AR 710-2 — Secondary Item Policy And Retail Level Management
AR 710-2 governs Army supply operations below the national level and accountability and management of retail stocks held by supply support activities.
- Publication number: AR 710-2
- Title: SECONDARY ITEM POLICY AND RETAIL LEVEL MANAGEMENT
- Date: 07/01/2024
- Proponent: G-4
- Status: ACTIVE
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AR 710-2 covers supply chain integration, requisition reconciliation and validation, inventory accountability, stockage determination, materiel returns, allowances, prepositioned stocks, and shop and bench stocks. It requires policies and controls for managing, safeguarding, reconciling, and accounting for supply materiel.
Applies to: This regulation prescribes Army policy for supply operations below the national level.
Topics covered
- Hazardous materials management
- Supply support activity performance standards
- Reconciliation and validation of requisitions
- Inventory accountability
- Army stockage determination
- Materiel redistribution and returns
- Prepositioned theater stocks
- Shop stock and bench stock
Questions and answers
How often must Regular Army units validate open requisitions?
Regular Army units will validate open requisitions on a monthly basis. (paragraph 5-1)
How often must Army Reserve and Army National Guard units validate open requisitions?
The ARNG and Army Reserve will validate open requisitions on a quarterly basis. (paragraph 5-1)
What must be included in a physical inventory?
Physical inventory will include documentation of the storage location, quantity, materiel number, nomenclature, and current condition of each secondary item (retail level) to the designated system of record, and then from the warehouse management system to the financial statements. (paragraph 6-2)
How often must accountability inventories be completed?
CNGB, CAR, and Commanders of ACOMs, ASCCs, DRUs, and the USAR and ARNG will plan and complete100 percent accountability inventories annually. (paragraph 6-2)
Which units must establish and use the common authorized stockage list?
Commanders of BCT (Armored BCT, Infantry BCT and SBCT) SSAs, combat aviation brigade SSAs, DSB SSAs and the Air Defense Artillery Patriot SSAs will establish and use the CASL. (paragraph 7-3)