revised AAS program will be placed in operation. This new program will exploit the increased capability of a unique tandem RCA 301 system doubling the

capacity of the original AAS equipment, which had proved inadequate to the task. Among the most significant improvements are more efficient "batching" techniques which will reduce the number of messages by about 50 percent, while increasing the through-put capability of the terminal facility. This combination of improvements permits logistic transactions to move from originator to destination with less frequent interruption and with greater speed. In addition, the new system has a built-in message tracer and recovery capability.

The assignment of the AAS to DSA also directed that a study be made of the long range (Phase III) requirements for AAS services, contemplating that, as the AUTODIN system grew to world-wide proportions, the AAS would follow as a complementary service.

WEAPON SYSTEM SUPPORT

Integrated (Wholesale) Support of the F/RF-4 Weapon System

Integrated support of Navy (including Marine) and Air Force F/RF-4 weapon systems began during fiscal year 1964, and management responsibility for this support was assigned to the Air Force. Quarterly reports · are prepared on the item coverage, dollar scope of supply and maintenance transactions, and the effectiveness of this support. As of 30 June 1966 the following record of accomplishments was noted:

1. A total of 4,527 items had been selected for integrated support. These are items which are peculiar to the F/RF-4 but common to both the Navy and Air Force versions of the aircraft. Approximately 1,500 items are being added. In total, there are an estimated 60,000 items applicable to the F/RF-4, of which 19,000 are managed by DSA.

2. Air Force sales of Joint Support List (JSL) items to Navy during

fiscal year 1966 totaled $5.4 million.

3. Interservice depot maintenance (labor and material) for fiscal year 1966 totaled $0.9 million.

With over two years of operation under the present arrangements for integrated support, it is believed that sufficient experience has been gained so that it is now practical and desirable to take steps to increase both the item coverage and dollar scope of supply and maintenance support for this weapon system. Current plans call for the military services,

based on new DOD policy guidance, to develop programs and procedures to accomplish this increase.

The results of the military services' efforts to increase integrated supply and maintenance support for the F/RF-4 weapon system will be utilized in the integrated support of other multi-service aircraft programs, such

as the F-111 and the A-7.

SOUTHEAST ASIA LOGISTICS

Red Ball Express

The high priority Red Ball Express was well known in World War II, when the Allied sweep through France was threatening to come to a halt because bomb-damaged railroads could not handle the supplies required at the battlefront. A huge fleet of trucks was assembled, a Red Ball signigying priority over other traffic was painted on the bumper, and the essential supplies were carried directly to the front.

The Red Ball Express is back in business in support of the effort in Vietnam

but with a difference. This time the roads are air lanes 25,000 to 40,000 feet high stretching over 9,000 miles, from Travis Air Force Base, California, to Vietnam, and the trucks are primarily 4-engine

jet aircraft traveling 400 to 600 miles per hour and carrying more cargo

dozers, trucks, material handling equipment

spare parts are essential to make them again operational once they have become deadlined. Due to the rough and intensive usage encountered, unusually large quantities of replacement parts are necessary, and getting them promptly to the man who needs them is the big problem. On 6 December 1965, the jet age Red Ball Express was organized and put in operation with a fleet of jet transports carrying priority spare parts, all marked with the Red Ball.

The system is so designed as to have the required part in the hands of the mechanic in Vietnam within 168 hours (7 days) after it has been determined that the part is not available in local stock.

This

As of 28 June 1966, 8,612,817 pounds, or 4,306.4 tons of Red Ball cargo had been air expressed to Saigon from Travis AFB, California. represents 83,615 requisitions, and has resulted in removing from a deadline status 4,747 Army aircraft and helicopters, 1,882 heavy duty trucks (2 1/2 ton and over), 247 bulldozers, 150 pieces of materials handling equipment, and many other items of equipment such as 175 mm guns, 8" howitzers, communications equipment, generators, water purification units, etc.

Ammunition Reporting

Because of the rapidly changing conditions of the Vietnam war, and to insure improved ammunition planning capability, a consolidated worldwide reporting structure was developed and implemented. The reporting consists of two formats, (1) a report each ten days covering the Pacific Command, and (2) a monthly world-wide report.