SECTION V. DISPOSITION - TB-43-0002-810012

TB 43-0002-81

5-1. Procedures. Disposition of materiel is the responsibility of the using unit and the Supply Support

Activity (SSA) accountability officer. Disposition of materiel by supply activities will be in

accordance with procedures in DA Pamphlet 710-2-1, Using Unit Supply System, Manual

Procedures, and DA Pamphlet 710-2-2, The Supply Support Activity (SSA) Supply System. The

Reporting of unserviceable materiel to MSCs for disposition instructions will be in accordance

with provisions in the supply update or other appropriate DA guidance.

a. Maintenance support units will assist SSAs or supported units, as necessary, in the evacuation of

unserviceable or uneconomical repairable materiel to expedite turn- in or further evacuation.

b. End of Vehicle Useful Life. At the end of the useful life of a vehicle, the time at which the MEL

has reached Zero, repair expenditures will be permitted only when necessary to retain an acceptable

level of readiness in a tactical unit.

c. When returning equipment to supported customers, all forms inspecting, classifying, and

determining MEL will be provided to assist in requesting waiver, disposal, or reporting to MSC for

disposition instructions.

Procedures. A request to waiver the published MEL may be submitted by the using (owning) unit

or by the supporting materiel management center through supporting maintenance channels responsible

for repair to your MACOM commanders for approval. The MACOM commanders may exceed the

published MEL when any of the conditions of the AR 750-1 apply.

Approval Criteria. MACOM commanders will ensure the following approving waivers:

a. The required repairs will not be broken into separate job estimates for the purpose of circumventing

prescribed one- time repair allowances.

b. The unit or organization requesting the waiver has been unable to obtain timely replacement of the

uneconomically repairable asset from the appropriate NICP.

c. An urgent operational or training requirement exists which justifies uneconomical repair.

d. Resources are available (or can be made available) to the requisitioning organization or command to

accomplish the required repairs within an acceptable period of time.