Purpose

This regulation prescribes responsibilities and provides uniform guidelines for Army packaging. It covers--

a. Army-used or Army-managed materiel.

b. Specified packaging requirements (how to develop them, how to coordinate them, and when to review them).

c. Levels of protection (how to select the proper level).

d. Excessive packaging (how to spot it and how to avoid it).

e. Packaging performed at depots and other installations and activities.

f. Programs to evaluate and train packaging personnel.

g. Mechanized systems and other modem techniques and how to apply them.

h. Packaging data files and storage serviceability standard files (how to set them up and how to maintain them).

Applicability.

This regulation applies to the Active Army, the Army National Guard, and the US. Army Reserve.