OD Leadership

Mission

Train, educate, and develop agile Ordnance technicians who drive change; employ, develop, and design DOTMLPF-P solutions to build Army strategic readiness and sustain land dominance for LSCO (Army 2030-2040) in Contested Environments.

Vision

Build a Network of Maintenance Capabilities, build the Future Technician, and Cultivate the Workforce we need for the Army of 2030-2040.

Highlights

Sustainment News

Army Sustainment

Is Efficiency Worth Sacrificing Our Humanity?

By CPT Garett H. Pyle | April 18, 2025
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It is the year 2035, and society has been fully integrated with artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics. Humanoid robots help humans with tasks from personal home care to manufacturing to public service. Society believes them to be fundamentally safe because they must abide by the Three Laws of Robotics, which are: 1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2. A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

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Army Sustainment

Transformation in Contact: The Impact on Human Resource Operations

By 1LT (P) Nathania Nuno | April 18, 2025
PFC Aaden Maynard, a signal support specialist assigned to the 225th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Light Brigade Combat Team (Provisional), 25th Infantry Division sets up camouflage coverage during the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center exercise at Dillingham Airfield, Oahu, Hawaii, Oct. 2, 2024. (Photo Credit: SPC Abreanna Goodrich)

This article describes the impacts and challenges of the transformation in contact (TiC) initiative for the 225th Brigade Support Battalion to the 225th Light Support Battalion (LSB). Outlined in Headquarters, Department of the Army (HQDA) Execute Order (EXORD) 138-34, the reconfiguration of our brigade’s support entities and its prototype status created systemic constraints in human resource (HR) operations. Without solidified and official modified tables of organization and equipment (MTOEs), our systems of accountability and ability to provide optimal customer service were negatively affected.

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