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This story has been updated to include the name of the contractor performing the maintenance work in Kuwait at the APS location.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 Equipment drawn from the U.S. Army\u2019s Kuwait-based pre-positioned stock<\/a> bound for Ukraine<\/a> was not ready for combat operations, the Pentagon\u2019s inspector general has found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the inspector general\u2019s audit of that pre-positioned stock<\/a> area, the fifth of seven such locations around the world, \u201cwe identified issues that resulted in unanticipated maintenance, repairs, and extended leadtimes to ensure the readiness of the military equipment selected to support the Ukrainian Armed Forces,\u201d the May 23 report stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All six of the M777 howitzers and 25 of 29 M1167 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles were not \u201cmission ready\u201d and required repairs before U.S. European Command could send the equipment to Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By January 2023, the U.S. government used its drawdown authority 30 times<\/a> in total to provide $18.3 billion in equipment and ammunition to Ukraine, which is fighting a Russian invasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Army pre-positioned stock, or APS, is meant to be kept at the highest level of readiness so that it can be used immediately<\/a> in case of an emergency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The inspector general issued the report mid-audit out of concern that \u201cissues with poor maintenance and lax oversight of the [APS] equipment could result in future delays for equipment support provided to the Ukrainian Armed Forces,\u201d the report read. \u201cIn addition, if U.S. forces needed this equipment, they would have encountered the same challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 401st Army Field Support Battalion in Kuwait is responsible for overseeing contractor maintenance work, which includes issuing equipment. Army Materiel Command confirmed the contractor conducting the work at the site is Amentum, which is based in Chantilly, Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hazardous howitzers<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Because the battalion did not ensure the contractor was meeting its maintenance requirements for approximately 19 months on M777 howitzers,<\/a> an Army Materiel Command senior representative from Kuwait issued a request for assistance, bringing in a U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command mobile repair team from Anniston Army Depot, Alabama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the team arrived at Camp Arifjan in March 2022, the contractor provided a howitzer that it said was fully mission capable. But the weapon system was not maintained according to the standard technical manual, per the mobile repair team, and \u201c \u2018would have killed somebody [the operator],\u2019 in its current condition,\u201d the report stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ukrainian artillerymen fire an M777 howitzer toward Russian positions on Nov. 23, 2022. (Anatolii Stepanov\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The team subsequently found that all six howitzers had operational issues. Four of the six howitzers had breech blocks improperly aligned with the rack gear, which prevented the breech from correctly locking. A breech not properly locked could result in an explosion that could kill the crew, the report noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, all six howitzers contained reused, old hydraulic fluid, which is not allowed because the fluid degrades over time and could lead to \u201cdisastrous results and malfunctions of critical systems,\u201d the inspector general found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contractor paid the mobile repair team $114,000 for labor and travel expenses, according to the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the howitzers were being prepared to leave Kuwait for shipment to Europe on June 21, 2022, one of the howitzers experienced a brake fire, likely due to the contractor not releasing the parking brake when moving it, according to the report, which cited a specialist with the mobile repair team. The contractor claimed it was likely due to leaking brake fluid, the report noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the howitzers reached Poland for distribution to Ukraine, officials there said all six howitzers still had faults that made them non-mission capable, according to the report, including worn firing pins and issues with the firing mechanism. The repairs cost about $17,490 in labor and materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officials said they were able to avoid delays in getting the howitzers to Ukraine, but the inspector general noted in the report the inadequate maintenance on the howitzers highlights the need to consider the time it would take to maintain and repair equipment coming from the APS site in Kuwait for Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tire troubles<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Prior to August 2022, the 401st declared 28 of 29 Humvees as fully mission capable, but when it received an order to pull those out for Ukraine on Aug. 24, only three of the 29 were ready, the inspector general said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Problems with the Humvees included dead batteries, inoperative lights, faulty gauges, damaged seat belts, broken door lock latches and fluid leaks, the report listed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In order to meet the deadline to ship the equipment to Europe, the contractor took parts from other Humvees in the inventory, including in one case a transmission, \u201cpotentially making that equipment non-mission capable,\u201d the report noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the vehicles arrived in Poland, officials there reported one of the tires on a Humvee was shredded due to dry rot. When the tire was replaced with a spare, that one also failed due to dry rot, the report described.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The officials in Poland opened up work orders to replace tires damaged with dry rot in September 2022. Additionally, the vehicles did not come with spare tires, the officials noted, causing concern they would cross the border and fail with no means to replace tires there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tires were ultimately pulled from other equipment for the Humvees headed to Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The process delayed delivery to Ukraine and required significant labor and time, \u201cpulling soldiers away from primary duties,\u201d and cost $173,524 for labor and material, the report added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Getting back in fighting shape<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

The head of Army Sustainment Command explained, in response to the report, that the service\u2019s funding level for APS maintenance in Kuwait was 30% of the validated requirements in fiscal 2023 \u2014 about $27.8 million of the $91.3 million requirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the commander stated the contractor \u201cis not contractually obligated or appropriately resourced to maintain [APS] equipment\u201d at standards laid out in the technical manual the inspector general followed to make determinations regarding mission-capable readiness of the equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The inspector general disagreed that the contractor was not obligated to follow the same technical manual used by the inspector general and also noted in the report that the Army obligated nearly $1 billion from Aug. 31, 2016, through April 13, 2023, for the APS location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The inspector general recommended in the report that the Army\u2019s deputy chief of staff \u2014 or G-3\/5\/7, which is responsible for issuing what goes into APS \u2014 \u201cconsider the level of maintenance and leadtime required before selecting Army Prepositioned Stock [in Kuwait] equipment for sourcing Ukrainian Armed Forces.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The commander of the 401st should also develop and implement \u201cincreased inspection procedures to not only validate that the [APS] contractor has properly corrected known maintenance deficiencies but also to conduct a thorough visual inspection of equipment and correct any deficiencies including tires damaged by dry rot, before shipping the equipment to [U.S. European Command] for transfer to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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