Course Description
This course is designed to train the Active Army, Army Reserve, and National Guard enlisted Soldiers in the basic knowledge and skills necessary to perform field level maintenance on Army wheeled vehicles. Maintenance training includes learning how each automotive system (air, fuel, electrical, hydraulic, brakes, steering, pneumatic, powertrain, air-conditioning (A/C), and suspension) works and then taught the proper troubleshooting procedures for each of those systems. Soldiers are also taught how to properly use test measurement and diagnostic equipment, technical publications, specialty tools and learn the importance of shop safety. Graduates are apprentice level Army maintainers who are credentialed and certified (EPA 609) in A/C automotive service and repair and qualify for up to 16 hours of college level credit.
Equipment used for Training
- Mine Resistance Ambush Protected (MRAP) Vehicle series
- High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) series
- Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV)
- Heavy Equipment Transporter (HET) series
- Heavy Expandable Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT) series
- Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) series
- AFSS (Automatic Fire Suppression System) lab
- JLTV DTT classroom
- Standard Army Tools Sets (SATS)
- Vehicle Electrical Systems
- Maintenance Support Device (MSD)
- Special Tools and Test Equipment
- Small Engine Lab