daily procedures and be able to adjust to any conditions necessary in the receipt of material. The purpose of preparing for receipt of material is to guarantee the timely and accurate receipt processing and distribution of incoming material. The most important part of any supply opera- tion is to guarantee the safety of all personnel involved. The supply officer is responsible for making sure certain safety rules are observed, especially for inexperienced personnel. This delegation is passed to the supervisor of receipt processing who must make certain the following rules are observed: . Personnel must be properly equipped with safety equipment such as safety shoes, gloves, and hard hats. SUPPLY SUPPORT RESPONSIBILITIES Responsibilities for specific individuals and work centers within the supply department for material receipt processing are discussed in the following paragraphs. Supply Officer The supply officer is directly responsible for the entire receiving process. He or she delegates the responsibility for physical receipt of incoming stores, except for ship’s store stock and food items, to the stores or material officer. Stores or Material Officer . Personnel must be qualified to operate The stores or material officer reports to the materials-handling equipment used in the supply officer on all matters pertaining to receiv- operation. ing. This includes, but is not limited to, material receipt preparation, material inspection, store- . Personnel must be knowledgeable of pro- room maintenance/integrity, UNREP, and transit cedures to be followed during emergency shed/butler hut operations. situations. Stock Control Officer MATERIAL RECEIPT ASHORE The receiving branch ashore plans and directs operations necessary to physically receive in- coming material for storage, DTO, or transship- ment. The functions normally assigned to a receiving organization at a local supply activity include receipt and inspection of incoming material, segregation and delivery of incoming material, preparation of reports, preservation and packaging of material for storage or shipment, initiation of tracer action for incoming material when required, and maintenance of files relating to all receiving functions. MATERIAL RECEIPT AFLOAT The material receipt process afloat involves the identification, storage, issue, and recording of all material previously requisitioned or purchased and received by the activity. As an integral part of the supply receipt process, all material received must be properly identified, stored (if the material is for stock), issued (if the material is for DTO), and recorded in the stock records in a timely fashion. The stock control officer reports to the supply officer, or to the stores or material officer on an aircraft carrier, on all matters pertaining to receiving. This includes, but is not limited to, receipt reversals, receipt reporting, financial inventory report (FIR) code imbalances, and receipt discrepancies. Leading Material Storekeeper The leading material Storekeeper is respon- sible for making sure incoming material is properly receipted, identified, inspected, segregated between stock and DTO, and distributed to the appropriate supply department storerooms or to other departments if the material is DTO. When the leading material Storekeeper is absent during normal working hours, the next senior material Storekeeper assumes the duties. In the performance of these duties, the leading material Storekeeper who has been delegated the responsibility for receiving incoming stores exercises direction over other Storekeepers and 3-2