CHAPTER 17
AMMUNITION ADMINISTRATION ASHORE AND
AFLOAT
Ammunition is vital to naval operations. Because
of its high cost and logistical characteristics, the status
of ammunition is carefully and continuously studied at
the highest echelons of the defense establishment.
Ammunition is a high-priority consideration by
operational and logistics commanders. It is essential for
logistics planning that current and accurate information
concerning Navy ammunition stock status be available
at the appropriate time. This information must be
available to commanders of naval forces when planning
their training and operational expenditures. For these
reasons, accurate and prompt reporting of individual
ammunition transactions directly affects the Navy's
ability to sustain a high degree of readiness.
RETAIL ORDNANCE
LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM
LEARNING OBJECTIVE: State capabilities
of the Retail Ordnance Logistics Management
System (ROLMS)
The
Retail
Ordnance
Logistics
Management
System
(ROLMS)
is
an
integrated
system
of
applications software designed to manage non-nuclear
expendable ordnance. It provides for the automation of
the receipt, issue, inventory record keeping, and
reporting of ammunition assets and movements with
the ultimate objective being the enhancement of Fleet
readiness and stock point ordnance management.
ROLMS replaced four legacy systems, Ordnance
Management System (OMS), Fleet Optical Scanning
Ammunition
Marking
System
(FOSAMS),
the
Standardized Conventional Ammunition Automated
Inventory Record (SCAAIR) and the Ammunition
Logistics System (AMMOLOGS).
ROLMS was designed to operate as either a stand
alone system residing on a personal computer or in a
client/server network environment.
ROLMS Capabilities
ROLMS supports all ship and shore activity asset
management and reporting requirements. ROLMS
automates many ammunition logistics management
and reporting functions performed by the stock points
and end users, specifically:
a.
Inventory – to the specific grid location
b.
Requisitioning
c.
Issue/Receipt Reporting
d.
Expenditure Reporting
e.
Asset Maintenance
f.
NAR processing
g.
Transaction reporting (either Ammunition
Transaction Reporting (ATR) or Transaction
Item Reporting (TIR))
h.
Space Management – including Net Explosive
Weight (NEW) Management for Explosive Arc
and Compatibility Management
i.
Load Plan management
j.
Excess/Disposal Processing
k.
DD 1348-1’s and shipping labels
l.
Bar Code processing
ROLMS System Interfaces
ROLMS interfaces with various systems to ex-
change data and information. Specifically:
a.
CAIMS
for
Navy
and
Marine
aviation
ordnance inventory data.
b.
MAARS-II for Marine Corps ground ordnance
inventory data.
c.
ADIMS for ordnance held for disposal and
demilitarization.
d.
Total Ammunition Movement Management
System (TAMMS) for internal activity trans-
portation.
e.
Defense
Transportation
Tracking
System
(DTTS) for ordnance transportation satellite
tracking.
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