1、 Department of Defense DIRECTIVE NUMBER 4151.18 March 31,2004 Incorporating Change 1,August 31,2018 USD(A&S)SUBJECT:Maintenance of Military Materiel References:(a)DoD Directive 4151.18,Maintenance of Mi1itary Materiel,August 12,1992(hereby canceled)(b)DoD 4151.18-H,Depot Maintenance Capacity and Uti
2、lization Measurement Handbook,January 24,1997 (c)DoD Instruction 1348.30,Secretary of Defense Maintenance Awards Program,March 7,1997 (d)DoD 5025.1-M,DoD Directives System Procedures,March 5,2003 (e)through(l),see enclosure 1 1.REISSUANCE AND PURPOSE This Directive:1.1.Reissues reference(a)to establ
3、ish policies and assign responsibilities for the performance of DoD materiel maintenance,including maintenance of weapon systems,hardware,equipment,software,or any combination thereof and for both organic and contract sources of repair.1.2.Authorizes the publication of reference(b),and reference(c),in accordance with reference(d).