MCO 4790.25 governs the Marine Corps Ground Equipment Maintenance Program and its maintenance and sustainment strategy.
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It covers configuration management, SMR codes, warranties, cannibalization, selective interchange, and support relationships. It requires integrated maintenance planning, data collection, life-cycle management, and coordination of maintenance capabilities.
Establish a sustainable maintenance program for Marine Corps' operational forces and supporting activities that incorporates a TPM strategy that includes integration of CBM+ concepts and the RCM process in order to facilitate CPI of maintenance planning, management, operations, engineering, and reporting practices. (paragraph 3)
Implementation of systematic data collection and information reporting requirements to measure and respond to maintenance program metrics throughout life cycle planning, execution, and sustainment. (paragraph 4)
Requests for cannibalization and selective interchange will be closely scrutinized and authority to execute will be granted when it is necessary for mission accomplishment. (paragraph 2)
Cannibalization is the removal of serviceable parts from one unserviceable item of equipment in order to install them on another unserviceable item of equipment without replacement in order to return it t·o an operational status. (paragraph 2)
Approval authority for conducting and reporting selective interchange will be authorized at the battalion/squadron level. (paragraph 2)