Welcome to ODASD(Materiel Readiness)

WELCOME TO MATERIEL READINESS

Mission Statement

The principal missions of the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Materiel Readiness (DASD(MR)) are to:

- Serve as the principal advisor for policies and procedures for maintenance support of major weapon systems and military equipment.

- Provide the functional expertise for centralized maintenance policy and management oversight for all weapon systems and military equipment maintenance programs and related resources within the Department of Defense.

- Establish and maintain maintenance policies and programs that are managerially and technologically sound and adequately resourced to maintain the desired levels of weapon systems and military equipment readiness to accomplish the Department's missions.

Materiel Readiness functions also include:

- Promoting Congressional understanding of DoD maintenance; requirements and programs.

- Responding to provisions of law and executive direction relating to weapon systems and military equipment maintenance by converting these requirements into coherent, effective policies and programs.

- Providing strong leadership for the execution of maintenance programs by the Military Services and Defense Agencies.

- Directing focused studies of new technologies and management approaches that offer significant potential to improve the productivity and effectiveness of DoD maintenance activities.

Strategic Plan:

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Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Materiel Readiness

Mr. Patrick Kelleher

Mr. Kelleher is the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Materiel Readiness. In this capacity, he serves as the principal advisor to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment in the oversight of the Department’s $90 billion maintenance program. He is also responsible for the development of policies and procedures to ensure the Department meets statutory requirements to provide core depot level maintenance support of major weapon systems, military equipment, and commodities.

Prior to his current position, he was the Principal Deputy Director for Strategic Logistics, Joint Staff, J-4. In this role he integrated logistics planning and operations to support global operations and advised the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on logistics matters. Before the Joint Staff, Mr. Kelleher was the Executive Director, Operations and Sustainment, for the Defense Logistics Agency where he was responsible for the oversight, management, and control of Agency global combat logistics support to the Regional Combatant Commanders.

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NOTE: This Web site serves as a repository for selected DoD maintenance information and data. Included are policy documents, plans and reports, historical trends and projections, public and private sector workload information, and links to defense and contractor Web sites.